Micro Rotor Goodness - Restoration of a Hamilton cal. 666 in a 1960 Thin-o-Matic T-501 Vintage Watch

In this video, I service and restore a vintage Hamilton Thin-o-Matic T-501 from 1960. The movement is a Swiss made automatic Hamilton caliber 666 with 17 jewels. This movement is based on the Buren caliber 1000, the first micro rotor movement ever patented. Join me and experience the highs and lows that go along with servicing a vintage watch, check out what a detached mainspring bridle looks like, and find out what my new favorite watch component name is. Seriously.

My review of the completed watch: https://youtu.be/pbeSP6QdOw8

To see more vintage wrist watches, please visit my website at https://www.wolfevintagewatches.com

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