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I’m sure these will be good enough for me to take my movement apart a few times. Regards to oil, I’ve heard the specific movement I’ve bought often comes dry which obviously can be an issue although they still run.. I may also just use a basic oil as I highly doubt I will be using the movement for anything other than practice. Thats assuming I don’t break half of it on my first try 😂 -
By RichardHarris123 · Posted
These are perfectly acceptable to begin with. https://www.cousinsuk.com/product/value-screwdriver-sets-rotating-stands Have a look under, resources, day one tools on here. Oil/ grease wise, don't tell anyone but I started of with genetic watch oil/grease. My reasoning was, can I disassemble, clean, reassemble and the movement still runs. Once I could do that, I bought the correct lubricants. -
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@JohnR725 You had also asked about the serial numbers for the watch under repair and the “donor.” Those are 36,764,469 and 19,110,954 respectively, so not that close to each other. However, it was the balance that I was originally going to swap in, and I’ve since purchased both new staff and new hairspring. Pretty sure it’s the original balance cock and wheel currently installed. The only part I wound up using from the donor was the click spring, which had been completely disintegrated by rust in mine. 🙂 -
Thanks RichardHarris 🙏 So a half decent, mid range screwdriver set, I can then replace the blades with Bergeon blades if need be. What are the most common sizes to start off with? And a set of Dumont No5 tweezers to start me off. Assuming I’ll get different sizes and tip materials when/if I start to work on better quality movements.
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