Restoration Techniques - Polishing, Refinishing, Bluing, Rust, etc..
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Elgin pocket watch with rust, damaged balance pivot, broken balance jewel, broken cannon pinion, and broken main spring. 1 2
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By MKUltraBlack · Posted
The Wizard did it 👌 I got the case back and went to take the movement out of the old case and broke the balance staff, went to 8 jewelers etc, all told me it would be a £300 service, had an old half watch (ww2 waltham) that I bought to try dial luming and put the balance wheel from that and as soon as I slid it into the palet, without even screwing down the balance plate, it started ticking 🙂 all working now, with balance and case all fine. Gonna get the case plated and re-line the box now. Thanks to everyone for their help and insight. Much appreciated 👌 -
You might be able to make some money off of that. 👍 -
So, finally managed to snag myself a staking set from eBay. It's a vintage Boley and Leinen set and it looks a bit rough - this is OK as I didn't pay a lot of money for it. Some of the punches look like they have been used to drift out truck wheel bearings! Anyway, I am planning on cleaning up the punches (soak in Evaporust followed by chucking them up in my drill and polish with wire wool and oil) plus working on the ends with an oil stone /Emery cloth to debur and tidy up. I will also make a new lid for the box and repaint the 'anvil' (this is the non-functional part of the restoration, purely for beauty 😉). Do staking punches come in a common size? 5mm? If so can I buy replacements / new to pad out and complete my set? I had a look on Cousins and they only sold complete sets, not individual punches so I am guessing that I would need to find odd used punches on eBay rather than being able to buy new replacements. I haven't received the set yet so can't measure the punches but they look a similar diameter to others. -
By HectorLooi · Posted
The belief that only Chinese clone shock springs and not genuine Incablocs come loose is a myth. I worked on a ladies Omega a few months ago and being a genuine Omega, I was a little cavalier when opening the shock springs. The upper jewel was fine but the spring of the bottom jewel took flight when I swung it open. There was a little gap between the chaton and the main plate and this was how the spring managed to slip out. Had a real hard time getting it back in, as the gap was so small. So now, regardless of whether it's a clone or genuine Incabloc, I always use a pegwood stick to prevent the spring from getting anywhere near the back of the hinge where it may slip out.
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