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She is 21. On Thursday she had 3 teeth out. The vet did some blood tests on because of her age. I'm happy to say they all came back clear. She is fighting fit. I couldn't have a better Christmas present.

Invest in Moebius, it will last years depending on how much watches you service...

Be very careful when it comes to buying from ebay. I see that BHI oil comes from China. Most Chinese watch tools are very poor. Myself I would leave it alone. Lubrication is very important for watches, you must use the correct one’s if not you will end up with a movement giving poor performance. Buy a recommended brand from a watch material supplier.

When I see a clock like this and the word RESTORED is present in its selling advertisement I always like to look. 9 times out 10 I’m disappointed. They are never properly restored. The people who undertake the work charge very high prices and you end up with something like this. Screws unattended. All should have the burr removed from their heads and highly polished Platform screws. If signs of bluing. All should have the burr removed from their heads and highly polished and re-blued. Back plate pins should be the same size, where cut should be nicely rounded off. All pins should be cut and nicely rounded off. They should be steel not brass. They should be straight not bent. Parts missing should be made and replaced. This clock is missing the stop work. Barrel arbors should be tidied up and the flat sides polished. Hand setting part should be tidied up and the flat sides polished. The centre wheel end should be polished. The same goes for the hand collet https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Beautiful-antique-French-striking-carriage-clock-c-1860-5-restored-10-18/113478774506?hash=item1a6bdcaeea:g:Ba8AAOSwQ5pcHnCS

I made a video today on how to size a new mainspring for purchase. Enjoy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

A lot of poor quality power tools made in China are marketed by US sellers with very US sounding names, cities often. i.e. Pittsburgh or Chicago. imo its an unsavory practice. I mean, essentially you are trying to trick people. is this whats going on here? there is a UK listing for British Horological Lubricants that uses the acronym BHL that is fulfilled out of London https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BHL-WATCH-OIL-SET-OF-3-FOR-ANTIQUE-MECHANICAL-WATCHES-/250824334708 Then there is a US listing for BHL fulfilled out of China, that does not (that I can see) use any reference to Britain, and certainly the packaging etc does not hide the China origins. https://www.ebay.com/itm/BHL-WATCH-OIL-CLASSIC-FOR-ANTIQUE-MECHANICAL-WATCHES/323429074210?hash=item4b4de00522:rk:1:pf:0 Is first guy repacking and 'putting on airs'? Two different products? Who knows. Personally I'd just go with the known quality stuff, Moebius, so as to not get 'tricked'

A watchmaker friend advised me to use isopropanol and I use it ever since

Use one of these, soak the jewels in Ronsonol lighter fluid.

The cap jewel is flat on the side which faces inside the jewels housing and must be cleaned. The “jewel hole” on the side which faces inside is concave and should also be cleaned. Basically, if it doesn’t reflect light brightly then it probably needs cleaning. The same applies to pallet stone faces; they must reflect light and look perfectly clean.

Your model probably uses a movement from the Citizen 8200 family. Refer to this document which might help confirm this: https://www.cousinsuk.com/PDF/categories/343_Citizen 8200,8210,8260,8270,8280.pdf. If you look at part 903-69 in this document this certainly looks like the part you have attached a photo of and which is then the 'friction spring for sweep second pinion'.

I think most members on here use moebius. I have never heard of BHI oils.

you need 2 maybe 3 types of lathes; jewelers lathe ( used with gravers), "mini lathe (what ever that is good for". and a compound lathe (gear driven cutting). Oh heck, get a mill also. vin

50s Tissot Antimagnetique 'jumbo'/oversize. I have a soft spot for Tissot's and their Antimagnetique line in particular. 38-40mm is my ideal watch size, so the jumbo variants (38mm) fit the bill perfectly. I love the contrast of the slightly worn dial and polished case on this one.