Restoring Fire Damaged Watches - Long Version

The short version of this video is here: https://youtu.be/wWKUJI7WIqk

My long videos are intended to help viewers answer the questions: Could I do this myself? What tools would I need? How difficult is it? How exactly is it done? And how much time does it take? This particular video is indexed to make it easy for you to jump to whatever part you may be curious about. If you prefer to see an edited overview feel free to watch the twenty five minute long video at the link above but note that it does not include any work on the movements, which this one does.

In this video I show you the restoration of these three fire damaged watches in detail, including how I replaced and repaired the movements.

chapter index:
00:00:00 visual introduction / "In this video...""
00:00:59 a brief history of the watches
00:02:25 removing the Baume & Mercier Hampton movement from its case
00:08:07 cleaning the Baume & Mercier case with table (white) vinegar
00:12:18 removing the steel bracelet from the Pierre Kunz "Spirit of Challenge"
00:13:30 plug about how to buy cleaning (and other) tools on my website
00:13:54 cleaning the stainless steel bracelet after soaking in vinegar
00:15:36 opening the non-working Pierre Kunz case and examining the movement
00:25:42 removing the crystal and hands
00:32:47 removing the rusted movement from the Baume & Mercier Hampton
00:44:25 disassembling the old B&M ETA 980.163 15 jewel quartz movement
00:53:44 removing the rust from the B&M minute wheel for use in the new movement
00:57:31 removing the rust from the Pierre Kunz hands
01:01:29 refinishing the Pierre Kunz hands
01:05:19 examining the Baume & Mercier damaged hour hand
01:09:18 polishing the pivots on the B&M seconds wheel with a Jacot tool
01:25:37 polishing the pivots on the B&M seconds wheel with a rubber pin polisher
01:38:25 cleaning the Baume & Mercier dial
01:42:21 swapping out the refinished seconds wheel in the new ETA 980.163 movement
01:53:48 checking the waterproofness of the B&M and gluing in new custom fit crystal
02:02:29 temporarily losing and searching for the B&M hour hand (comedic break?)
02:03:27 failing to bend back damaged hour hand on 750 degrees F heat plate
02:05:34 sourcing a possible replacement hour hand for the B&M from my hand collection
02:07:48 musical interlude (going hard on the hand problems I created myself)
02:11:11 diamond polishing the Pierre Kunz hands
02:16:01 re-bluing the Pierre Kunz hands
02:27:49 removing the bezel and movement from the Pierre Kunz
02:30:06 removing the dial from the PK ETA 2892 A2 movement
02:30:58 examining the Pierre Kunz retrograde seconds module Agenhor AGH-2302 12-101
02:40:42 realizing I lost the ETA 2892 seconds hack (note how useful it is to have a retaining rim around your bench top!)
02:44:58 diagnosing the retrograde seconds friction / stopping issue
02:54:46 putting a very gentle downward bend in the retrograde seconds rack so that the rack itself rides a hair lower on the pinion
02:56:00 testing the repair
03:03:58 de-dusting (with rodico) and putting the crystal back on the repaired Pierre Kunz watch
03:06:02 testing the repaired watch on the Timegrapher
03:07:16 putting the stainless steel bracelet back on the Pierre Kunz
03:13:16 fitting a new leather strap to the other Pierre Kunz "Spirit of Challenge"
03:14:40 diamond-paste polishing the steel date hand on the Pierre Kunz retrograde date watch
03:16:52 cleaning the blue hands with a bare (no chemical) synthetic cleaning swab
03:19:20 Thanks for watching!

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