Servicing / Reparing / Re-pivoting a 70s Heuer Carrera Automatic Chronograph with the lengendary Heuer Calibre 12

Here we have an early 70s Heuer Carrera powered by the lendendary Calibre 12 automatic chronograph movement. Much has been said on the web about how groundbreaking this movement is. It was created by the collaboration of Heuer, Buren/Hamilton, Breitling and Dubois-Depraz (the so-called "Chronomatic" team). However, this movement is not to be confused with the re-issued Tag-Heuer Calibre 12 or Calibre 15, which is totally different.

This watch belongs to a friend, who has had it serviced several times by the official Tag-Heuer service centre. (According to him, the watch has never been touched by anyone other than the official service centre.) It failed a couple of years after the last service and considering the cost of servicing it again, he put it in a drawer where it has been ever since.

Before the service, the watch does run, but doesn't manual wind and will only wind automatically. The chronograph module doesn't work, the start stop function doesn't engage and the reset lever doesn't reset the hands, which are all over the place. So I was more than intrigued as to how the movement would present.

Here is the result. Sorry about the quality of this quick shot of it on my wrist. I was rushing to get the watch back to the owner, and so didn't manage to put into my photo jig to get a better shot.

Click the link below to see many more pictures of it on the bench.

Heuer Carrera Automatic Chronograph with the lengendary Heuer Calibre 12, difficult but well worth the effort

Servicing an Beautiful and Funky Retro 70s Everite With Amazing Green Dial - FHF 905

Here we have a lovely Everite with the robust FHF 905 automatic movement. Everite was the brand for the H Samuel jeweller in the UK. The service process is quite straight forward as the watch is running well and no issue before the service.

This is the result after the service.

Funky and retro style case and a lovely green gradient dial.

Movement is the FHF 905 automatic movement.

• Automatic/Manual wind.
• 21600 high beat movement.
• 25.6mm D x 5.4 mm H - 25 Jewels.
• Power reserve approx 43h.
• Movement marked Swiss. 25 Jewels. - Incabloc shock protection.
• Date quickset by pulling out crown for 2 clicks.

Servicing an Original 60s Butex Manual Alarm - AS 1568 Manual Alarm Movement

Here we have a very nice vintage Butex manual alarm watch powered by the lengendary AS 1568 movement in excellent condition. Highly collectible and desirable as this is almost the best of mechanical watchmaking in the 60s and 70s.

Below is the result of the service.

Good example of this lengendary manual alarm movement

Movement is the A Schild 1568 manual alarm movement.

• Manual wind.
• Mechanical alarm function with Date
• 18000 bph movement.
• 25.6 D x 6.9 mm H - 17 Jewels.
• Power reserve approx 46h.
• Movement marked Swiss. 17 Jewels Swiss Made. - Incabloc shock protection.
• Date quickset by back and forth between 24h and 20:30h