Patek Philippe Sigma Dial First Look - Plus Seven Other Vintage Watchmaking Project Updates

Chapter Index:
00:00 Intro
00:32 Can watch movements be cleaned without disassembly?
03:24 first WD40 test with pocket watch movement
05:10 Question: can IWC Cal 44 movement be revived with WD40 (answer: no)
08:14 removing the sticky train wheel bridge on the pocket watch movement
12:07 multiple project overview
18:09 Patek Philippe Ellipse Case
20:07 Patek Philippe Ellipse Sigma Dial
25:47 plan to put Patek Philippe 16-250 movement in Bermi transparent case
28:37 Be-Be Precision ETA 2472 hands / dial / Frankenwatch project
29:31 ETA 2472 World Time case project
33:30 Lanco Pistol Shooters movement and dial recase idea
34:21 Frankenwatch discussion
36:48 WAIT! WD40 did unlock the train on the pocket watch!
39:30 trying to fit the Lanco movement to the ETA 2472 world time case fail

This video was originally so confused that I didn't know what to do with it so I gratuitously titled it, "YouTube's Ten Best Vintage Watch Restoration Channels with Under 1,000 Subscribers," and put in a ten minute section about other YouTube channels, which is not what it is actually about. I've taken that section out now and retitled it, "Noise" based on this idea in tech of signal to noise ratio, which in my opinion relates, at least in the abstract, to creativity. All signal and no noise (in the metaphorical sense) precludes the possibility of creativity, because creativity is often a result of play, and play is something that happens outside of the realm of signal and therefore in the realm of noise. Not to belabor the point, but in this metaphorical interpretation of signal to noise ratio, "signal" is by definition a realm in which there is "no noise". And noise is a realm in which there is information, but it does not appear to be well enough organized to qualify as signal. There is still a great deal of chaotic information in noise, which in my view is a source if not the source for creativity, because noise combined with play (the application of imagination and organization) is tautologically from the above argument, "creativity".

Here are the links mentioned in the original video if you're interested:

1) Timely Vintage Watches (188 subs)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4B5ybexKsNKEx541yGf5cQ/
I am a horologist in training located in Toronto. Follow me as I learn the art and science of watchmaking with help from the masters, and local and global mentors.

2) Time on Wrist (306 subs)
https://www.youtube.com/user/mxtacsy/
Mostly Seiko and Citizen / Miyota movements

3) Berlin Time (96 subs, Andrej in Berlin)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQO1LwBYg2eDYaEbPgKwrxA
Seiko ladies, super tiny, minimal tools

4) Le Restaurat'Heure - Watch Restoration (1.13K subs)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2gcywSRLGJ8jSSNWyLaEw
polishing and welding stainless steel

5) Silly Vintage Watches (483 subs)
https://www.youtube.com/c/SillyVintageWatches

6) Working With Time (1.31K subs)
https://www.youtube.com/c/WorkingWithTime
vintage restoration

7) Alexander James Horological Services Ltd (332 subs, UK - also has website)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg0ciEtHPVaoVLwGjS1xyBg
https://ajhsl.co.uk/epilame-an-overview-and-explanation/

8) KIM's Watch Repair (725 subs, South Korea)
https://www.youtube.com/user/kimkiseob
by movement caliber

9) the WatchMaker (287 subs) old timer, includes wall clocks - several full restoration videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd4X9wvpK-c29p0KHxHrfJQ

10) Szekaryel's Watch Spare Parts and Repair (29 subs)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcv4F8lLdw0I4mEL0jD6juQ
interesting polishing and work area

Vallee de Joux watchmaking school
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJQIw8Az1Xk

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