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@BrickMan
Managed to completely not see this thread until now!
Used to have an 'interest' in wrist watchs, but never owned anything of any value, only odds and sods that I could find at car boots etc.
Last year bought two pocket watchs, a 1920s cheap boring swiss chrono job (that just keeps on working, can never get it 'quite' right though, always gains or looses a massive 6minutes a day, no adjustment in between!). the other an 1865 (? might be '66) locally made silver fusee pocket watch. AFAIK its not a jeweled job, just a local jewelers (was in the same family name till the 90s then went bust) version of a popular movement/ case of the period; but I like because of the local connection, the age and the price it was. Inside the case (behind movement) is about 8-10 names roughly etched into the case by the people who have owned it in very very small writing, its bashed and worn and missing its 3rd second hand and the fusee chain is snapped. Decided to make it into a personal project to strip it, replace chain and any other parts that would have been damaged by the snapped chain and fix the case, but struggling like hell to just get any decent tools!
tried fleebay and with some research managed to buy THE WORST jewelers screwdrivers and movement clamp every constructed by man kind and paid royally for the pleasure.
Anyone have any good sources for tools? Just need a basic set of 'drivers + pliers + clamp + random poky things (dental picks, could do with a few good quality ones for various things).