Vintage 1963 Hamilton Dateline A-576 Watch Restoration

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In this video, I service and restore a vintage Hamilton Dateline A-576 from 1963 for a client. The movement is a Swiss made Hamilton caliber 64A automatic with 21 jewels. It is based on the ETA caliber 2452.
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@jprichard 3 жыл бұрын

I really like how you identify each component as you remove it. Very educational. Thank you!

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Happy357mag 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video and a beautiful watch. Thank you

@repentbeforeitstoolate..8239 Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous 😍

@salembeeman370 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Wish I had half the skills you possess.

@rileybeaupre8262 3 жыл бұрын

Great job. Thanks for sharing!

@watchhobbie6002 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@masasikatano9483 3 жыл бұрын

Great work.

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate the kind words!

@brianrusso8018 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video!I love the dry humor. 😆

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

I like my humor like I take my martini's....painfully dry.

@thithanuyen3440 2 жыл бұрын

Good

@yvonne4933 3 жыл бұрын

nice.

@krishnadarapu4250 3 жыл бұрын

Super Sir but i like this i want this watch

@justinbjork5682 Жыл бұрын

Enjoy the thorough narration. You give more detailed info than Marshall.. but you don’t show the cleanin*..that’s all good though. I dig ya!

@solstar4778 3 жыл бұрын

Do you repair Hamilton that has a worn out 694-A movement ? Mine requires drastic fixing ! I’d send it to you if you have a good movement in hand !

@gesedvgswgsdrg 3 жыл бұрын

nice video.

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@framper2008 3 жыл бұрын

Good, detailed narration of the restoration work performed!

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the feedback, thank you for watching!

@DaveMGmovies 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating rebuild. Thank you. You mentioned that you clean the balance spring separately. I'm intrigued to know how you do this as I've seen other watchmakers reattach it to the main plate and put the assembly in the cleaner.

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great question! I use a product called One Dip to clean the hairspring and the balance jewels. It's a pretty strong solvent that does a great job of breaking down any oil that may be present. I've also cleaned balances in the ultrasonic machine, and still do from time to time, but my personal preference is to remove the balance and clean it separately.

@DaveMGmovies 3 жыл бұрын

@@WolfeVintageWatches Ah thank you. Your method does seem a bit more thorough but less likely to damage the spring. Please keep the videos coming - I really enjoy them.

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveMGmovies You're more than welcome. Thank YOU for the kind words! I'm still trying to find my footing with the videos, but it sure is a gas to make them. I appreciate your watching.

@paulschumacker9901 3 жыл бұрын

I was taught that he pallet jewels should never be lubricated, and I’ve not seen anyone else do this. Can you shed any light on this? Thanks,

@Neverokful 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed that thanks. Can I ask; should you ideally use brass tweezers for this work or is it ok to use stainless once you have more experience, like yourself? I'm just thinking about not scratching the parts that's all? Cheers

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Great question. I think it probably comes down to personal preference and how comfortable you are with using stainless or brass tweezers. I prefer using stainless because the points are much finer and sharper than brass tweezers. This allows a little better control when manipulating parts. For me, the biggest danger of scratching things is when I'm using screwdrivers, especially when trying to loosen a stubborn screw.

@Neverokful 3 жыл бұрын

@@WolfeVintageWatches Many thanks for the advice. I must admit, using screwdrivers is very challenging as a novice but, good fun trying. Cheers

@SubTroppo 3 жыл бұрын

The watches you feature seem to be of great design. What percentage of watches do you accept for sale (there being some pretty ho-hum watches out there)?

@LCMNUNES1962 3 жыл бұрын

BRASIL OK

@slim2429 3 жыл бұрын

Did you lubricate the pallet fork pivot? Why??

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Slim. Yes, I did. When I was first getting started in watch repair years ago, I referred to this: blog.esslinger.com/how-to-oil-a-watch/ About 2/3's of the way down, they mention the oil to be used on pallet pivots. Of course there are different approaches to oiling the pallet pivots or not, as can be seen in this forum post: www.watchrepairtalk.com/topic/5304-lubricating-pallet-fork-pivots-bfg-866/ To answer your question directly, I oil the pallet pivots because I've always oiled them; it's just part of my workflow at this point. I did have a discussion on another video of mine about this topic and I came to the conclusion that I'll try not oiling the pallet pivots. I've had great results with lubricating them, but I'm certainly always trying to improve and learn more! Thanks for your question and for watching!

@2Death9 3 жыл бұрын

@@WolfeVintageWatches Except, this document is wrong. If you look at the picture for "Pallet Fork", it's incorrectly highlighting the jewel of the escape wheel (on the bridge), and the picture for "Escape wheel" incorrectly highlights the jewel of the forth wheel (on the bridge). If you look at the oil chart for the ETA 2826 on that page it shows that no oil is to be placed on the pallet fork pivots, only for the exit stone. However, I do know that the subject of oiling is very personal, some watch makers oil the pallet pivots some don't. I do not but that's only because that's the way I've been taught. If you get good results by oiling then go for it.

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent feedback Ashley, thank you. I totally agree that if you ask 10 watchmakers, you are likely to get 14 different approaches to oiling! That said, it certainly seems that I am in the minority when it comes to lubricating the pallet pivots and will be skipping that procedure to test the results. Thanks for watching and I appreciate your comment.

@elisendopruneda2418 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't restore squat just did service and crystal replacement...

@BeckVMH 3 жыл бұрын

Elisendo Pruneda ... What is a squat and how are they restored?

@zs1dfr 3 жыл бұрын

To clean IS to restore!

@TheSchmed 3 жыл бұрын

Not like he hosed it down and that’s it.

@riccardobiemmi2103 3 жыл бұрын

It's much easier when the camera is out of focus OR your hands cover half of it 😂

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

Shhhhhh....don't give away ALL my secrets. I still want people to come back and watch my videos!

@sergiosumisos5410 3 жыл бұрын

eta 2472 and never lubricate rubies of anchor, only one palet

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks Sergio! You're exactly right....this is based on the ETA 2472. Your comment around not lubricating the rubies/stones of the pallet fork. Can you expand a bit on that? Are you saying to lubricate just one of the stones? Which one? Thanks for the comment and for watching.

@moskauuhrmacher6833 3 жыл бұрын

Why don't you remove balance assembly first?

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

Are you asking why I don't remove the balance from the balance cock before cleaning? I like to keep the assembly together and clean it in its entirety in One Dip separate from the main plate. Some folks prefer to keep the balance and balance cock in place on the main plate and run that through the cleaner.

@moskauuhrmacher6833 3 жыл бұрын

@@WolfeVintageWatches no, sir. I'm asking, why are you removing barrel bridge, train bridge and wheels before removing balance and pallet fork.

@WolfeVintageWatches 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, got it! Good question. I like to have the wheels and bridges out of the way when I remove the balance. This way I don't have to work the balance out from under components and put stress on the hairspring. I suppose there is an argument to remove the balance assembly first, before removing all the other components to be safer. But I just got into the habit of removing the balance assembly last and haven't thought much about changing it.