Kicking Around Your Watchmaking Lair

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Chris and Jon sit down to talk about some of the tools, gadgets, and accessories they find particularly handy to have around the shop, then round things out with some entertaining reading recommendations for the holidays.

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Bose QC35
Chris’ favourite pair of wireless headphones
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iMars Bluetooth Remote
The Bluetooth remote Jon uses to control audio playback from his bench
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Amazon Echo
In addition to the iMars Bluetooth remote, Jon uses an Echo for hands-free audio control, timers, & the odd bit of conversational computing around the watch lab
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Magnum Boots
The boots Chris trusts to keep his feet safe around the shop
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Nickel Tweezers
Jon’s favoured tweezers for finer work
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Bronze Tweezers
Jon’s go to tweezers for a lot of watch assembly tasks
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Starrett 6″ Scale
Chris’ favourite ruler
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Mitutoyo Digital Caliper
High quality, digital calipers are a must have around the shop
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Mitutoyo Digital Micrometer
For taking really fine measurements, with a digital readout
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ZF2000 Mainspring Extractor
An excellent tool to help keep the energy stored in a wound mainspring from injuring you, the barrel, or the mainspring itself when removing it from the barrel drum of a watch
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Canned Air
Jon uses a can of compressed air to pop the cover off of closed watch barrels, to keep them from deforming
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Barrel Closer
A handy aid for closing watch barrels
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Knew Concepts Mk IV Saw
One of the best coping saws money can buy
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The creator of the Knew Concepts saw
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Laser Gold Saw Blades
The saw blades Chris uses with his Knew Concept saw
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Ruby Files
A set of ruby files Jon uses for fine work
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Artifex Wheels
Artifex wheels are superb for surface preparation, prior to final polishing
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Surgeon’s Brush
These soft, sensory brushes make quick work of cleaning fine dirt & debris from your hands
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Nitrile Gloves
A staple item in any workshop
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Nitrile Finger Cots
A staple item for assembling high grade watches
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Nitecore P12 Flashlight
Chris’ go to flashlight
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Suprabeam Q1 Penlight
The flashlight Jon carries in his backpack, useful for finding small parts now & then
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Benchmade Knife
Chris’ pocket knife of choice
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Victorinox Caseback Knife
Jon has a number of these Victorinox pocket knives, from different watch brands, useful for opening snap backs on watch cases
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Blackwing Pencil
Chris’ favourite pencil
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Stalogy Notebook
Chris’ favourite notebook
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KOR One Water Bottle
The water bottle Robert Downey Jr.’s character, Tony Stark, uses around his shop in the film Iron Man
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VOSS Water Bottle
Jon’s water bottle of choice when he’s at the bench
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Artemis
Chris’ recommendation for an audiobook to take in over the holidays
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Ready Player One
Jon’s recommendation for an audiobook to take in over the holidays
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Watchmaking
The definitive book on making watches, written by George Daniels
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Kicking Around Your Watchmaking Lair

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