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In the last few days of June I decided to order an expensive book I had been wanting for some time before the GST on overseas purchases kicked in. I ordered 'British Military Timepieces' by Konrad Knirim. The book arrived today and after dinner I unpackaged it and settled down for a good read, but first flicked through a number of pages. The book has fantastic photos in it, but I started to get confused as it was showing me German military timepieces and their allies. I closed the book and looked at the front cover and discovered they had sent me the wrong book, I had been sent 'Military Timepieces' by Konrad Knirim which is all about Germany and their allies military timepieces. I bought the book from a large online bookstore and have emailed them and I'm sure they will sort it out. I am hoping they just decide its too hard for them to organise me to send back the wrong book and let me keep it too.

Here's another image of my cannon pinion remover that might be helpful to anyone who would like to compare it to other cannon pinion removers that might be listed on eBay and similar sites.

That's reassuring to know, they internally have the same disagreements on lubrication as the rest of the watchmaking world ?

Looking at your timegrapher results it shows a big improvement but things are not perfect. If it was me I would re-clean the balance and escape again and inspect for any loose pallet stones etc. The auto spring should slip but not until almost a full wind. If it does not have a full wind before slippage the watch will have very little power reserve. My method is to place three small amounts of lubrcant to the barrel wall.

Assembled,what do you think? Inviato dal mio WAS-LX1A utilizzando Tapatalk

SHello guys! Some updates from a full Omega saturday afternoon. I started checking the regulator pins as I asked in the other post. In the second attempt I got them where I think is better, the coil bounces but with little clearence. Then I started timing it. No timegrapher so I had to improvise: I tried an stethoscope Vin, but the one I had (asked my mother actually) didn't pick it up. So I got the open source TG 0.5.0 running on my computer. My cheap mic wouldn't get it either, so I came with a "tech" solution: recording a voice message on my phone, with the mic close enough, and getting the audio file to the computer, then streaming it to the in-line as it were the mic. It started measuring. Quite a job, since I had to suspend the computer to record every time (over a minute each), to avoid any kind of noise, but at least I was getting some numbers. First ones: Not good. I was +200 sec/day. Moving the regulator from end to end got it from +150 to over +300. So I started checking again. Using more geeky stuff, slow mo vid, I saw the balance wheel getting barely 180 degrees from side to side. When I loosened the arm it clearly gained angle. So I took it off again to find some markings on the plate where the arm sits, which were pointing it down (marks on the outside-side of the screw). Carefully removed them, cleaned the debris, and added just a micro drop of synthetic oil on the lower pivot jewel, just in case. As soon as I winded it up, it kicked to life getting some nice 300 degrees (slowmo vid uploading). Timing again: -200 sec/day. Well, at least I got to the minus side. The regulator was full on slow since it was running fast before. Moved it arround. +160. Getting there! After four or five more fine adjustments, I got close enough to zero. Take into account the measuring must not be the most accurate one, for sure. I'm planning on building an electronic one with a microcontroller, when I get some free time, and see what it comes out. Being an enthusiast and a begginer at the same time, I'm quite pleased with what I achieved today. I'll keep an eye on the timing of course, on the following days. As to the watch, it was at my father's, non working for years, so I got curious. Thanks to everyone for the warm welcoming and replies! Cheers This sample ranged from +7 to +2. Again it's probably not the most accurate, we'll see after a couple of days. The analized sample and the slowmo. If you'd like to see the video, the easy way probably would be to download it from the forum. The audio should play fine (at least it does on the preview). WhatsApp Ptt 2018-07-07 at 22.26.35.ogg IMG-4822.TRIM.mp4

Hi, attach some photos of prototype by CNC machine, WhatsApp do you think? Thanks Inviato dal mio WAS-LX1A utilizzando Tapatalk