1968 Timex Mickey Mouse Vintage Watch Restoration

Рет қаралды 469,889

Күн бұрын

Join Marshall for another journey into watchmaking, this time he's got his hands on a US Time Mickey Mouse watch from 1968! This was actually a watch he restored before, but the mainspring has broken and it needs a repair! Many people think that these Timex/US Time movements aren't repairable or serviceable, but they actually are. Sort of.
Come along for the ride, and see if Marshall can get this fun little watch ticking again :)
Support Wristwatch Revival via Patreon: / wristwatchrevival
Visit Sutcliffe Hansen for toolkits, revived watches, straps and more: sutcliffehansen.com/
Follow on Instagram for Project Updates in between video releases: @wristwatch_revival
------------------------------------
These are Amazon affiliate links to some of the equipment used for these videos and purchasing anything through them helps support the channel.
CAMERAS AND AUDIO:
Main Camera, Sony A7III: amzn.to/2Dk3Q4K
Secondary Camera, Sony RXVI: amzn.to/2Dlrwpx
Main Macro Lens, Sigma 70mm f/2.8: amzn.to/3lD4Wdb
Camlink 4k Video Converter: amzn.to/3hTiiQf
Rode USB Microphone: amzn.to/2EQphLb
Audio Recorder, ZOOM H6: amzn.to/31R11BQ
Small Sirui Tripod: amzn.to/2YVgeQl
Sirui Tripod Head for Overhad Camera: amzn.to/2QNoNZ8
COMPUTER STUFF:
Apple Macbook Pro: amzn.to/2EFPKvr
Synology NAS: amzn.to/3bpVTaY
Seagate HDDs for NAS: amzn.to/3hQ5hqt
Samsung Portable Drive: amzn.to/34UdhTT
WATCHMAKING TOOLS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON:
Bergeon Screwdriver Set: amzn.to/34URcok
Dumont Tweezer #3: amzn.to/2YX4Hjl
Bergeon Springbar Tool: amzn.to/3jF8pX1
Bergeon Case Opening Ball: amzn.to/34VLbYg
Bergeon Presto Hand Removal Tool: amzn.to/3bfHtdo
Bergeon Movement Holder: amzn.to/3hQsY29
Horotec Hand Setting Tools: amzn.to/2Gdye1K
Rodico: amzn.to/32K0PDG
Bergeon Blower: amzn.to/34RgVxX
Bergeon Case Opening Knife: amzn.to/34VHr9e
Bergeon Quick Service Kit: amzn.to/2QHnScC

Пікірлер: 886

@xtbuff1008 3 жыл бұрын

Your machine can't check this watch because the beat rate is 4 per sceond-14,400 per hour and the machine isn't designed to pick that up. Even my old Watchmaster couldn't until I sent one of the tuning forks away to be changed. I work on the dollar watch movements from Ingersoll, Ingraham, Westclox. Of course they're wonderful: anybody can make an expensive watch, but it takes real engineering genius to make a cheap one that works.

@juanito3pasito 2 жыл бұрын

You service them?

@xephael3485 Жыл бұрын

@@juanito3pasito said they work in them so likely services them for some purpose.

@MrMultitool Жыл бұрын

I have a couple of the Westclocks that need servicing/repairing.

@malice6081 Жыл бұрын

I have a westclox, I'd love for it it to be serviced but you can't service them. They are riveted.

@nm7sp 8 ай бұрын

According to 17jewels and ranfft websites and my obeservatons/calculations, the Times M24 runs at 18,000 bph 5 bps 2,5 hz. And my mobile based frequency checker does also say it is 18,000.

@bgdavenport 2 жыл бұрын

My wife gave this to me for our first Christmas together...47 years ago. Still have it and it runs quite well. Probably should have it cleaned.

@pmmeyourdadjokes9811 Жыл бұрын

Thats so cool, congrats on almost 50 years together

@judyhobday4760 2 жыл бұрын

I was in fourth grade in 1945 and got a Mickey Mouse watch for Christmas from my grandparents. For some reason I put the watch on my desk and went to lunch. I was young and not smart. So came back watch was gone. Broke my heart. My husband bought me one for my fortieth birthday, and I love it and it still runs.

@wes11bravo 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I initially said to myself "What's this crackerjack piece of junk?!?" After seeing it work under the microscope, my opinion has done an about face. This is an engineering and design marvel, something incredibly complicated made within tightly constrained parameters that actually *works* acceptably well for what it is. Wow.

@snitkofb 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for admitting that it took you nearly 120 minutes to get that in. Makes me feel a lot better about spending 45 minutes trying to get a bridge on the other day.

@justinneal9639 2 жыл бұрын

It feels like I'm watching ESPN with the great commentary. You definitely make what you do appear fascinating

@Lupinthe3rd. 2 жыл бұрын

Japanese emperor hirohito was such a big Disney fan that a 1974 $20 Mickey mouse watch was his most prized possession he would wear everywhere from day to day use to state functions. He was even buried with it when he died in 1989.

@Eth3realwarrior 2 жыл бұрын

That's really amazing.

@Ed-eq8ui 7 ай бұрын

You're very skilled. You disassemble these watches quickly and you know exactly how they go back together. I'd be taking 40 photos for every step to make sure I don’t forget something.

@chuckkellogg2404 Жыл бұрын

Being a manufacturing engineer for 30 years i have to wonder how the factory originally assembled the movement. I absolutely love your channel, keep up the great vids!

@Mars-zgblbl 4 ай бұрын

Was going to comment the same. I suspect the factory had jigs to hold the parts precisely in place. If you can find a jig, you could likely repair these movements economically

@nagizah8 3 жыл бұрын

I think its hilarious that the service manual for these movements says to clean it by dumping the whole thing in lighter fluid

@trooperbill 3 жыл бұрын

I've a few in now

@MrGomeazy 3 жыл бұрын

I am working on a vintage Timex with the same movement. I considered just throwing the whole thing in lighter fluid but wasn’t sure...now that it is disassembled I will use this video as my reference lol.

@nagizah8 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrGomeazy it's a better idea, kek.

@gideonkloosterman 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrGomeazy May I ask what the name is of your timex? I'm very interested in messing with one of these movements! 😄

@powerflail7832 3 жыл бұрын

I think that this watch perfectly exemplifies what the word “design” actually means. The true “Design” is about finding the best solution within a clearly defined set of limitations. In this case the “clearly defined limitation” - is the cost of production, or the price point of the piece. And the solutions which were found - are simply brilliant. Quintessential designers at their best! After 50 years the damn thing works, losing a minute or two a day! It probably did not do much better when it came of the production line. I am sure that the designs of the tooling for such tremendous production volume, were just as ingenious and amazing as the watch itself. Thank you very much for your excellent choice of the worthy subject for your video!

@flytrapjohn 3 жыл бұрын

Only designers with complete understanding of all the materials and processes involved, can make this sort of mechanism. Whatever scale that may be. Something that is this simple, has taken much time to design. Although the movement reminds me of a 400 day movement of the era.

@JasperJanssen 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. “Overbuilt” is easy. Trivial even. But making *this* , and making it possible to assemble it consistently (presumably not by hand)? *that* is hard.

@OffGridInvestor 2 жыл бұрын

There were almost none that done better than 30 seconds a day when new.

@OffGridInvestor 2 жыл бұрын

@@JasperJanssen I bet the factory had some kind of little fingers on a rig to hold the top pivots as they sat the top plate on. Then they would slip the fingers out the side as just before the screws went on from underneath, still sitting in the same position.

@UNSCPILOT 2 жыл бұрын

A 2$ watch that's still *alive* 50 years later, whereas my 200$ samsung had its screen die within a year of purchase. So yeah, maybe I'm becoming a fan of oldschool mechanical or at least analog watches XD

@djmips 7 ай бұрын

I'm super happy you didn't find it beneath you to work on a Mickey Mouse watch because I used to take apart these movements as a kid and never got them back together so for me this is fascinating and super satisfying.

@shadowhenge7118 2 жыл бұрын

He is a man of focus, commitment, and sheer effing will. Well done.

@waltervega8730 6 ай бұрын

The Mickey Mouse watch was my first watch , which my grandma gave, for my birthday. I loved it! I remember just waiting for people to ask me what time it was, so i could tell them the time. My childhood, was in the 70s, s great time to grow up. Timex to me is so Nostalgic, brings back many memories. I wore several Timex watches, i still do.

@rickcroucher 2 жыл бұрын

I bought one of those in '75. It never ran and I have kept it in a drawer. I took it to a jeweler who said it could not be worked on. So I put it back in the drawer. A couple of years ago I took the back off and found the "innerds" to be maybe fixable. And then I found your video. Mine is a little different in that there is no cover plate after taking the back off. It opens right to the wheels and such. I've kept it in hopes that one day, if I learn enough, that I might be able to take it apart and possibly put it back together with no extra parts left over and have it run after 45 years in a drawer. I thought my grandson might like it. Thanks for posting.

@michaeldimmitt2188 Жыл бұрын

Can you put some pictures of the innerds of your movement online? I'd like to see them.

@Lennartz1 Жыл бұрын

So Mickey Mouse saved Timex. Great history lesson!

@endlesswanderer1753 2 жыл бұрын

My mom had this same watch. She replaced the strap with a pink one. That memory was just hidden in the recesses of my mind until just now.

@stemikger 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing. He said he was an amateur but his skills are pretty impressive to me. Great work.

@bostonrailfan2427 2 жыл бұрын

he did what hundreds of repairmen refused to do: he tried to fix it and discovered the secrets…

@johntate5050 Жыл бұрын

Amateur means you just don't get paid. It doesn't mean you're not skilled.

@michaeldimmitt2188 Жыл бұрын

@@johntate5050 AMEN!!!

@speedysteve9121 3 жыл бұрын

Timex made excellent watches.

@alfiebm 2 жыл бұрын

This was the watch that made me start collecting watches. First time I saw this was from my grandmother, she was so proud of this watch because it always saves her financially because she usually pawned it in times of need, but after a few years due to hardships, she could'nt buy it back from the shop. I was still young, and if I had the money, I wish I could have bought it back. I miss my grandma, and this watch will always reminds me of her. Thank you for uploading.

@lucyf9034 Жыл бұрын

But now do you have one?

@edith1315 2 жыл бұрын

The Robert Langdon watch! I love that watch

@AndySharpeta 3 жыл бұрын

Marshell, Quick story! But first, great video! I am new to watch collecting, and I have along with that an interest in taking watches apart for repairs and such. When I say I am new, I mean, I just went on ETSY last week and bought a half dozen trinket watches to take apart and play with. I am by no means mechanical minded or a tinker of things. Not knowing what I was getting into, I bought a little Mickey Mouse watch for my daughter, fully functioning, from the 60's. I received it today and started taking it apart. (Did I mention it was already working?) I took the plate of and a little part fell out of place. "I can put this one piece back", I thought, not knowing how everything was attached to...air.. Then as I was looking through the loupe. PING! An atomic explosion happened right in front of my eyeball! My heart sank. I did not take a picture before starting to try and reset this one piece. Well after a couple of hours of trying to figure it out, I went to YTU(KZfaq University) and I found you. You are working on a man's watch here, I think. I had a ladies watch! After seeing the order you put the train back together in, I at least had a destination. It took me SEVERAL dozen tries to get everything seated. Many micro explosions happening along the way. LOL. Then the plate! The first try was not successful, but I was able to get it on the second "plate attempt". Yeah!!! After hearing and seeing you talk about how difficult this is, I am very encouraged to think that, if I can beat Micky, I have hope to learn how to handle any watch! If you read this, Thanks. Great video!

@aquil3scach088 Жыл бұрын

Waiting for dvd

@ScottGrammer Жыл бұрын

My first watch was a Timex my father and I picked out of a case in a drug store in 1970, the year I entered first grade. I had it up until 2003 (a separation from my ex caused me to lose many things I wanted to keep), and in 2003 it still ran and kept decent time. The crystal was so scratched up you could barely see through it, and the band was ragged out, but the dang thing ran.

@federicoprice2687 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video! 👏 My grandmother gave me one of these MM Timexes when I was a kid and I wore it for years - until I saved enough to buy a more upmarket Tissot (which also still works!) As my gran's eyesight failed and she couldn't see her own watch dial properly, I gave the MM Timex and she wore it for years as well. I found it after she died, and it still runs, just! Well, it keeps terrible time, which isn't surprising after 50 or so years, especially without Jewels and no servicing..... Simple, but tough little things. Almost kid proof I suppose! I must dig it out and send it to you 👿 😃

@paullambert7840 3 жыл бұрын

That watch is in really good shape considering the quality of the build and all. I have to admit, I knew these were never great timepieces, I never realized how, well, Mickey Mouse they really were.

@UNSCPILOT 2 жыл бұрын

And yet, they still outlive a lot more expensive devices today, which is equally sad and funny

@dennisc.1189 3 жыл бұрын

I had a Mickey Mouse watch like that in 1971, I wore it for years. Thanks for sharing this watch, that I have some old memories with.

@CaliforniaEBRDude Жыл бұрын

I just "restored" an official Disney-branded Mickey Mouse watch from about year 2015. It just needed a new battery, and I had to adjust the bracelet to fit my wrist properly. It's a big hit with everyone who has seen it - Not a scratch on the crystal, and it keeps reasonably good time. Excellent video as always, Marshall. I find it fascinating that a working mechanical watch could be manufactured for sale at $2 or so even as late as the 1960s. My first watch was a Timex, in about 1970. It ran well for a while until I lost it. :-)

@WeaselJuice 3 жыл бұрын

Lol! If you can service this movement, you can probably service any movement. Great video!

@bmxerkrantz 2 жыл бұрын

If it wasn't for the mainspring, he could just plop the assembled movement in the cleaner. All oiling spots are accessible easily since it's just two plates. Edit: mainspring on them are coated and don't need lubrication. At least when they timex they were.

@rickhoover6479 3 жыл бұрын

I've done enough of these over the years that I've now stopped doing them. Kudos to you for your persistence. They are frustrating!

@virgiliotoledano-ud6hp Жыл бұрын

I like it. Simple yet it touches the basic restoration of an American icon.

@josephstratti52 Жыл бұрын

Very clever to get that full plate over all those pivots without doing any damage to those arbors.

@treyc1306 6 ай бұрын

Mickey appreciated your patience and perseverance 🎉

@youregrammersucks Жыл бұрын

I can’t explain how reassured I am that the pain I experienced servicing two “dollar” pin lever pocket watches was not *solely* because I’m a watch n00b. Putting a bridge (indeed, one entire side of the movement) in place was challenging for all the reasons you discussed… ugh. It’s an experience ;-)

@Looey 3 ай бұрын

I am so glad you worked on this Mickey Mouse watch ! I had one when I was about six years old...circa 1959. It may have been a hand me down from one of my brothers...It was fun to wear...had a red plastic strap.

@daskraut Жыл бұрын

kinda makes me admire the workers who put these together in the factory.

@comicandothercons658 Жыл бұрын

amazing, this is the first of all the watch repair/restoration videos (by you or anyone else) that was made on a non uber expensive watch brand, thank you for this! 🙏 great work as always!!! 😉

@randymilano 3 жыл бұрын

I messed around with restoring this era movement. I found the original Timex service manuals for the M24 And they actually didn’t pull the movements apart to service them. It was just a 5 min swish in lighter fluid, 5 min in alcohol, and then lubricate. Worked shockingly well. I did try and pull them apart like this many many times. Always gave up in defeat because I breathed as you said and watched the pallet fork fly!

@kenfuller9907 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to this video I got up the courage to take the back off a timex marlin bought off eBay a few years ago. It’s now ticking beautifully

@nrbudgen 7 ай бұрын

I used to do contract work for a local MM distributor and repaired hundreds of these watches. Some used Timex movements but others used BFG and EB calibers. The Timex movements changed over the years and one version used a bronze click which often wore out making it impossible to wind. Mainspring failures were rare. The center post wasn't the same size in all versions so the cannon pinion, hour wheel and hand holes weren't always interchangeable. Some movements weren't able to run again for whatever reason so I found that a quick way to identify the dead ones was to put all that weren't ticking into the cleaning machine. Those that came out ticking were repairable. Needless to say, not my favorite watches to work on but with experience they weren't too bad. IIRC, Timex movements made before the mid 60s were lubricated with Nye's porpoise jaw oil until it was outlawed. Someone mentioned cleaning the movement in lighter fluid and then oiling, but getting at the balance cups wasn't easy without getting oil on the hairspring if the plates hadn't been separated.

@Rovinman 7 ай бұрын

I used to have one, as a kid, { I'm 77 now, ! }, but in all the many house moves, it got lost ! I loved that watch ! Didn't know that you could still get them ! I shall look out for one ! But I won't be taking it apart ! Thanks SO much for showing this one ! Stay safe Stu xx

@Fred100159 2 жыл бұрын

I did have a Timex when I was a kid and it was riveted. Simple design = usually means less moving parts = less things that can go wrong

@varrunningtrains4112 2 жыл бұрын

Please do more Timex watches! This is the best video on a Timex movement I've seen yet!

@WristwatchRevival 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if I want to!

@varrunningtrains4112 2 жыл бұрын

@@WristwatchRevival I don't blame you! Looks like Mickey almost got the best of you!

@ordinaryk 3 жыл бұрын

From what I've heard, Timex's recommendation to customers was to take the movement out, and keeping it in once piece, dunk the whole thing in a jar of naphta (Zippo lighter fluid, in other words) to clean it. I don't even think they gave recommendations for lubrication (with hardened steel pivot points and no jewels, they might have been dry since the day they were made)

@johnmckinstry8546 3 жыл бұрын

They did actually produce service manuals for these watches and included recommended lubricants. Originally used Elgin M56B oil or TENNECO #415 oil but later updated it to MOBIUS SYNT-A-LUBE oil.

@pianofry1138 2 жыл бұрын

I think that was an urban myth. I've seen the service manuals that specify lubrication points. That being said Timexs are the lowest priced watches and that method probably would extend their lifespan with a need of a service.

@BillAndersonNS 2 жыл бұрын

@@pianofry1138 "Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin' !" - John Cameron Swayze

@fakiirification 2 жыл бұрын

that was from the before times. now we have ultrasonic cleaners that would make short work of cleaning that movement if cleaning is all thats wrong with it.

@emeraldhill8294 Жыл бұрын

@@BillAndersonNS Ziegrfeid out of Get Smart/

@harveyy4492 Жыл бұрын

I had a Timex version of this watch that I got when I was 10 or so. Wore it for several years. Wish I had it now, but alas I don't know where it is. What a blast to see one again.

@RongNguoi 6 ай бұрын

I enjoy watching you work...I enjoy the fact there is no music (which for some reason, people seem to think is necessary for everything) and most of all, you talk not yell...Well done...I had one of these when I was very young, from memory it got binned when it stopped working...

@danmcbride6258 7 ай бұрын

This would be a nice Watch to have as a conversation starter.

@JamieBainbridge 2 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of watch you can understand a professional watchmaker saying it's not worth the bother fixing, but with your voiceover (and a bit sped up) it made a good enthusiast video. Well done!

@ogstopper 2 жыл бұрын

I was given a Hopalong Cassidy watch, by Timex, as a Christmas gift from my parents. About 1960.

@aftersexhighfives Жыл бұрын

Neat. I have one of these too. My granny got it when she took my aunt and mom to Disney in 69. They saw the moon launch too, which I think was the actual point of the trip. Very cool.

@donniebeall8152 3 жыл бұрын

Its always amazing how its always the most simple things are the hardest

@rolfkarlstad4015 2 жыл бұрын

I find this interesting enough to mention my own story. I had one of these in the late 70's and into the very early 80's. I was wearing it while fishing and got it a bit wet. I ... This was the first watch I ever worked on or opened up, and I guess it absolutely killed off my ambition to be a watchmaker :) Little did I know, at age 7, that this movement could not be serviced, other than in the hands of an expert on a mission.

@trek520rider2 2 жыл бұрын

As an old manufacturing hand it's intriguing to wonder how these were assembled in the tens of thousands. Maybe they had a device that you fed parts into that put them in place on one plate and held them while the other plate was attached. It's hard to envisage rows and rows of people doing what you just did.

@selkiemaine 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's all about the jigs and fixtures. I used to design and implement manufacturing processes - it's amazing how the right set of tools makes it all just happen.

@LeChristEstRoi 2 жыл бұрын

I've been wondering the same thing too!

@life_with_bernie Жыл бұрын

Something my old watchmaker boss said to me once when I asked why he had a demagnetizer (given how most watch parts were non-ferrous) probably applies here. He said some of the cheap old movements had steel parts that could get magnetized, and that some were assembled using magnets to hold things in place during assembly and then demagnetized during final assembly and packaging. I'll bet this is one of those movements he spoke about. Note: No, I never became a watchmaker. I had an after-school job in his shop cleaning the display cases, floors, etc. and he taught me a little because I was studying machine shop and machinery design in high school. Sitting here watching Marshall work, explaining things as he goes, is a lot like watching Mr. Constantine, my old Turkish boss, just without some of the Turkish curses when springs go flying.

@johnmckinstry8546 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. I too had read somewhere that the movement was riveted and that it couldn't be serviced. The reassembly looks incredibly fiddly but hand off to Timex for designing a watch which was different from the others of its day and that is still going 60 years later. Thanks again!

@PlumGurly Жыл бұрын

That puts a new spin on the phrase, "Slipping someone a mickey."

@Oddzilla51 Жыл бұрын

I think it's cool that something so uncomplicated and inexpensive can still be serviced. My every day wear watch is just a minimalist quartz movement. I just want the time and for it to look decent. I truly appreciate mechanical and all other types of watches and the complications, but sometimes, I just need to know the time and I don't like having to pull out my phone for it when I don't need to do anything else.

@paulschumacker9901 3 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic video! These inexpensive watches can be really tricky to reassemble. I serviced an old Roskopf pocket watch with a similar pin lever pallet and it took HOURS to refit the top bridge. Those pivots just didn’t want to seat. But as you said, it’s a wonderful feeling of success when it finally comes together!

@HarryFlashmanVC Жыл бұрын

I cannot believe the patience you had in rebuilding that movement.

@tcullen5895 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this. I have one of these on the bench in pieces, so far have not been able to get it back together. Your video is extremely helpful. You have a lot of patience.

@dcxplant Жыл бұрын

A great watch, as you said a piece of Americana, and you've wonderfully preserved this neat little icon of a watch.

@A.R.77 2 жыл бұрын

19:50 ~ "Out of my league". Completes repair with no issues.

@wadehampton1534 2 жыл бұрын

Marshall, I'm sixty-one years old, and I have had several Mickey Mouse watches when I was a boy. It was on every kids wishlist the first time we visited The Magic Kingdom (Disneyland)! My first watch was a Timex mechanical movement boys watch, that I received as a gift for my sixth birthday. In the 70's, Timex went to Quartz movements, and flooded the market with cheap quartz watches. Imagine my surprise this year, when I discovered that Timex was making quality mechanical watches, with Twenty-one Jewels. They have two collections, "The Waterbury" and "The Marlin". I bought one of each, and I couldn't have been more pleased with them they cost $87 + tax, and I sprang $15 each for the four year extended warranty ($115 each, delivered). The movement is Japanese with a transparent back, and the calfskin band and stainless steel case is made in China. I took comfort in the fact that the movement is Japanese, as a society, the Japanese have a very strong conviction to quality in workmanship and materials. Perhaps I'm being naive, but I'm not sure I would have bought them if movement was made in China too. Time will tell (no pun intended), as I enjoy the nostalgia of wearing a mechanical movement Timex watch, like the first one I ever owned!

@ronkemperful 2 жыл бұрын

When I was ten I had a Timex watch nearly this vintage that ticked so loud that I couldn’t sleep unless I placed it into my sock drawer, with the drawer closed. The watch was durable but it kept lousy time. Interesting video.

@fnersch3367 Жыл бұрын

Watches break and go into a drawer, I have dozens accumulated over the last 6 decades. Some are rather interesting.

@phadungthaich.891 2 жыл бұрын

I really like your voice and laugh during fluenly words spoken made so relaxing. Thanks a lot, pls.made more clips.

@Timothycan 2 жыл бұрын

I admire your patience! I don't have a clue how these were assembled en masse back at the factory. I had Timex watches when I was a kid (not Mickey Mouse though), and the insides looked much the same. They had a red seconds hand as well. Usually they lasted a couple of years or so, I think.

@scottlarson1548 2 жыл бұрын

So many kids in the early 70s got these watches for Christmas. In 1973 I remember two kids showing theirs off on the playground after Christmas vacation.

@chopin65 3 жыл бұрын

Robert Langdon, the main character in "The Da Vinci Code", wears a Mickey Mouse watch. Now, I shall have to watch it, again. 😁 Great video. You are really cool, man. You are so positive. I like all the new things that I am learning. Thank you.

@SuperDRYDfruit 3 жыл бұрын

Lol that’s funny. Ignatius J Reilly, the main character of a Confederacy of Dunces, wears one too. Apparently it’s a common watch in the world of fiction.

@chopin65 3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperDRYDfruit OMG! That is my favorite book! You're right. I can picture him in my mind, his pockets jammed with hot dogs. Cool.

@truthfulkarl 3 жыл бұрын

i was about to ask if robert dropped his off for restoration lol!

@fgb3126 2 жыл бұрын

One must be very positive indeed to live in Seattle.

@tsr7198 2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperDRYDfruit I absolutely love that book! Tragic history for the author. Sad, he was brilliant!

@MrKenny777 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. When all is said and done, the watch lasted nearly 50 years which isn't too bad at all.

@johnfranklin5277 2 жыл бұрын

This watch most likely ran for a COUPLE, years, and sat in a drawer for 50 years.

@dr.s.p. Жыл бұрын

Wow! That was the most counterintuitive watch presentation ever, when one would reasonably expect such a watch to be easy. This presenter portrays seminal work in all his videos’ in subject, expertise, commentary and of course his super photography. Wonderful assistance to a novice such as I, in this, my new and wonderful hobby.

@robertfletcher3421 Жыл бұрын

It's a lovely watch real nostalgia.

@maangamandai 3 жыл бұрын

You are brilliant Mr. Marshall. It is so soothing listening to you.

@markwybierala4936 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations in getting to the end. Sometimes reassembly of something you’ve taken apart is like herding cats. For me, the question that always bothers me is, “how was the assembly was done by the manufacturer?”. Obviously, a watch like this needed to be assembled in under a few minutes to be profitable. My mind wanders looking for answers - was there an assembly jig? - did they apply a distilled water mist and freeze all of the parts in place before laying down the bridge? - a type of wax that was removed by heat? It would be awesome to learn how it was done in the first place.

@fredk.2001 Жыл бұрын

Wax does sound like a good idea.

@irawolf 5 ай бұрын

This was my first wristwatch! I got it as a kindergarten graduation present in 1969 (or 1970?). Now I want to find a functional one. :-)

@joewebb1663 Жыл бұрын

This video really shows how the cheaper the watch the harder it is to work on

@darthtruk7206 2 жыл бұрын

I got one of these kind of watches when I was a kid. It was a more modern version, I think it was a quartz movement. Loved that watch, so cool to see how long they’ve been around

@stevenstewart3414 3 ай бұрын

When I was in the Navy, we had a sign on the ET Shack door of the USS Conyngham that said "Miracles While-U-Wait". I think you have earned that accolade, Marshall.

@Looey 3 ай бұрын

Mickey shared baskets with many BIG names lol. Coool

@Semeyaza 2 жыл бұрын

I had one of these as my first real watch when I was a kid... probably got it for my fifth birthday. In 81... damn but how time flies...

@pierrem.martelli5173 3 жыл бұрын

Mon admiration sans réserve pour la patience qu'il aura fallu pour réassembler les deux plateaux ! Hats off !…

@bsimpson6204 3 жыл бұрын

I did so enjoy watching that, well done on getting that plate back on the pivots.

@JordNL Жыл бұрын

I applaud your patience. In my case I'd thrown the watch around the room already. I build computers, but luckily even the M.2 screws aren't that tiny.

@BobbyIronsights Жыл бұрын

Somehow this was just as satisfying to watch as one of the Rolex videos

@StephenGoggin 3 жыл бұрын

Fun game: Take a drink every time he tells us how many screws there are... But seriously I enjoy your videos. They're very fascinating and I enjoy your enthusiasm. Keep it up!

@robertweldon7909 2 жыл бұрын

As I recall, I could be wrong too, but these watches were made for children, So being inexpensive was the way to go. Children will beat the sand out of a watch, so any that have lasted for very long is quite a nice piece of memorabilia. ;-)

@MrBanzoid 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid I had a Roy Rogers watch. There was an extended pivot on the pallet fork which held a gun which waggled up and down in time to the ticking.

@michaeldimmitt2188 Жыл бұрын

WOW!

@susanholland3809 3 жыл бұрын

I have one just like it. It was bought in the late 60s or early 70s, and it still works. I also have a MM watch from 1935 that works. One of my favorite possessions!

@dylan.c.23 3 жыл бұрын

Did these only come out in the 60’s and 70’s really want one just don’t want a fake

@michaeldimmitt2188 Жыл бұрын

Oh Boy! Was that ever a barrel of fun! See ya real soon! You're the best, pal!

@brinkee7674 2 ай бұрын

My mom worked for Timex for a little while back around the later 70's. Who knows she may have built some of these. Timex was in Ashland, MA

@nayto550 2 жыл бұрын

I just bought a non-running M24 movement Timex this morning, having never worked on or seen one. Opened it up and said "WTF?". Very serendipitous that I just happened upon this video this afternoon. After watching this, I think I might just replace the whole movement rather than attempting a repair.

@AutomotiveEvangelist 2 жыл бұрын

I got a bunch of these pin lever movements (though Swiss, not American) in an eBay auction figuring they would be a 'fun' way to learn watchmaking. Little did I realize that this is basically an implement for self-torture. I've gotten almost all of them running again, though had to acquire a few parts movements along the way. Some are better designed for repair than others, but at least it was a cheap way to get into the hobby without destroying any really nice watches in the process. When you finally work on an actual jeweled movement, it's like night and day for degree of difficulty, so maybe it was a blessing in disguise.

@erneststorch9844 2 жыл бұрын

I have worked on many things not as small of coarse .But after working on something the first time the second time usually goes a lot better. Knowing what is inside helps a lot. You learn the pitfalls. Very cool video and watch. I grew in the 50's and 60's and haveing a Mickey mouse watch was a big deal for a kid.

@dennisintersimone2494 2 жыл бұрын

So is that where the expression Micky Mouse came from ? Love this video and humor 🤣

@1967250s 3 жыл бұрын

Fun job there. Wondering if you may have assembled it upside down, as in, install the movements on the back plate first? There must have been an easy way to get the wheels aligned easily for such a mass produced watch.

@clockstr6404 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is one of the most inconvenient Timex mechanisms for assembly, I assembled it myself 100 times. Bravo for the video!

@WristwatchRevival 2 жыл бұрын

Wow 100 times, you are a machine!

@imopman 2 жыл бұрын

Actually nice to see a watch like this , really makes you appreciate the finer ones.

@williamnolantabor8809 Ай бұрын

I was working at a jewelry store that had Timex watches, I got to go to the factory in Little Rock, Arkansas We had to swap the pre-made movements to "service" them

@arsaeterna4285 3 жыл бұрын

The bottom balance pivot hole is a screw and it can be unscrewed from the back This results in the balance sinking in a bit into the movement, stabilizing it The other gears can be wiggled from the open sides with a tweezer until they pop into the pivot holes Later you can tighten the balance pivot up and oil, so finicky! awesome video and cute watch : )

@Jon651 Жыл бұрын

The most interesting part about your struggle getting the movement reassembled is that these were very inexpensive watches so the amount of time required to assemble it would have to be very low. Knowing that, there MUST be a trick to quickly and accurately install the plate over the gear train - it's just that knowledge has been lost over the years. I wonder if Timex might have a historical records department with a copy of the old assembly manual might still be found?

@VintageTechFan 5 ай бұрын

Most likely some very specialized mounting jigs, payed for by pure economy of scale. I can imagine that all the wheels being delivered in some sort of frame holding them together, you put them in all at once. Maybe even indexing on that "spare" holes. Then put the plate on and pull the frame out to the side. Something like that. I agree with you that at that price point nobody would fiddle like that, it has to be dropped in and be done.

@seangerst6561 Жыл бұрын

I found that the screws are so much trickier to get in on those cheap movements. Its just crazy.😂

@adamjudis 5 ай бұрын

Wow, that was the first watch I ever owned, my grandfather got it for me when I was very young. Unfortunately my home was burglarized a few years ago and it got stolen, but so cool to see it again and the inner workings of it. Thx for sharing.