So far I have completed 19 Ugears kits but put this one off for a while as it seemed from reviews it might be a bit too challenging.
I must say it’s the most satisfying so far - a real challenge indeed but a great sense of achievement too! It is currently ticking away quite happily after nearly three and a half hours on one wind.
One bit of advice- watch out on page 42 with parts 128 and 129. These fix together with toothpicks but it turned out on assembly that this part is a crucial one in constant movement. After an hour, the tooth picks worked loose and the part fell into the mechanism bringing everything to a halt. It took an hour to persuade it back into place, secured by superglue! All is now well, but take care it is properly secure to avoid my problems,
Overall, congratulations Ugears, another brilliant product!
it's good but my tourbillon still can't work well
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Ich habe den Bausatz für die Tourbillon-Tischuhr zu Weihnachten bekommen. Nach einigen Tagen war die Uhr fertig. Ich musste noch ein paar Feineinstellungen machen, seitdem läuft sie gut und ist im Freundeskreis der Hingucker. Ein wunderschönes Beispiel für ein tri-axiales Tourbillon, bei dem auch sehr interessante Konstruktionsdetails angewendet werden. Dazu zählen die Planetengetriebe und die nach innen zeigende Ankergabel.
Ein Tipp zur Verbesserung habe ich noch. Unter dem Zahnrad Nr. 173 habe ich vor dem Einsetzen des Toubillonkäfigs noch eine Unterlegscheibe platziert.
Dieser Bausatz ist anspruchsvoll, aber das Ergebnis ist einfach super.
I assembled it for about 8 hours and for another 5 hours I figured out where it rubs and how it works, cleaned the right places, lubricated it and the mechanism worked perfectly. It's just a thrill to watch the mechanism work and listen to the pleasant ticking. You can watch the review on the Incredible Gears channel
A very nice functional model! I have get this as a gift and wanted to build it alone. But my nine years old daughter was so happy to build it, so that I only helped her at some critical parts. She had so many fun and build it in about eleven hours.
And the best: the clock runs without any problems for about 5 hours. No need to clear problems - we had tried 4 days to make our Aero Clock from ugears working. This Skywatcher-clock works from the beginning!
A masterpiece of engineering from ukrainian - and definitly not my last model from ugears!
Hugely impressed by this kit, it is an amazing feat of design to produce a clock this complicated 99.9 percent out of 3mm plywood (with no glue or screws).
The parts are highly accurate and cleverly have tiny slots cut to aid in the assembly and make a firm grip.
To get the best from this kit you need to take your time and perhaps finesse the critical parts slightly (e.g. making sure the balance wheel is as frictionless as possible, etc). I loved making it and was delighted to achieve a maximum run time of 3 hours 50 during which the time stayed accurate for the first 3 hours (lost time a little as the maiin spring completely ran down, same as any mechincal clock).
Don't be fooled by the fact that the 'tick' is a little faster than one second, it does keep good time!
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Hi, we are happy you like the model!
This is by far the most changing of your wonderful kits I have built yet. I my biggest challenge has been building the top of the turbulent. I have had it apart numerous times, trying to adjust things, and now putting it back together, the pieces come apart readily. Is there a possibility of buying just a kit for just the top tourbillon ?
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Brought as a project to share with my 13 year old son. During the build we made a couple of minor mistakes which involved some minor disassembling and reassembling, but on the whole the build was relatively complex but straightforward as long as you focus on what the instructions and rigidly stick to them. And it works!! We can't get it to keep exact time (around 90 mins fast per hour), but the movements and sound of the clock working are mesmerising, and we're is thrilled with the end result. So much so another couple of ugears models are now on his birthday list :).
Personally I'm absolutely amazed by the precision and quality of the model, so much so I've brought myself one to sneakily do on my own, how very exciting.
Thank you ugears for a fab experience.
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This was my 5th Ugears kit nd I really love them. However, with this clock kit I had some troubles even I'm a very experienced engineer and over 60 years old, some parts broke when putting them together and I had to rebuild them by myself. After the large spring was mounted following the instructions it suddenly disengaged so rapidly that the axel turning the minute wheel broke ! So be very careful when loading the main spring to not let if fly freely with high speed. Also with the impulse pin on the fork shoulder the clock did not work. I had to remove it to make the fork shoulder freely swing. Wondering what the impulse pin is good for (if someone could explain).
Very nice kit. Easily followed directions, plus I can practice pronouncing Ukrainian. I love mechanical clocks and Ugears has so many cool choices besides this one that is maximum cool (Aero Clock next on my list)
This is my fifth UGears project - I love these kits. The clock went together well and like many others, I find that the clock will run for about 5 - 10 minutes and then stop. It seems that setting the hairspring is the trick and as stated previously, the hairspring does contact the tourbillon frame when extended which I imagine will cause slight friction. I'll continue to experiment. As a genuine time-keeper, I recommend the Aero Clock - I have had one for one year and it runs for about 18 hours and is accurate to one minute - it looks great too!
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Received as a Christmas present and took a while for me to summon up the courage to start it as it looked a bit daunting as it was my first Ugears. Once I started I was really impressed by the quality and the precision of pieces and loved not having to rely on glue. I found the instructions and diagrams on the whole excellent but sometimes greater explanation of what or why something is done would be useful with an overall description of how it works when finished and run time etc. I only used the manual instructions on the first build but went to videos on the fan page when I was struggling to get it to work. Several rebuilds later it and perseverance I am delighted it now works. Would recommend watching various build videos and sand and lubricate well, also double up on washers where you can. Fantastic bit of kit. Can't wait for my birthday and my next one
A very well presented kit. The instructions are superb; clear, concise and accurate. The model was a real pleasure to build, and almost worked as expected though I have one significant observation. I found that the hour 'reel' would not increment until I had reduced the tension of the detent spring and even now it is unreliable. It appears that Item (14) (frame between the two reels) is not stiff enough, and/or just two fixing tabs at the base are inadequate. Lateral/jacking deflection absorbed enough of the impulse from Item (5). to prevent the detent (42) from engaging. With a few careful adjustments, everything else worked really well though.
A very well presented kit. The instructions are superb; clear, concise and accurate. The model was a real pleasure to build, and almost worked as expected though I have one significant observation. I found that the hour 'reel' would not increment until I had reduced the tension of the detent spring and even now it is unreliable. It appears that Item (14) (frame between the two reels) is not stiff enough, and/or just two fixing tabs at the base are inadequate. Lateral/jacking deflection absorbed enough of the impulse from Item (5). to prevent the detent (42) from engaging. With a few careful adjustments, everything else worked really well though.
Very nicely engineered, top quality materials and beautiful object. We had good moments with my son to assembled it and disassemble it … to make it working smoothly and this is also why we had so much fun
A very nice thing that took me less than 10 hours.
But the balance wheel is not driven and so the whole clock does not work yet.
Nevertheless 5 stars, as I still have hope...
Me parece una maqueta de las mas completas, el mecanismo funciona perfectamente.
Diria que es para un nivel avanzado, recomendaria tener un poco de experiencia en este tipo de montajes pero sino las instrucciones lo explican todo a la perfeccion.
Se añade a la coleccion de esta marca, trabajazo de Ugears.
I had an amazing time building this clock. It was my first model but I followed the (very clear) instruction and the clock is working fine.
I also sanded and added from the candle was some non indicated areas where I though might be friction.
My clock works about four hours with one winding. It is speeding about a minute per hour at the slowest setting (the piece for adjusting the speed is at the end of the tourbillion spring) though.
This is one of the best design of 3D wood puzzles I’ve builded. Every piece was precisely cut and fit into the exact place perfectly. The instructions book clearly demonstrated every step thus guaranteed successful & satisfactory outcome without confusion nor frustration.
Absolutely brilliant! Seconf product from this company and I enjoy every minute of construction!
I really enjoyed it. My compliment to your engineers. And look forward for other advanced models. Maybe a little suggestion: is it possible to add another piece of wax for more advanced projects like this one? I've build four of your models; three of them were advanced. In the middle of the mounting process I had to use my wax from a candle. Greetings from Italy
It’s taken 2 days assembly and another few days tuning it but I’ve had this model running for a few hour now, a real feat of engineering! The instructions are second to none! Everything fits precisely! Thank you!
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i love mechanical clocks and i enjoyed building the motorcycle very much, so it was a no brainer to get it
it looks awesome
did take special care to sand and wax everything proberly and then some, the clock didn't run long at first, it would randomly stop after a couple of turns or after few minutes
after i helped it to tick over those stops a coule of windings, it runs now for 4 hours no problem, and it keeps time well.
my only complaint would be, that the hairspring is rubbing againt the hairspring holder and at the tourbillion housing when extending and the hour wheel has too weak of a spring, so when the hour jumps, it jumps over 2 hours, insted of 1, but wasn't ment to be a time keeping piece, more of a watchpiece, which it is. watching it run is mesmerising.
all in all, love it
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Like a few of the previous comments I very much enjoyed the build. I was meticulous with the assembly, sanding and waxing wherever instructed. However the tourbillon stops every 30 seconds or so, sometimes only needed the lightest of taps to revive it. I love mechanical watches and the function of this model is mesmerising - I just wish it ran for longer.....
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Very cleverly designed, and a pleasure to build, also thanks to the very detailed manual. But in the meantime I have spend more time trying to get it running smoothly. It stops randomly, sometimes after a few seconds and then suddenly it keeps running for 15 minutes or more. Can't find a proper reason for that. I hope you can come up with some good advice! But thanks anyway for this skilful design!
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Fantastic. He had me very entertained. What other lubrication can we use apart from wax? What do you mean when you have to stay 10 minutes for the tourbillon to fit?
Thanks
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Gift to my son who spent 10 hours building the clock. He expressed that he thought it was a great product and is looking forward to assembling another of your kits. He stated that his clock will run for approximately 4 hours when fully wound. All the parts arrived intact and with everything necessary to assembly the clock except a razor. Thanks for a great product.
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All I can say is wow! Excellent cut quality on the parts. Each snapped out of the blanks consistently and fit into the mating parts consistently. I’ve built models by other manufacturers and this kit has spoiled me. Clock would run only a short while then stop, found out that the escapement wheel to impulse lever spacing was just a bit too wide. Giving the frame a slight tweak to bring them closer solved the problem and it now runs the spring down. Love the gentle tick and the eye catching movement of the clock.
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Absolutely essential that the instructions are followed precisely, especially for the Tourbillon. You have to carefully centre the impulse pin and escape fork pallet to get the spring to balance correctly. The main Tourbillon driving spring, once released from the plastic retaining strap, must be fully wound into it's housing by carefully holding the spring in your hand whilst winding, making doubly sure it secures on the holding pin. When the lock is released this first time, not only hold the model firmly, but put finger pressure on the driving cog to slow it down, because a sudden release is dangerously fast and can rattle and distort the model when unwinding.
An excellent model, certainly for the advanced modeller.
All together, the Sky Watcher Toubillon is an excellent feat of design and engineering, and I look forward to further mechanical models in the same vein.
Very addictive build, it's nice to see this kit has everything you need to build it including the wax, the little tool to take the peices out was fanatic so fantasic infact it's now in my tool cabinet...
Built this over 2 day and at first it didn't work, it's far to complicated to see why it would work so about to be satisfied that I had infact built the thing I took the turbuon of. Had a look, pretended I thought it was okay and put it back. It then sprung into life.
I have tried to tune this thing, but unfortunately the longest I have it running is 45 minutes. It must be somthing to so with the balance wheel. I will keep playing, much better than the 2 minutes it did to start with.
I am giving this a 5 because of how amazing the thing is. They really make it impossible for you to get any step wrong with there dots and stuff.
I did break one peice but that was because I forced it to hard. I fixed it so no problem.
I really love these kits
Can wait to start building this , the quality is fantastic .
Great kit. Everyone Who sees it is in love with it. I am an experienced kit builder but the instructions were easy to follow. The parts were easy to remove and fit perfectly. Mine will run for about 3 1/2 hours. Key to getting it to run that long was to really sand and wax the escapement. While the beat was easy to set, I reached the max adjustment for the hairspring for accuracy. Runs fast. About 10 minutes each hour. Beautiful design and great engineering but not to be considered a timepiece. Let’s call it a conversation piece.
A amazing and fun kit to build as well as a stunning time piece at the end of it. I only wish the spring would provide more time for it to be used, a 12 hour movement would be ideal but still no complaints regardless.
The only issue I am running into it's I cannot slow it's tick down enough, it's forever running fast but I'm sure I will get it nailed eventually.
Keep up the good work Ugears!! It's has been a delight and really looking forward to getting the Aero Clock
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A challenging yet fun build none the less. Only a few parts needed major sanding in order for the balance to move freely. The other complaint/issue is that the tourbillon sometimes stops randomly, I suspect due to some imperfections in the build and friction in some areas.
Other than those two things, it was fun to put together and one of my favorite things is the percussive hour change that the clock makes.
Amazing build - but I find it very hard to have it working. I hope we can get some more details on how to troubleshoot apart from the small video in the guide... My tourbillon is running for a few seconds only then stops.
Explanations were otherwise very good and detailed. I didn't break a single piece.
Hope to have it fully working for longer.
Well done Ugears!
Absolutly fascinating! I mounted it carefully, and it works. Bravo to your engineers.
Con una carga/recarga del muelle de reloj, ¿Cuántas horas funciona sin volver a recargar?
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Hi Julio!
When the model is fully wound it can power the timepiece for approximately 2-3 hours, sufficient for long observation of the mesmerizing mechanism, or to provide a pleasant background ticking clock sound and visual diversion for a period of work or rest.
