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• Found: A Benrus Presented To Roald Amundsen, The First Man To Reach The South Pole

  When Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole in 1911, he got there by navigating with a sextant and a pocketwatch made by the J. Assmann watch company in Glashütte, Germany. Actually, it was two watches, both identical observation pieces certified accurate by the German Naval Institute. One was set to home time and the other to local time and both were used for navigationa........

• My reading for the flight was delivered.

  I found a nice surprise in my mail box today...the latest (June) issue of WatchTimewas delivered today and it also came with a nice Piaget DVD.It will make for a nice reading on my almost 3 hour flight to NYC this THU for this weekend's GTG ;)........

• Hamilton 987 series interchangeable parts?

  I have a 987 movement with a bad staff. My skills haven't evolved to the point of replacing the staff.I'm looking to buy a replacement balance so my question is whether or not the entire 987 series usesthe same balance or did the pivot and jewel size change over the 20 some years. I believe the 987F and 987Ehad a change in jeweling but I don't know that the size was different.If someone has succe........

• If you have the right tool. . .

  "If you have the right tool. . . you can handle any job. . . or so my dad used to say. When it came to buying tools, he never scrimped. I have discovered that is true with watch tools. Since I know some members of the Hamilton faithful enjoy popping the hoods (or caseback) on their watches, I was wondering what tools you have and use.For me, I bought a Bergeon spring bar tool, a fiberglass pin ........