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EmmyWatch by Emily Professionally restored vintage timepieces with piece of mind

07/28/2026

Just rolled into the shop! Stunning Heuer military watch in impeccable condition. Time to give it the full spa treatment! 😍



What happens to your expensive bridges and plates when you hire the discount watchmaker. A very expensive Universal Gene...
07/26/2026

What happens to your expensive bridges and plates when you hire the discount watchmaker. A very expensive Universal Geneve Tri-Compax train bridge with an absurd amount of deep gouges from watchmakers carelessly trying to pry off the bridge with a steel screwdriver. Sigh. Thankfully not visible when assembled but of course that is never an excuse to damage a movement.



Continuing the restoration process of this incredibly rare 1960s Favre-Leuba Bivouac 53203 (the first wrist watch with a...
07/20/2026

Continuing the restoration process of this incredibly rare 1960s Favre-Leuba Bivouac 53203 (the first wrist watch with a barometer, which displays via center red hand).

I fully overhauled the movement and barometer, and now they're ready to install back in the case. Buuut how to set the barometer accurately?... The full movement with aneroid chamber must be installed into the case so the exact amount of pressure is applied to the mechanism that moves the red center hand radially. But that means the crystal needs to be installed so the dial can press against it and take the pressure from the expanding and contracting aneroid chamber. But how to install the hand with the crystal installed....

After trying a few ideas I came up with a solution--make a custom crystal with the center removed so the red center hand can be installed at the exact current pressure as displayed by another known-good baseline barometer--in this case 743.9 mm/Hg.

Check out the video and pics for the process.

Getting close to finishing this groundbreaking watch. Coming to the EmmyWatch store soon!




Memovox rescue mission! Abused for decades by watchmakers over their heads, this poor JLC Memovox w/cal k825 needed a lo...
06/18/2026

Memovox rescue mission! Abused for decades by watchmakers over their heads, this poor JLC Memovox w/cal k825 needed a lot of work. Hairspring was toast and had to be re-formed by hand, mainspring barrel and arbor were mismatched and had to be refinished to prevent arbor binding, alarm wheel carrier spring was installed upside-down and had spent years grinding away at the date driving wheel, canon pinion was so loose you could sneeze and it would fall off, balance end shake was excessive due to the old-timer watchmaker divot under the balance c**k mutilation technique, and on and on. Thankfully this watch still has an excellent patina on it's original dial so it was all worth it. Back to its best again and heading back to its owner.




05/15/2026

Just in today, and coming soon to the EmmyWatch store. A never before serviced (possibly never before opened) Favre Leuba Bivouac 53203--the first watch with a built in barometer! Super rare and this example is an absolute time capsule with original everything and a fully functional barometer. Coming soon!




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