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I found this very clean dialed Helbros that had a terrible case... I also had this 15 year old stainless steel exhibition back case that measures 36 mm in diameter. It was pretty beat up as well but it did polish out very nicely. I didn't have anything to put in it so I just dropped this movement in there and it fit really well! It was missing the second hand and I didn't have on in steel but had a gold tone second hand. so I painted it red and it matches the red date I really like it! I think this is going to be my daily work watch!

Try here; http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&2&2uswk&Molnia_3602 and here; http://forums.watchuseek.com/f10/different-variants-molnija-3602-movement-390461.html and here; https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/guide/company/molnija/serial-number-lookup and here; http://cgi.linuxfocus.org/~guido/molnija-pocket-watch/ further googling for "Molnija" or "soviet pocket watch" etc will bring up tons of info. They're quite nice watches, maybe a little under rated.

Yes, two ways to oil this type. Turn around the balance cock and add oil to the hole jewel while holding the balance carefully no to touch the spring with the oiler. Or remove balance with hairspring from the cock. Remove those two screws holding the cap jewel from the cock. Add oil to the cap jewel and reassemble.

This also alows for the proper cleaning and inspection of the pivot, hole jewel and cap jewel

Thanks for the support! Well I received my alternate light sources in the post the other day and set about applying luminous paint and tritium tubes where needed. The compass was originally painted with radium in five different locations. Radium paint glows all the time without need of recharging under UV light. Tritium does the same but it's not quite as bright as radium paint and since it is also radioactive tritium is now kept in small glass tubes. I installed the tritium tubes under the compass card and on the large crystal which is set in the bezel. The luminous paint was applied to the compass card, and the marker on the bowl lid. I was on the fence about whether or not to use tritium throughout but felt the tubes would be too distracting and opted to hide them where possible. Below you can see the four tubes which were installed in the tray beneath the compass card. Originally the tray would have been painted with copious amounts of radium paint. The luminous paint used is a Europium based paint from a company called United Nuclear. I've not used it before but opted for their product since you can get a course grain base powder which emits a brighter light. Below you can see the compass card with the north marker now painted with Europium. In a test run, I filled the compass bowl with purified kerosene and secured the crystal and lid with all eight screws. These have to be torqued in much the same way you would torque the bolts of a cylinder head. Satisfied that the flourosilicone gasket was doing it's job, I reopened the lid and installed the compass card before topping off the kerosene. The large bubble was dealt with after rescuing the bowl lid. The compass was filled to the brim using the filler hole on the side of the bowl. This turned out to be quite a job because even though I had a syringe for filling the bowl, kerosene doesn't play nice with rubber and the piston in the syringe was made of rubber. Whenever the kerosene mades contact with the rubber it would expand and seize up. I went through three syringes before getting nimble enough to ensure the kerosene never contacted the piston head. With the bowl filled completely I tightened down the filler cap and sent the bowl on end. Here it will stay for a few days to allow any air bubbles to appear and also ensure the gasket continues to hold.

I started on the kitchen table, went to the computer desk, next to mud room on a folding table and now half of the storage room. A combination of office storage, leftovers and what ever else I come across. This is typically how it looks, organized chaos when I get into mode for eBay sales. About once a month I tidy it all up and say yes this is how it is going to stay. But, than I get in a fresh lot and it starts all over again. The solar hula dancer is how I checking the timing....j/k

Stuart, this series from our friend George will help with the date fault as described above. Part 1: Sent from my Honor 5c