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I just finished to service my new HEMA with Landeron 248 movement, which I recently bought. The movement came in working fine, but upon inspection I found a lot of oil and debris of unknown nature, thus the decision of servicing it. This is how it looked, in the picture of the seller: Removing the movement from the case, the sides of it was full of junk: The rest of the movement was in a fair condition, although submersed in oil: While all the parts were cleaning in the small ultrasonic machine, I manually cleaned the incabloc cap jewels: Even after cleaning the cap jewel, you can still notice some wear on it: A tiny drop of oil: And back it goes where it belongs: Sorry for the quality of the pictures, I took them with my mobile phone this time, the digital camera has dead batteries... One last picture of the balance wheel: And after reinstalling everything properly (I hope...) Here it is at my wrist: Still to do: change the glass... and find a proper leather band... I was wondering if I should change the dial, but I decided to leave it untouched: the patina tells its story very well! Any comments are very wellcome!

Hi, Just to update on the clock I was working on I now have it finished an running. What my son-in-law thought was a grandfather clock turned out to be a grandmother clock. The wood for the case was cherry and all I did was put the case together and applied two coats of polyurethane, wanted to let the natural wood show through. I did have to adjust the hammers a bit but not much. Other than that all went well.

Well here she is, back from the dead ( land of rust ). Always nice to have a watch return to form, especially one so damaged. Im a total addict and this is my fix :)

Great find Geo , a real beauty , have never seen a bumper like that , very interesting

An interesting watch Don. The empty space beside the ratchet wheel would be for the gear and pinion of the auto mechanism. The click there and acts on the crown wheel. I've only once seen a pallet lever like that and it was fitted to an old pocket watch.

Hi, I have had the same thing happen to me. The easy thing to do is buy a generic hand and just replace the old one. What I would try though is buy the generic hand and remove it from its tube. Mount your old hand onto the new tube. You might have to use a bit of glue but it I have done it myself. What I do is slide the tube onto an old broach and then put the hand in place. The broach will insure that the parts stay nearby as well as help you guide the hand onto the new tube. Charles K

Well its been a good while since i posted here, so many jobs this time of year i can't keep up lol. After a great deal of patience i finally have the dial for my Tudor Oyster Princess exactly as i wanted it, so tonight will be a nice relaxed re assembly of the watch and finishing touches. A reminder of how it was after water damage > And how it is now, all ready to be fitted again :) Im more than happy with the result and the finished watch will hopefully work out well. Once i have finished working on it i will post a photo or two of the completed piece. I do like my challenges :D