Can I be your apprentice master?

Absolutely fascinating!!!! Beautiful work there. Could you tell what kind of a liquid you have used to clean the dial? It does not seems to be too aggressive. Keep up the awesome work and I can only pray for more content of this and the video quality! I used to be a collector, but I liquidated my collection to venture into real estate. In January, I acquired homes in Malibu for $34 million, and the returns on investment far exceed what I earned as a collector.

It is gratifying to know that@ 71 my lifelong craft will still be in good hands when i am gone.good wishes for the future.John Anderson, Watch/ clock repaier

Every time I see your work, I have nothing left but to express and tell you: Teacher of teachers...

I don't understand how this video has 85 👎. Only thing I can think of is they hit the wrong button. Excellent video & excellent watch restoration. I would be proud to own that watch. Thank you!

That is my kind of watch. History and patina without all the glitz. A man's everyday timepiece.

Brought back for the dead for another life time for someone to cherish by a master watchmaker salu very impressed

Great job and excellent music. 👍👍👍

This is a much more complicated mechanism than most other watch vids I have seen

Jazz, watches, mastership and labor... ❤️❤️❤️❤️⌚⌚⌚⌚

Well done. A concise, masterful, resurrection of a 67 year old Breitling chrono. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to look over your shoulder during this process. It is an affirmation of what skill, a steady hand, and patience can achieve. A joy to behold! Thank you for sharing. The completed restoration gave me a renewed appreciation for Breitling timepieces.

Why do I absolutely love this movement! Outstanding

I bloody love these videos, Mr Hacko. Lord knows how you remember where everything goes back. And that new strap is a thing of beauty. Great work. Again.

I’m in awe how many parts are in that timepiece and you know how it all goes back together! Bravo!

Stunning workmanship. Something that was just about a “throw away”, reincarnated to a beautiful timepiece, true nirvana.

Outstanding Work

The MOST OUTSTANDING watch restoration I have seen. The end result was sublime. Would loved to have seen the customer's face when they got their piece returned. Gonna watch it again :-0

I love the magic moment when it returns to life and begins to tick. Also, looking at the after pics.

A compelling restoration. I too was born in 1953, and I wish I could clean up that good. Kudos for the music.

Swinging Video. I am an old school photographer. I was back in school watching this well inspiring, whimsical Japanese time traveling to aerospace finish, I was delighted with before and after and then realized it was me you took apart and put me back together. ❤

I don't think I have ever seen another watch maker on KZfaq clean a dial as well as you did on this video. Even one with over 200,000 subscribers!

Grazie,che ci fate godere di questi capolavori,per molti anni ancora.

Its like you saved a life and the heart is now beating at the right rate!! - thanks much appreciated!

I have a soft spot for Breitling, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL rebuild.

Wow, just wow. Awesome job on that Breitling!! Bravo. When you put that strap on the watch, that just completed everything... Just a beautiful watch, by the end.... well done!!!

Beautiful. Not hard to see why Nicholas is a MASTER watchmaker.

Being in electronics repair all my life i cringed remembering the first time i took apart something so intricate forgetting where everything went haha...even more so with all those tiny gears and screws. you good sir are a master of your trade. Love the vid

Incredible! No gaskets anywhere on vintages... so delicate. But its still so amazing the work that goes into a watch of that age. Thanks for doing what you do.

Bravo!! Beautiful work. Can you start adding a playlist to the music as well? Love when the watch comes alive after installing the balance wheel.

Gorgeous watch. Someday I may have the pride of owning such a timepiece but never will I have the satisfaction of restoring it myself. You are an artist my friend.

Masterfull. Fantastic restoration. What a beautiful timepiece brought back to Life. Couldn’t stop watching. Kudos.

Inspirational. Elegant. Ethical and respectful. Bellissimo.

amazing work, good to see these old watches coming back to life! Hopefully it will remain as beautiful as it is now!

Marvelous restoration! Congratulations!

Ser, watching on your job and listening this music makes this video like a relax lounge film. Thank you.

My dad had one. Wish I had it. Brings back memories. Great work!

That was truly amazing, and the jazz wasn't bad either.

Great job. Beautiful watch. Amazing music

That's more than a restoration, that's brought back from the dead. Great job!

Excellent work Excellent music Excellent knowledge!!

Brand new to these videos; never considered watching them for a second in my life and now they’re literally like therapy. Fascinating, unreal skill.

My grandfather owned a Orfina with this movement. I am delighted to own it today, some 60+ years after he purchased it.

What a beautiful watch! Amazing transformation.

I think that dial looks great with the damage marks showing. Restored beautifully. Thanks Mr. Hacko. Nice job.

Such a great job you did restoring this watch and giving it a new life . Keep up the good work.

Quite a dramatic restoration. Nicely done.

The jazz music is relaxing... While doing the serious job

Wow! No other words. Just wow!

Very impressive! I can't believe how good the dial looks after cleaning.

Wow. Beautiful watch and a very complicated movement. Very nice

Spectacular, very spectacular work!!!!!!!!!!

Wow! Excellent job! Well done!

Wow. That was spectacular! Thank you for sharing! I need a watch like that! Appreciate what you do!

WOW!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful video!

What a lovely restoration! Thanks Nick!

What you do in your workshop is the world championship for me. Your films are watched with great joy, and the end results bring me to tears and full of happiness. I would give a lot to learn this rare profession from such a master. Once I took my first Soviet "rocket" watch apart, but I never managed to put it together. I salute you with greetings from Poland

Well done! Beautiful!

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Nicholas, I have a similar Breitling Premier but with a stainless steel case and three sub dials. I purchased this some time ago from the US. The dial had undergone a restoration, but the watch had a problem. The flyback mechanism for the chronograph would not work properly, taking sometimes three or four attempts to make it work. As I had purchased the watch 'as is', I sent it out to a watchmaker in the UK explaining the problem. The watchmaker contacted me and stated that a part had been replaced in the watch, and that this part was the wrong part. This is why the flyback would not work properly. The watchmaker told me that since this was an old watch finding a replacement would take time. I agreed that he could hang onto the watch for a time so that he could search for a replacement part. So, six months passed without any feedback from the watchmaker, and then a year. In the New Year I decided to contact the watchmaker and find out how he was coming along finding the replacement part. This for a time was fraught, and for a moment I thought that I might have lost the watch, but no. I was eventually informed by one of the watchmakers family monitoring his E mails and remaining estate that he had sustained a heart attack and died. Poor guy. The watch was found in the watchmakers safe, and returned to me. So, a year gone, and the watch still not repaired. The watch is here with me in Thailand. I just wondered whether this watch might be still repairable. I understand that parts for watches can be in short supply, especially for older watches, but is it possible that in some cases that the part can be manufactured by the watchmaker? I would be interested to see your response. By the way, this watch style and movement is beautiful. That is why I bought my own. Just fell in love with the watch from first sight. Keeps excellent time.

Can`t believe how good looking it come out,well done man.

Breathes life into time. True master. 💚

Amazing Nick. One of your best videos. Very happy with the job you did on my Sea master too, by the way. Lucky for us watch collectors here in Australia, we have a talent such as yourself!

A beautiful watch. I love Breitling. And a very good video.

Beautiful! You even repaired the spring for the buttons. Finally a Venus 170 gets overhauled on video!

I learned this art from my dad just brings back memories thanks very much keep doing what you do

Stunning watch and restoration 👏🏼

What an absolutely beauty of a time piece. Great job saving her.

That sounds like Paul Desmond on the saxophone with the Dave Brubeck quartet. Beautiful. Nice job on the watch man.

Fantástico, belíssimo trabalho, digno de um artista.

Patience Level „Watchmaker“. This is truely amazing. And the music‘s nice too.

Just too awesome!! Thanks!

Wow! Nice restoration!

Beautiful job. Well done Nicholas on bringing this classic beauty back to life. Good choice of music too!

The process with great music!, well done!!

This is incredible! and how accurate!

Fantastic video Nick. It was a beautiful watch created by a skilled watchmaker. Just as well there are still skilled watchmakers like you to bring it back for it's second life. Nice job . ( I like your choice of band)

Very beautiful watch good restoration well done 💐👍

Gorgeous watch. Love how you kept the character of the dial but still got rid of the dirt and grime obscuring the numbering. Excellent job

Wow...what a fantastic restoration...Congratulations

I am surprised at how well the watch recovered from the damage. Well done!

Just love the musical score! Your work stands on its own merit.

Habe den Kanal erst kürzlich entdeckt und finde ihn wunderbar! Auch die Musik.

Came to see the Breitling, stayed for the music. Excellent.

A master's class in restoring a classic Breitling.

Wow That was impressive Fabulous job on a fabulous watch 👍👍👏👏👏👏👏

What a wonderful job. Congratulations

Lovely piece of work. Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed every minute.

За такую проделанную работу, однозначно лайк. Мастер профи.

Congratulations Nick. Another great restoration.

absolutely beautiful and a brilliant job!!

Beautiful restoration. I wish I could afford to send to you my grandfather's pocket watch. Much love from India.

Just too good for words I love every minute of it well done, I like to see more many thanks.

Bloody brilliant again Nick. Loved it

Beautiful restauration,as for 45 min counter dial it is probably one of "soccer-football" chronograps so it is made to measure half time in game .Great job.

Beautiful… just beautiful

How can anybody give this video a thumbsdown is beyond me. Bloody amazing video and memory 12 out 10 from me...cheers ~baden~

Superb work!

That one can even remember where everything goes in the correct sequence is what amazes me

Beautiful, just beautiful 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️

This is the best watch restoration video I've seen. Beautiful results with a beautiful timepiece.