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Currently we are utilizing Miyota & TMI (Seiko) mechanical movements. These are quality Automatic Movement made in Japan. Skeleton variations of the movements are available. By taking apart all the movement elements and plating them black, we've produce some black skeleton movements too! As much as 42 hours power reserve, BPH: 21600Accuracy: -20 +40 sec per day21 gems, Function: 3 Hands, Automatic and hand winding, As much as 42 hours power reserve, BPH: 21600Accuracy: -20 +40 sec per day24 gems, Function: 3 Hands, Automatic and hand winding.

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All in all, I had a good time assembling this watch. As others have discussed, there were some pain points. I invested hours attempting to affix the previously owned. From Look At This Piece , I see that a lot of folks quit and went without it, and I do not blame them.

Many of the issue was that the loupe (magnifying glass) provided with the cage has a focus point about 2 inches in front of the lense, so you essentially have to hunker down with your face nearly touching your work space, your eye socket squinched shut to keep the loupe in place, and after that determine how to wedge the hand setting tool in there too.

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The next roadblock were the ears that hold the motion to the case. Threading those teeny small screws into the earholes and after that attempting to screw them into the movement holder triggered a lot more cursing. Eventually, I ditched the suggestions in the guidelines and set the screw dealing with threads-up on my workspace and decreased the ears down onto it with a set of tweezers.

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If you put too much pressure on a screw or the ear, it'll pop ideal out of the tweezers and fly across the space. Another issue I had was that mine didn't come with a temporary stem/crown, so I simply utilized the long-term stem/crown while setting the watch. No huge deal.