Watch Repair

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<p>If you are looking for someone in your area who can repair your vintage Bulova watch or just looking for advise to help you repair the watch yourself, please ask here.</p>

Expandable band for Bulova Academy Award

Submitted by JermR82 on
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Hello, I have an original band for the  1950 Bulova Academy Award W but it's too small. I located another band and I'd like to add or take away links. Does this band come apart? I'd attach a picture but I'm not sure how.

This is the band on someone else's watch on here but the same as I have 

https://mybulova.com/watches/1950-academy-award-w-8152

Next steps for a running vintage Bulova

Submitted by DelKimbler on
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My Bulova Aqua Queen, 1965 vintage with movement 7BPC has cleaned up well cosmetically. New crystal, and case looking good. I put it on Watch-O-Scope and it is running about 8 sec/day fast, amplitude 334 degrees and beat error 7.8ms. I think this looks pretty good. Is there anything I can/should do for this? Is cleaning and lube asking for trouble?

Best,

Del

1959 Sea King gaskets

Submitted by levine98 on
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Hi,

I've been working on restoring two late 1950s Sea Kings (I think).

One of the things I was not able to accomplish is fitting a fresh gasket to case. This is supposed to be a waterproof watch, but when I first cracked open the case I had to remove the old gaskets because they were deteriorated beyond use. Unfortunately I have not been able to find any NOS gaskets for this watch, and none of the flat gaskets I have in my assortment package from Otto Frei come close to fitting (all too wide plus too small or too large diameter).

Where can I find crystals for my vintage Bulovas

Submitted by wakeman33 on
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Hi,

I'm a very new watch repair hobbiest. I really enjoy taking apart, cleaning, and putting together watches. But I have struggled to find Watch parts and identify watches. I have two Bulova's I really want to get ready to be worn. The last I need for both watches are crystals.

the first watch I believe I have identified as a 1942 Bulova Alexander. This watch has a very oddly shaped crystal and I have attempted to find one on Cousins with no luck. 

Accutron 218Accutron 2182 Date & Day2 Date & Day

Submitted by hippieelmo on
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I have a Accutron 2182 Date & Day watch and both the minute and hour hands have stopped moving. Took it to a watch repair person and I was told that there wasn't enough interference between two gears that transmit the movement. I have no idea what this means, any ideas on how I can get the watch working again?

 

Thanks,