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  1. I found a rather elegant chronograph pocket watch on the bay recently. It was listed as non-running so I took a punt on it. Not cheap, but I liked the dial. The watch wouldn't run if the chrono was engaged, and would barely run without it. It's a French watch made by LIP. Popped the moment out of the case to have a look. It's very pretty in there... Time to strip it down. Took many photos so I could put it back together in the right sequence. Here's a bird's eye view of the chronograph works Removed the operating lever, pillar wheel, transmission wheel and various springs Removed the chronograph bridge: And the movement's now just a plain ol' pocketwatch movement: Time to see what's wrong with the movement itself: ...and found the culprit, or at least a suspect! Cracked 3rd wheel jewel: Spent a quiet Sunday morning sifting through my box of random jewels until I found one with the right diameter for the pivot: Reamed a wider hole and fitted the new jewel. I was pleased the colour matched the old one: Now I can put the movement back together. With the new jewel and a lot of cleaning the watch works extremely well - one or two seconds fast and only a little beat error which I'm going to ignore. Putting the chrono works back together was relatively straightforward - just a matter of lubrication and adjusting the eccentrics so that the depthing was correct: Time to fit the hands. The second hand for the chrono wasn't tight enough on the arbor, so every time you re-set to 0 the hand would spin! Tightened it with a cannon pinion tightener - there must be a better way! Movement goes back in the case: And another fine watch for my collection of slightly-battered-but-working-well watches. This was the first chronograph I've done, so I'm extremely pleased that it's working nicely. Learned a lot in the process. One of the things I learned was not to use Naptha on dials. The astute observer will notice that the word LIP has vanished from the dial. While I feel extremely guilty for having done this to a 100-year old watch, I'm secretly delighted - the first thing my wife said when the watch arrived in the post was "lovely dial, pity it says LIP on it...", and I agreed. Thanks for watching.
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  2. My latest acquisition. According to this site: http://www.csce.uark.edu/~jgauch/photos/seiko/ It was made in February 1975 I'm a sucker for nice blue dials. At least, that's what my Ebay watch list tells me. This will get a full service once my L&R Master arrives. Got my cleaning and rinse solution today :)
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  3. I woad believe it, also worn by ancient British warriors Queen Boadicea and that Celt Caractacus but I don't think they had as many watches as you Cheers, Vic
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  4. The barrel size. You will end up having I buy a few different sizes though.
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  5. How many do you want . Have som old movement that aint working . Could put them in a envelope and send you . Send me a pm with adress .
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  6. I found this copy Omega in a bundle of spares & repairs I bought of ebay. Not quite grasped the spelling of Speedmaster The movement and case were OK, so I bought a new strap off ebay and made a new dial, and now happy to wear.
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