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By nickelsilver · Posted
The coils rub as the watch runs. Modern new springs are coated with a teflon type coating and don't need lubrication. If they've been cleaned then they should be lightly greased, usually before installing, but we were also shown in school to put 5 little drops of heavy oil on the coiled spring in the barrel and 3 to five in the open space in the barrel; this wicks into the coils. What you want to avoid is contaminating the braking grease on the barrel wall with a regular lubricant when woking on an automatic watch. -
A stupid question but lately I heard some people said you can leave the mainspring clean and dry. Just set it back to the barrel it will function just fine. The reason for that is when it's wind-up the spring wont touch each other (I doubt that) so no fiction and thus no need to lubricate the mainspring. Any opinion?
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A stupid question but lately I heard some people said you can leave the mainspring clean and dry. Just set it back to the barrel it will function just fine. The reason for that is when it's wind-up the spring wont touch each other (I doubt that) so no fiction and thus no need to lubricate the mainspring. Any opinion?
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Again thank you all very much for taking time out of your day to give me all this information for free. I'm not used to this. This is helping me so much! Jasper
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CousinsUK: 11 x Ø4.50mm x Ø2.50mm, SS C528GZ1 1.1mm is a thread size. It's possible it didn't have a case tube, but it wouldn't have been water resistant. Hard to tell from the photo but the caseback looks like a screw-on so decent WR is possible . How's the gasket? Definitely want to have a look at that crystal also.
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bsoderling 57
Hi all,
Finally gathered the courage to try a Timex!
I found this automatic dirt cheap (pic’s attached) but with a nice dial so why not give it a go.
Found that the h/s spring was quite bent, probably due to someone being careless with the timing setting. Got that sorted decently without any disassembly and now the wheel spins freely and h/s looks ok.
but it doesn’t start up and when turning the crown I hear a distinct click after a few turns that makes me think there’s something wrong with the main spring. Are these movements equipped with a similar slipping m/s as regular automatics? The sound I hear makes me think more along the lines of a broken spring in a manual.
I understand we have some devoted Timex guys on the forum and would appreciate any hints on how to proceed.
/bsoderling
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