First Watch Posted Here: Alpine Antimagnetic

[GeorgeClarkson]

To start posting in this forum, I chose to show you my recently start project: the service of a nice Alpine Antimagnetic handwound wristwatch.

 

I haven't started tearing it down yet, but will do so in the next days. This is the condition this nice cheap watch arrived to me:

 

 

It only presents the usual biological gunk you can find in non-serviced vintage watches. The case is really nice, with a sunburst pattern that repeats the dial nicely.

 

The crown is in a bad shape, thouth, but I think I will just keep it this way:

 

 

Removing the back cover, I find myself loking at a very cheap-made movement, luckily ticking fine, though:

 

 

A closer look at the movement:

 

 

The movement is a UMF 24-32, with sweep seconds only, and according to Ranfft, these are the specs:

 

Data:

10.75''', Dm= 24.0mm

H= 6.1mm

0 jewels

f = 18000 A/h

power reserve 35h

 

It was manufactured from 1963 all the way to 1990.

 

Even if it is a cheapo-watch, as I call them, it is still a nice timekeeper due to the sunburst design on bothe the case and the dial. The project will include the following steps:

1. tear down of the movement
2. clean of case and glass
3. glass polishing
4. cleansing of the movement parts
5. reassembly and oiling the movement
6. polishing the hour, minute and seconds hands
7. light polishing of the case sides (not the top) and the back side
8. cleaning of the dial and polishing of the hour marks
9. complete reassembly

I know you have all problably gone already through these steps a million times and don't need me to mention them one by one, but I still need to make a to-do list with every watch I work on. And to take pictures along the way.

 

Hope you like the pics I took, and if you will, there is more on my blog: <<Please see forum rules>>

[Mark]

Welcome to the forum George - great to have you here.

 

May I just draw your attention to this post regarding external blogs: http://www.watchrepairtalk.com/topic/647-watch-blogs-and-linking-to-your-site/

 

:)

[GeorgeClarkson]

Hi Mark, sorry for linking my blog on the post, and thanks for correcting it. I did insert my blog as external link on the "Blogs" page as per forum rules.

[Mark]

Thanks George - you are a gentleman :)

[bobm12]

Welcome George,

 

anxious to see the outcome!

 

Cheers,

 

Bob

[GeorgeClarkson]

Hi Bob, thanks for the welcome. I will certainly keep you updated on this.