Servicing my First Breitling Vintage Chronograph !!!

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Жыл бұрын

In this video I will service my first Breitling vintage watch. It is a beautiful Breitling Premier with a full gold case. The caliber inside is the famous Venus 178 that equipped many of the Breitling chronographs from this era. This is a very beautiful watch and hopefully it will run nicely again.
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Пікірлер: 77

@LarsC70 Жыл бұрын

Impressing to be able to understand the function of all the parts in such a complext watch and to be able to put it together again!

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Just need some practice

@RalfyCustoms Жыл бұрын

Bravo my friend. Very well done indeed, thank you for sharing

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@brucebarlow6604 Жыл бұрын

Perfect another great restoration and a lovely vintage chronograph. Take care from New Zealand 🇳🇿

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce

@billydog1954 Жыл бұрын

I never get tired of looking at a vintage chronograph of any maker I'm lucky enough to own a few

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Same for me. I love chronograph and their caliber

@etienneguyot9069 Жыл бұрын

Sacré morceau, la quantité de pièces toutes plus compliquées les unes que les autres est juste impressionnante ! Je te tire mon chapeau, c'est superbe et quelle patience.

@csachevauxsansabri2612 Жыл бұрын

This is so far beyond my capabilities that is scares me. One who has only used watches for telling time could never appreciate the difficulty of this work. It in fact scares me so much I have to watch this video in sections so that I can truly appreciate it's interact beauty .

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@DocWat280 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful watch. I think if Breitling realest this today, it would be an absolute hit. A lot of companies have been going to their back catalogues for inspiration.

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

It is a nice watch and I think Breitling lately is doing a great job with their modern watches too

@kennethconnors5316 Жыл бұрын

Incredible watch and you make it memorable

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@SkyBlue-le7cd Жыл бұрын

Wow, another absolutely beautiful chrono. Great job as always.

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@mrjughead87 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video and beautiful watch

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@darcybrawataakaontariostac6835 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful watch, and Great job

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@antonioferreira2996 Жыл бұрын

Another amazing restoration... This one more complex, but the Venus movement is amazing, pure mechanic.

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Yes it is a nice movement

@pipodorologio1648 Жыл бұрын

high respect for your courage to service this chronograph, thanks for sharing

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

My pleasure

@nuevohermes 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Inspirational

@FrenchWatchCollector 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@dankuettel5063 Жыл бұрын

Love those vintage Omega cases. Great video.

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@deancase8951 Жыл бұрын

Nice dial! Beautifully done

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@karma247ajm Жыл бұрын

Beautiful work 👍

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot 😊

@heinrethasangerhaus4242 Жыл бұрын

Way to complicated for me. Whenever i see one of these i always remember an elderly gentleman i saw on a train in Switzerland one evening while on holiday there. The train was completely full so i made space for him to sit down. As he sat down the cuff of his coat moved up his arm revealing the most beautifull Breitling i ever saw. It was an old watch like this one. Enjoyed very much.

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@JoseCollazo-ot9bv Жыл бұрын

Stunning movement.

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@SQueme Жыл бұрын

so beautiful shots + explained so well 🥰 ... i'm ashamed with a ST19 😳

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Nothing to be ashamed

@tjitskevisser8591 Жыл бұрын

An beautiful watch Succes👍

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

@lucagragnaniello8070 Жыл бұрын

Those are a lot of screws!! Ahahahah All the marking of the caseback are a proof of how much the previous owners cared about that watch how they valued it. Nice video as always man!

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

You are right. Thanks

@alanmckinnon6791 Жыл бұрын

That is a fine fine vintage chronograph there FWC. Always when I see your final results I feel joy, and sometimes I also feel envy that I don't have such a watch of my own. Today, I feel envy, my only "old" chrono is the popular Chinese 1963 pilot chrono. But it's not even old, just an old Venus design 🙂

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alan. If one day you can find a cheap vintage chronograph, I will be more then happy to fix it for you

@alanmckinnon6791 Жыл бұрын

@@FrenchWatchCollector That's very kind thank you. There is a Tissot SeaStar with a Lemania movement that I have my eye on if only I can persuade the seller to lower their asking, so who knows, I may need to call on you!

@sdavifcom Жыл бұрын

Very nice. To me, this movement seemed quite a bit more complicated than usual. Thank you for sharing. Another splendid addition to your collection.

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

A chronograph is always more complicated

@petercampbell3828 Жыл бұрын

Another beautiful watch. The off center screws are called eccentric screws in english.

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@boydsargeant7496 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks! I love all your watches, you pick lovely looking cases and dials. How do you buy your watches, eBay? Any tricks for getting a good project? Looking forward to the next one!

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I buy them mainly on ebay. There is no trick to find a good project. Just need to be patient to find the right one

@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands Жыл бұрын

Nice Gronochraaf as we say in the Netherlands :) We pronounce the g/ch as the Greek ch or Scotish ch, not like a "k", like the Engrish and French do. Nice Ants :)

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

I know that very well because my wife is Dutch

@ygrbooks Жыл бұрын

Beautiful video of a beautiful watch: thank you so much. Who would have thought - after looking at ghastly Breitling watches for the last decades - that they once produced classy watches a long time ago? One more reason to cherish vintage watches. However, 50% less talking would take you a long way ... not offense, but I was really tempted to watch your wonderful video without sound ...

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I will try something new for the comments on a different video

@darcybrawataakaontariostac6835 Жыл бұрын

My favorite watch is a Breitling

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

Good choice

@pafeso1659 Жыл бұрын

How ofthen do you do giveways? Unfortunately i missed the last one 😅J'adore vos vidéos!

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

It was the first one. I might do another one for the 10k subscribers.

@Kali_Kali Жыл бұрын

What is that thing you used to clean the pivots of the escape wheel and pallet fork? Is it some kind of wood? Something like balsa or wine cork?

@walther9161 Жыл бұрын

Amazing watch and video!! Question: The lugs have male pins for the strap bars? I have an old Sarna and can’t find bars for it and they look like the ones on this watch… Thank you for posting!!

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

This is what you need www.cousinsuk.com/product/female-0180mm-5mm-to-24mm-iso-swiss

@walther9161 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

@windgarden5079 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this detailed video. Can you please tell me what kind of material you are using in the pin vice at 13:15 to polish the pivots of the wheels? Seems to be some kind of rubber.

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

I use some eve flex stick that you can find on cousin uk for exemple

@mrjughead87 Жыл бұрын

I had to stop for a minute at 10:16 The amount of anxiety I have seeing all of these parts makes me think I'm out of my mind taking up watching making as a hobby.

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

That is the fun of it

@seangerst6561 Жыл бұрын

Do you need this special tool to remove the one chronograph wheel? Or is that just for simplicity?

@FrenchWatchCollector Жыл бұрын

The wheel is friction mounted so you need to use some force to pull it up. The tool just make sure you pull it straight up and it prevents from bending the wheel

@seangerst6561 Жыл бұрын

@@FrenchWatchCollector OK, cool cause i want to buy my First Chronograph watch and i always see you using this tool i think i am going to buy the presto tool too.😅😊👍🏼👍🏼