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  1. Jeff its not that hard to service these, and although I have not done an ESA 9157, I have done a few 9154 pieces succesfully. They can be fiddly in certain areas but are generally on par with a mechanical watch in terms of technical ability needed and procedures.... JC
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  2. I did not wanted to be rude. It's only that I consider cultivating knowledge and constructive criticism will (should) invariably lead to an agnostic view of technological matters. That's just my thinking and just like you did, I've used this occasional venue to manifest it. If you decide to take the watch further apart and post the progress here, I'll be interested to read it.
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  3. Very nice watch (it's like looking at a travel clock) and movement, so different from the ones of today. But since all parts on a quartz watch turns slowly, I would not worry having it deteriorate if not serviced right away. When something works, there's always a risk messing with it. Really up to you.
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  4. Where are you going to find those crucial parts? It would seem to me to be difficult...or no? J
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  5. right you are, the balance and the cock - together. this is where magnetism usely effects timing.
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  6. You can demagnetize the whole watch. You don't need to remove the balance from the cock. One way I used to go about it would be to wrap the complete balance in a small piece of tissue paper and demagnetize it then wash it out in a bath of ronsonol lighter fluid then use a blower to dry it then use the appropriate oil.
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  7. Sounds like your Friction Pinion for Intermediate Train Wheel is loose and wants tightening to me. see this thread AS1900 to1906 have similar problems
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  8. Looks like an AS 1746 Theres one on ebay at the moment. EDIT : Sorry, 1747 as yours has date.
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  9. I would not mess with this hairspring before you have acquired the skill and solid results at manipulating. It is one of the most difficult tasks ever and period. Ask me how do I know. Any alternative is better - from giving it to a watchmaker to leave it as it is.
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  10. Hi, I see Frenchie questioned my term of flea bites. Good thing I didn't use the other term used of chigger bites. By the way a chigger is a small insect that likes to burrow under your skin and itches like crazy. I'm from the southern US and we can speak a slowly and colorfully at times. I was initially asked to check the watch out and repair a badly worn band. When I put the watch on my timegraph it was reading all over the place. Beat error kept changing. I contacted the owner and told him that watch needed servicing badly and he said to fix it and that it had been set up by someone so he could wear it on his right arm. Now I have sent him pictures of what I found just so he will be aware. Yes watch ran but I have to be concerned with my reputation. This is the second Rolex I have repaired for this family. What if several years from now someone else worked on the watch and shows the owner the damage saying, "look at what the last guy who worked on this watch did"? The owner of this watch has a great attachment to it and wears it a lot, the spring bars are so worn that the tube is worn so badly you can see the internal springs, the piece that attached to the clasp is so badly worn that it won't stay closed. His father gave it to him when he graduated high school. Yes when we close the back on a watch the customer may never know what kind of job we did but I think we owe it to him or her to do the best job possible and to take in consideration that the watch may need to be repaired again later. What if years from now he needs a new balance staff but the proper one doesn't fit because of the damaged mainplate? That's just my two cents for what it's worth. Charles K
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  11. Now see i really quite like that watch you have done a great job there The movement looks lovely and clean and timing no doubt is going to be ding dong, you should be proud
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  12. Today it's one of my own concoctions.
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  13. Wow! I certainly didn't intend for my comments to result in all this extra work, but kudos :-) I can't believe you were able to do those infernal diafix jewels without magnification. Awesome!
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  14. Great project. Thanks for sharing. I just found a Seiko 6139 and I am about to begin refurbishing it. This was very informative.
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  15. Dial side of a FHF150 showing 15 minutes worth of engraved adjustment minutery. Completed watch movements would come off the production line and be fitted with a test minute hand. The movement would then be regulated by observing the transit of the minute hand over the engraved timing marks through a microscope and timing against a know source. The test hand would then be removed, and the movements put into stock ready to be matched up to any of the various combinations of dial, hand sets, and cases that were in the makers catalogue, or shipped out as bare movements to another maker.
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  16. Great job. I stripped my friends down completely to do the repair as there was green decay in the movement Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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  17. Nice work! I really like how you went about returning the brushed finish to the case- it looks fantastic. I love restoration projects and this watch looks like it was just produced yesterday.
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  18. You landed on your feet coming here. Top forum, top people...'nuff said.
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  19. Great story and fantastic result !!! Thanks for sharing
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  20. Hi Rog and welcome from another Rlt member
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  21. Hello and welcome. Clocks are more my thing I used to restore them so I'm most interested on your rebuilding of a (grandfather clock) Longcase.
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