Bulova Accutron 218 Disassembly Tutorial

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Hi Guys, Well in this video I dive into the world of tuning fork watches, and more specifically the Bulova 218 movement. I discuss the movement in detail before showing step by step how I take it apart for cleaning and servicing. This is only my 3rd attempt at a Bulova 218 so I am very new to these but I do like to broaden my horizons within this hobby. I find these movements fascinating, their design, the way they hum and the way they work is so different to anything else I have encountered. The accuracy of these is incredible considering these were around before the quartz era. I do like the way they are mechanical with some unique and very clever way of creating a controlled vibration to act as a base for timekeeping and transferring that vibration into a train of wheels to drive a watch!

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My name is Mike and I am a hobbyist watchmaker. I am completely self-taught in watch repair and restoration. My channel is all about my journey of hobbyist of watchmaking. I have watch repair tutorials, watch restorations and watch repair videos. Some of my content you can easily follow along to if you are working on the same watch movement. My main focus is to document my journey and inspire more people into this wonderful hobby and demonstrate that this hobby can be very rewarding. I do not profess to be a professional watchmaker and in my videos, I show all my mistakes, mishaps, highs and lows and keep everything as honest as possible. It is easy to edit all the mistakes out and make my videos look perfect but I believe that keeping it real reflects the true reality of this hobby. So, what are you waiting for? please check out my watch repair and restoration videos, get inspired and start your own watchmaking journey.

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