Total watch building rookie here.
Short version of the much longer backstory:
Back in 1989, I saw this ad, or one just like it, and decided that I wanted an LL Bean Deluxe Field Watch.
It was a quartz watch, made by Hamilton, and had the LL Bean logo on the face (not necessarily something I would choose today, but I liked it a lot back when I was a kid). Bought it, loved it for a couple of years, but then sold it to help finance the purchase of an old motorcycle that I decided I wanted more. I never really regretted selling the watch, and went many, many years without ever wearing another watch.
A few years ago, I decided that I kind of missed that particular watch and decided to replace it. It had long since been discontinued by LL Bean, and there wasn't really a comparable watch available from Hamilton anymore. (This was pretty low end for a diver's style watch).
So after some searching on eBay, one finally turned up ("Just needs a new battery!"), so I bought it, dropped in a new battery and... nothing. I filed a complaint, got my money back, and the seller told me to keep the watch. I tossed it in a drawer for a couple of years, but never forgot about it.
I have a new Hamilton watch now. It's much nicer, much bigger and much heavier. I like it a lot, but I actually miss the feel of the lighter, cheaper old watch sometimes.
I wrote to Hamilton, as well as a couple of watch repair specialists and no one wants to work on a quartz watch.
Last night, I found this guy's blog. He actually collects LL Bean branded Hamilton watches, and said that an ETA 2804-2 mechanical movement will fit inside the case.
In another post, he also talks about just dropping in a replacement quartz movement, assuming I can figure out what's in there, and then find a new replacement.
I've never done this before, but since this watch is otherwise useless, I'd like to give it a shot.
I'm okay with the idea of keeping this one Quartz, but would consider either Quartz or mechanical options.
First, I need some tools. I have a cheap watch repair kit ($18 on Amazon), but I bought that for removing links for the bracelet of the other watch, and even all the metal parts seem to be made of single-use Chinesium.
I've opened the case of the old watch by hand, but I'd really like to get the proper tool to do that job, along with anything else that I will need. I don't need top of the line stuff, but I don't want crap tools either.
Once the tools arrive, I will need your collective wisdom, because I have no idea what the hell I'm doing.
Thank you.
