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Waltham repair (clean n lube)


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And the case up. 
 

It’s a bit unnerving casing this up. I feel like I’m “jamming” the thing together. But I did a little cleaning of the case, jammed the movement in, and it’s still running!

Bonus: the mysterious keyless works, works. The stem soaking in oil seems to have done the trick. Once back together, I can move from winding to setting abs back again with no issue at all. 

Hands are not perfect but beautiful blue regardless. I caught the color nicely in at least one shot. 

We’ll see how it’s running tomorrow. Hopefully good enough. 

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Thank you!

The hands were a bit bent, and still are, because I fear they will break if I straighten them any more.

But it runs when wound, and the keyless seems to work properly as well, which it never did the entire time I've owned it (30+ years)

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