Service, Repair & Adjustment Techniques (Not Timing or Regulation)
Discussing subjects relating to servicing, making adjustments and repairs to watch parts and movements and fitting balance staffs. This section is not for timing or regulation discussion. To discuss Regulation or Timing please go here.
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@Michael1962 the advantage you have this way Michael is you can try things out and plan better how you want it to be long term. I was thinking as well you need to consider storage, maybe tools at the workbench, a metal cabinet at the cleaning station for chemicals, tools and materials at the polishing/machining bench and spare parts at the test station. Tom -
By Neverenoughwatches · Posted
Can you turn the cock over,looks like the stud fits into that cut out -
By Neverenoughwatches · Posted
I usually just give everything a good brush down first to remove debris, i like to do any repairs first it saves a lot of time having to re-clean . Not sure about a practice piece maybe? it has so many what look like old poor repairs. Up to now, broken setting lever, set mainspring, two cracked plate jewels, chipped pallet fork cock jewel, chipped pallet stones, rusty hairspring, heavily modified balance wheel,and deformed staff. The jewels are rubbed in and the staff just snapped taking the roller off. -
Oldhippy - I see you’ve used all approaches then. I too have a screw down press and a lever press here, but I’ve had more practice using the screw down. I wonder, though, whether I might be able to be a little more controlled and gentle with the lever style press? Not sure, I guess I’ll find out, but not until the moment of truth, when the die and the crystal meet under pressure, just a few millimetres from the dial and hands. Yikes. This is an adventure 🙂 -
By RichardHarris123 · Posted
It might be soldered in, try applying heat.
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