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  1. Just an update. The repair I did with the jewel seems to have worked. It had been on test since Saturday morning and was taken off Tuesday morning. The jewel is still holding great. I have returned it to the customer giving the customer my reservations. If the jewel does fail I now have a spare bridge. The clip that was missing I purchased from cousins although a few thou under the original spec it is working fine. WHAT FUN !!! ON TEST IMG_0119.mp4
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  2. Ahhhh Facebook market place, just picked this Hermle 791-681 up for £12, apparently it’s overwound, as we know you can’t do that, I put some power in the train and it ticked away for about 30 secs so I’m guessing a damn good service and clean and it will run like a good ‘un
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  3. PS. I've just watched the video and I think I will soon own one of these.Thanks again, Mike
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  4. A amusement with the link above eBay now makes recommendations as that item is no longer available. Of course the recommendation is the same item but side-by-side one seller claims agate which is slightly cheaper then the other seller claiming plastic then of course they all look identical A problem with plastic is each time you insert the oiler in there's the possibility of scratching the plastic with little particles coming off with time. Then there's the long term consequences of oil and plastic? As we have zero idea of the chemical makeups of the plastics the oil is going to be sitting in their basically forever even if you do change it from time to time it's still long-term oil and plastic no idea what good and bad will come from that. Personally what I use and like is the individual cups. These are the classic oil cups originally made out of wood and agate. Later generation ones like I have or more affordable is the agate is replaced with tinted glass to look like agate and much later ones the top is plastic rather than wood. Then I like individual cups because typically I have quite a few different lubricants. Then with individual cups they can be moved right next to the watch makes it easy to see what you're doing.
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  5. I have read there is problems when applying fixodrop to the whole pallet. I applied it to the an oiler and dried gently with warm air being aware too much heat will dislodge the shellac. I read somewhere some use a dropper. However as I stated in a previous post I see no significant benefits so I longer bother treating the stones.
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  6. Hmm. It says that it is for barrel springs. So maybe similar to 8200??
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  7. I use fixodrop on watch reversing wheels. I also use the special fixodrop application bottle. I have tried it on pallets. However you have to apply it just to the pallets stones. Then run the watch for a while then remove the balance, pallet and escape wheel and re-clean the escape wheel and re-assemble. I did this with a couple of watches but did not see any benefits.
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  8. As a hobbyist the usual recommendation is it's a waste of money. Usually the fluid is taken out of the bottle and either goes in the special bottle at the link below or the eyedropper bottle. One milliliter isn't going to be enough to take out of whatever it comes in. If you just dip the party in or dip the pallet stones then really fast you might Be able to get by but I think this is a be a waste of money. The problem is the solvent they use is extremely volatile Every time you open the bottle a little bits going to evaporate it just isn't going to last very long. Then there are other alternatives that it's cheaper the third link has a cheaper option. https://www.jewelerssupplies.com/epilame-bottle-double-chamber-for-fixodrop-150.009.html https://www.jewelerssupplies.com/kimble-amber-glass-bottle-with-dropper-150.006.html https://www.jewelerssupplies.com/zenith-405-epi-kote-epilame-30ml-420.130.html
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