#Old Watchmaker

[digimontamerrichie-tcg]

Digimon Hunters was such a brilliant love-letter to the series so far, and it's a massive shame it was never dubbed into English. I know a lot of people didn't like it, but it was so exciting seeing all the previous Goggleheads (and Masaru) on that boat.

[bogkeep]

i am happy with who i am but i am also deeply envious of my eight year old younger brother, who's always had a skill and interest in a thing that's very easy to make a career out of, so he just went straight into the specialized schools straight into a job... and i've kept flopping around like a fish on land with no idea what i'm going to do this whole time. maybe i'm just bitter that i HAVE a skill i'm passionate about and really good at, but there's basically no infrastructure for turning it into a decent, stable job. sighs

[thenatashapulleyuniverse]

you ever think about

[fluffy-milkk]

[avram-at-my-lois]

“I’m so attracted to this character!” And the character is a man who can see the future and takes care of orphans in his free time. And has a secret nefarious past. GOD i have a type. Should clarify also the man he’s with is a very anxious guy who overworks himself. GOD I HAVE A TYPE. THEY CALL ME THE PROJECTOR.

[indeliblepromise]

꒰ྀི ✧ — @diverse-hearts-ocs asked: it’s important to have an exit plan that’s more than just an exit.- Rai / Misha

↳ -: ˚ʚ ( Some meme I forgot. ) ɞ˚ :-

‧₊˚ ⋅ ꒰১ ᯓ ☆ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤ𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 ? ! Those peopleㅤ—ㅤthey almost looked normal. No, they DID look normal ! And yet, it was obvious something was horribly wrong with them. He's seen so many Dreamchasers during his time as the Reverie's bellboyㅤ—ㅤand yet none of them had those STRANGE YELLOW BLOSSOMS lurching from the depths of their skin. Nor did any of those Dreamchasers tried to attack him without him so much as SAYING anything.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤWorse yet, he managed to get separated from Garth AND the other Trailblazers !

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤHe turns to his new companion; a FOXIAN BOY just a little older ( ... okay, not really ) than he was. This boy seemed to know what he was doing ! Surely, he had an idea ! He wasn't exactly confident in his ability to subdue the beings.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤ❛ㅤW - Well, what's your PLAN ? I might be able to slow them down butㅤ—ㅤI don't think I can for very long !ㅤ❜

[cphex]

Reparing a Verge Watch

I recently repaired this english verge watch c1800. Like most watches of its age it had a laundry list of problems:

The click in the fusee was worn to the extent that it slipped, causing the cain to come of and quite possibly fly around the watch.

The screw securing the balance cock was missing, the balance was loose in the case. Presumably someone had been in the watch before me and lost it.

The balance staff was bent, see above.

The hairspring was very badly bent, see above.

One of the case hinges had a broken pin, a corresponding dent in the back of the case suggests it was dropped.

A lot of the steel parts had significant rust, including the fusee chain.

The repair is detailed below:

The Click

The hardest part of the repair was making a new click. The worn click was no more than 2mm long in any dimension and made of 0.5mm thick spring steel with a 0.55mm pin protruding from one side. I started with a small piece of 0.6mm spring steel which I drilled a 0.5mm hole in.

I changed the design of the click from the original in a few ways:

Made a notch for the click spring. The click spring had been bent inwards by a previous repairer and I didn't want to bend it back in case it broke by fatigue*.

Added a second tooth, totally unnecessary but there was space, it should last longer and it makes it obvious that its not an original part (I wanted it to be clear to anyone taking apart this watch in future which parts are original and which are replacements).

Increased the length of the 'heel' because there was space.

After shaping the part I enlarged the hole with a broach until a taper pin in it was a good sliding fit with the hole in the fusee.

I filed the pin flush and polished the faces of the teeth with a very fine oilstone. Here is the new click installed with my thumbnail for scale.

The Case Hinge

One half of the broken hinge pin was easy to drive out with a punch but the other half was stuck fast so I dissolved it in alum. I made a replacement pin from short length of spring steel wire shaped into a taper using a file.

The Rest

Everything else was pretty standard watch overhauling and is not that interesting. I have attached a picture of the hairspring before being straightened out just to show how bad it was; it took several hours to get into a useable shape. It is beyond me why anyone would leave the balance cock rattling around in a watch.

The watch now runs although it is currently gaining 10min/hr, probably due to wear on the crown wheel and palates.

*I know I could have annealed it but I wanted to do as little as possible to the watch to preserve it as much as possible.

[eldest-of-katts]

Chilchuck chilchuck chilchuck chilchuck. Chilchuck junbjhjjjjjjvhjn I'm going insane he's so cool he's so competent he's so emotionally unavailable he's so good at maintaining professionalism that he's forgotten how to be relaxed with himself his strict rules for himself are admirable but ultimately he is inflexible and has to be pushed near breaking to show an emotion that isn't coolly detached or angry he's so influence by toxic masculinity and jaded from age but he's still treated like a child due to his race and so he doubles down into his utility and professionalism to keep people from seeing his chill side (pun intended) and accidentally kdndkdkndkfkjodi I'm losing my mind I'm frothing at the mouth I can't keep a thought he's so so so everything he's divorced he sucks he's awesome he's so smart he's so stupid he's so skilled he's going to get himself killed he's so responsible I'm gonna lose it waow

[we-have-strange-dreams]

[adrialae]

hooooly shit.

[wydalenylod]

There may be something wrong with me because i was watching as an old man that looked like he was in his mid-seventies was repairing a clock wearing steam-punk-like glasses(I forgot it's name) and my only thought was how hot he was and I doubt that this thought would accure under any other circumstances that weren't repairment of a clock

[bogkeep]

discovery

[gumi-megpoidd]

im so confused about the overarching penacony timeline

[fluffy-milkk]

[hidemiwoods]

an old watchmaker

I removed all the magnets from the fridge to pack for my new apartment. Moving those magnets is tricky because they must be separated from my wristwatches by at least 3 feet. It’s the rule for the wristwatch’s well-being that I was taught by an old watchmaker. His shop was run by him and his wife and I used to visit it very often when I lived downtown Tokyo. My friend once gave me a wristwatch as…

[indeliblepromise]

꒰১ ✦ : ˚ʚ 【 @diverse-hearts-ocs / STARTER CALL ( Garth ). 】 ɞ˚ : ✦ ໒꒱

‧₊˚ ⋅ ꒰১ ᯓ ☆ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤ𝑨𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒂𝒕 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆, it was difficult for him to find any time for HIMSELF. Nearly every day, he would find himself quickly shoving his breakfast down his throat before scurrying off to the lavish hotel. Often times too he would be working overtime; whether it be at The Reverie or his OWN projects.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤBut today was one of those RARE occasions in which he finally had an ENTIRE DAY to himself. Maybe he didn't know how he would spend itㅤ—ㅤbut he knew WHO he wanted to spend it with.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤ❛ㅤMister Garth ! I got a DAY OFF today !ㅤ❜

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤAs the child's gloved hands would take hold of the other's, it was obvious that he was MORE than excited for this break.

˚ʚ ☾ ɞ˚ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤ❛ㅤWhat should we DO ?ㅤ❜