My Tool Kit

I will provide details on the tools i purchased on my adventure by know means are these tools of the best quality they are tools i have brought at a fair price to learn watch building skills - Im sure as this goes on i will end up upgrading these. So im going to start by calling these beginner tools and once i learn more i will add more

Beginner tools for watch building

Magnifying Glasses - I start with these because i think they are a must have, the set i purchased has a range of magnification starting at 4x upto 25x and also a LED light which makes the difference. I original picked up just small magnifying loupes but be able to wearing makes a lot of difference

Digital Calipers - A great tool that is easy to measure any watch parts to make sure it will go together a small difference of 0.1mm can make a hugh difference in watch making

Tweezers - I purchased a set of these of Amazon and they are different tip size for picking up different parts. They work well and are better than a cheap tweezers i picked up. I soon noticed having a decent set of tweezers makes it a lot easier

Hand Removers - Cheap and cheerful but does the job, hand remover tool that is easy to remove the hands. I place a plastic food bag over the dial and then use these tool to remove hands.

Hand Pressers - Simple set of 3 hand presser of different sizes to apply hour, minute and second hands to the movement. These are different size hole on the end and you can push the hand onto the movement.

Dust Blower - Easy to user dust blower, it allows you to blow alway specs on the dial and inside a watch case before putting the watch together

Cushion for Movement - This just offers a place to put your movement on when your placing the dial and hands. Allows you to move without having to keep picking up. Also once you have dial and hands you can put watch case over the top and flip.

Screwdrivers - Small screwdrivers that are good enough for taking the screws out of the movement or attaching the movement to the watch case

Cutting Pliers - Used to cut the feet of dial you can also use these to trim other parts. You can trim the stem with these too.

Long Nose Pliers - I used these to hold them stem to be able to change the crown and trim the side.

Vinyl Gloves - Just purchased from a local store but can be brought on eBay these are a must for handing parts and movements