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They are all old! a 1950s gold Omega; 2 Jaegers of about the 60s; a Longines , unnamed but in a silver case hallmarked for 1917 and B & Co. for Alfred Baume the UK importer of Longines at the time (my father's first watch)! An 1890 gold pocket watch by Nicole Neislon for Dent & Co.

Thanks for all the replies; I will certainly try the demagnetising. it occurs to me that I use a magnetic 'pen' with my ipad although I wouldn't have thought it was strong enough. Anyway I usually use it with my RH and wear the watch on the left wrist.

Barry; usually when not being worn & yes they will restart and run for a few minutes, but not longer. Tony; I wear them day and day about. Part of the getting up process after shaving is chosing which one to wear.

No Steve; I am very careful with my watches; if I am doing something strenuous (not often at 75 with Parkinson's) I wear a cheap quartz watch

I am most careful to wind to the end; if I do not do this they stop earlier, sometimes when I am wearing them

I can’t keep my watches going for 24 hours; yes that’s watches plural; I wind four every day. Now a watch has a power reserve when fully wound, usually of about thirty hours – but not for me! I take the watches to the horologist and ask for a service; they are returned and for about two...

How often do members change/replenish the bearing oil in their turntables? What sort of oil do they use? For information : I have Lenco 75 and Nottingham Analogue Junior Spacedeck. Cheers Julian

No. never touched them; anyway I wouldn't know how! I don't know what I would do if they ever die on me. Living in France as I do makes it even more difficult. Julian

I have had my 104/2s since new - fantastically good speakers. I tried a KUbe & it muddied the sound IMHO - got rid of it quick! Julian

Well the plugs are virtually new but the sockets have not been cleaned for a long time. What is the best method of cleaning them?

Well Darth Vader, I did what you suggested. The sound was OK with RH speaker so the amp is good. Then I tried the RH into LH speaker -OK. Then I wired up as normal and all is working. I have not used the stereo for at least 6 months (too busy) and now I think about it it did this before...

One of my beloved KEF 104/2s seems to be having a problem. The LH speaker has a much reduced volume to the RH speaker. If I transfer the cable to the RH speaker it then has reduced volume. The Quad 306 power amp was serviced and given new terminal posts by Quad in Dec 2018; the Mark Grant...

Has anyone here any experience of using or fitting one of these? There was a thread in trade sales: https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/easy-vta-on-the-fly-improved-for-jelco-and-other- tonearms.221005/ Is this an easy slot in for a jelco 750? Julian

I had an HMV table model, but now play my 78's through my main system using a full range of Esoteric styli & a Graham Slee Jazz Club. It is amazing the quality of sound produced through a modern system; the reproduction of the day was not up to the capability of the medium. Unfortunately...

Quad amps (and pre’s, speakers etc.} are, IMHO, the best. Why? A. They are simple, logical and repairable. B. After all these years they can still hold their own with most others, many of which are horrendously priced. C. AGI (Quad’s owners) are happily still wedded to the old...