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This could be more than tricky Peter, capillary action will probably track solder up inside the tube. Ideally it should be riveted in place, but you would need a perfectly fitting collet to hold the tube while riveting the hand in place with the correct set of punches.

Cleaned up and a new bezel....

So after some time in the garage, my cheap Indian oilers (Anchor brand) have had a polish. I'll give them a go and see if they improve my oiling skills. Original Oilers Polished Oilers

Nice Geo really nice

After solving the issue with the balance, I've been wearing this one almost every day. She has been around for a while and shows signs of wear, but I just love her. I need to find a new strap for it. I am considering a thick leather or perhaps a Sinn style silicone band. We shall see.

That's a very tasty Speedy Geo. I have been out on site again the last two days so I gave the Amphibia an outing.

i approached a seller direct l bought two of these plus two round also for 12 pens £12 including shipping that is for four stands i actually need more as i have 104 dumonts to store

Enter this no. into an eBay search. 111684987231. It appears to be the same thing.

I started with a fine file, then 400 paper for shaping, fined off with 1200 paper and finished on a small felt wheel on my Dremel. The tips will still pick up big drops of oil. With practice I found that the "lift" out of the oil pool can regulate the size of the drop, as can wiping on the edge of the cup. Studying that second video was very educational

stand only £5 from eBay (china)

Here you go.

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Thanks for this, I also viewed Part 2 and that prompted to get my oilers out for a good look. I'm afraid I have a bit of work to do so off to the garage and a fine stone and some 1200 wet and dry and maybe some Brasso. At the moment they look like this (stuck to double sided tape so they look a bit strange. More to follow after I've refined them. Cheers Jim Oilers_Still004.bmp

Do'nt do it - you will end up making new tools for/with you lathe all the time! ;) Thank you! I must admitt that I usually end up using my small mill when refinishing cases - easy to adjust the angle of the disc, the hight e.t.c. e.t.c. and standard collets makes life easy! :) A badly beat up Speedy MKII case lapped in the machine above using a 305mm disk with 240 grit paper.

Hi, thank you Jonathan and Geo! I have managed to fit levers at last! Small hairspring which is part of lever should press one lever arm (not go between arms) then enough space is released and lever fit into cut out. I had few moments of despair because this small piece of... metal :-)

This discussion almost looks like it should be of two separate sections too many things at the same time. Basically the escape wheel discussion should be in a separate section. So spring for holding in jewels aren't always meant to be removed. Then to add to the confusion if you look in the Bestfit book #111 there is a section on shock absorbers. So to help you out they have pictures of various types so you you can attempt to figure out what you have remember this catalog was done in 1961 they've added a few since then and there showing 84 different systems. So typically the spring is that do not come out are found in the gear train,, the escape wheel possibly other jewels and occasionally on really cheap balance wheels. So for these there left in place cleaned in place lubricated for the backside. The cleaning fluid will penetrate where it's supposed to go. If you have the misfortune of disassembling more than likely it's going to be an entire assembly if you can find it. So an older version of the Kif catalog can be found here unfortunately it doesn't have the starting part of the book so I've scanned in some of the images of mine. http://www.phfactor.net/wtf/KIF%20Tech%20Sheets/ So to identify what you have you look at the spring. Notice number 7 on the bottom there is no separate spring because it doesn’t come out. Then once you identify the number of the spring you’re looking for you to look at the cross reference which is interesting in that it’s a little different than most. You find the watch manufacturer you’re supposed to know which spring you have because it’s not listed by the model numbers by the spring number first then the model number. So casually trying to look for something is a lot harder if you don’t know what you’re looking for. Then as the discussion is for 3 I’ve attached the section on disassembling, assembling and replacement of the spring. Then yes the pictures make it look a lot easier than it is in real life. Then the section on lubrication. There’s two methods of doing this and for both methods I still recommend removing for cleaning. So the conventional dip oiler. Then if you have an automatic oiler the whole thing can be done assembled. Do not attempt to use a dip oiler when it’s assembled as you’ll never get the lubrication where it’s supposed to go. To understand this I’ve attached an image from the incabloc website found at the link below. The shock jewel assemblies are mounted in a Bloc which usually has a very small hole on the plate side. Then even if you somehow to get the oil past that hole the hole jewel is also in a setting that can also have a really small hole. http://www.incabloc.ch/en/systeme_incabloc.php Then too many watches in this discussion. For the Bulova a bit of a mystery I looked it up on one of the sites I look at and I get the information below indicating it's not a number three spring but it's number 6 and a different name. If you look in the PDF catalog it doesn't exist except it's supposed to be equivalent to a 11anac which does exist. It is possible we were variations which is why you need to identify by the spring shape which one it was. BUL 11ANACB 400/1364 SHOCK SPRING, UPPER/LOWER 6-1/KIF ULTRAFLEX 111F-112F/BUL 3AE ROL 3135 400/1375 SHOCK SPRING, UPPER/LOWER KIF 3-3/KIF ELASTOR