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Most are operating under level 3 with various options for receiving and returning repairs.
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Can someone help me with the repair of these please? I can be contacted at:
Thank you, in advance.
Peter W
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My name is Gerard Morris. I live in Christchurch. I am writing a book about the history of timekeeping in New Zealand and need photos of NZ's early clock makers who kept the country on time from about 1840 to 1868. I have images of Arthur Beverly (Dunedin) and Alfred Bartlett (Auckland), but I'm still looking for Joseph McGregor and Alexander Mackay (both Wellington), John Hurst (Christchurch), George Young (Dunedin), James Reid (Dunedin/Invercargill) and George Lumsden (Invercargill). Can anyone help me source photos? Thanks
Gerard
The New Zealand Horological Institute, NZHI, is the professional association of watch and clock makers and repairers in New Zealand
Welcome to the official New Zealand Horological Institute page. This page has been created to allow you the public to communicate directly with qualified watchmakers from around New Zealand and see what we've been up to.

The NZHI is proud to show off its new specialised training facility for apprentices. It's been years in the making but we're finally there and the first course is being planned as we speak.
This is really cool
The Watchmakers

Vacheron Constantin
A balance wheel running in slow motion
Really not what you'd expect!
Beautiful
Изготовление швейцарских часов
Watchmaking is awesome 😊

Eastern Germany's watchmaking capital is beating Switzerland - Business - NZ Herald News
Here is a very interesting article by the New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11632256
Eastern Germany's watchmaking capital is beating Switzerland - Business - NZ Herald News The east German village of Glashuette doesn't look like much: just a handful of streets stretching up and down a narrow valley from a bare station platform, where trains depart once - New Zealand Herald

Timeline photos

This photo of a watchmaker in the Philippines won this years CBRE Urban Photographer of the Year award beating out over 21,000 other pictures from 113 different countries. See the full story here http://www.cbreupoty.com/past-winners/2015-winners.aspx

The Most Beautiful Watch Movements Compilation
Technically amazing watches
The Most Beautiful Watch Movements Compilation Closeup view of watch dials which have awesome movement mechanism... Wow.. Just awesome..

Tips on spotting a fake Rolex/Tudor
This is a very good fake and would easily fool even good watchmakers (it had me fooled!). It was the correct dimensions and weight and even had a highly finished ETA movement as you'd expect to find in this model Tudor
The give-away signs:
First the case number & case back number don't match each other. They should always be the same
Second was the case clamp. It's just stamped out and hasn't been finished. You'll see burs all around the edges.
And the third giveaway was the finish on the inside of the lugs and around the inside of the case tube, which again wasn't up to standard. You'll see the spring bar hole is wonky, there is a bur in the corner and even a small section filed out of the bottom edge of the lug. Definitely not a Rolex finish.
Not an easy one to pick but dose highlight the fact that high quality fakes are out there. So be careful. Our customer brought this off the internet and thought it was real!
The moral of the story is don't buy a high end watch off the internet...

Dan Bilzerian .50 cal vs Rolex
One way to take care of fake watches.
Can I have this job?
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Welcome to the official New Zealand Horological Institute page. This page has been created to allow you the public to communicate directly with qualified watchmakers from around New Zealand and see what we've been up to.