{"id":404,"date":"2009-12-12T19:16:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T02:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jacksarse.com\/blog\/?p=404"},"modified":"2009-12-20T13:33:48","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T20:33:48","slug":"its-ticking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksarse.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/12\/its-ticking\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s ticking!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost a month after I ordered all the pieces, the alpha version of my new watch is ready and ticking!<\/p>\n

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The last part arrived about 10 days ago and it took about 5 hours to get it all together. Unfortunately, the bezel came with a small dent and a new one is on the way. The hour hand has a bit of metal showing and another one is en route as well.<\/p>\n

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After the initial casing and regulating in the dial up position for 48 hours, I decided to do a final cleaning of the case and install the winding rotor. Since I’m a moron, I dropped the movement onto the case when installing it for the final time! :wallbash: The freaking dial got scratched and a new one is on order.<\/p>\n

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Anyways, after another week of regulating, I wore it for the first time today. So far, the movement runs really well and is +3.5 to +7 seconds per day depending on the position. We’ll see how it runs with wear.<\/p>\n

Here are some images from the build:<\/p>\n

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