looking for professional watch tools

[daysky1]

I posted this in the general forum and think this is the place for my question, sorry.
I have a few watch tools from Esslinger and Otto Frei, Some Bergeon and other names that seemed to be the best I could find. I started out with a "kit" from Amazon, I don't have a timeographer like some here have but am interested, (is their one better than others, i'm not looking for a budget model but the best one that you know of, that you have.) Mostly I use them for bracelet sizing of Rolex, Omega, Citizen, Tudor etc and for battery replacement. Each watch has its own challenges, ie for Rolex the spring bar opening is 1mm, the best spring bar tool I have is 1.3mm, so I bought an expensive tweezer type spring bar tool specially made with a 1mm head. It says not for Omega, ok now what do I need for Omega.

[Fred48]

Hi,
for Omega, you could try your tweezers as they might fit. Also, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4psVmJBRFo

For a timegrapher, the really expensive ones will give you more information than you really need, and the cheap ones are accurate enough, and give accuracy error (spd), amplitude, and beat error. Just make sure your area is quiet so as not to disturb the microphone. A good video on this would be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsOR...wMPSL&index=53

fred

[77T]

Originally Posted by daysky1

Each watch has its own challenges, ie for Rolex the spring bar opening is 1mm, the best spring bar tool I have is 1.3mm, so I bought an expensive tweezer type spring bar tool specially made with a 1mm head. It says not for Omega, ok now what do I need for Omega.

My suggestion is to get multitasking experience. For example, when you were challenged by the Rolex 1mm slot and only had a 1.3mm fork, then use a .8mm screwdriver. Or file the outer edges of the fork to fit the 1mm slot.

For the Omega springbars, apply some “workaround rumination” and you’ll likely find a trick that works.



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