My first repair attempt. Elgin 345
Got this guy off eBay to practice on before moving on to cleaning and lubricating a nice Elgin pocketwatch I have. Thought I'd share my progress.
I got the hands off without issue, then dressed up my screwdrivers and loosened the dial retaining screws. Two of them backed out no problem, and one just spun in place. I decided to take the movement apart from the back and see what I could do.
It didn't come with a crown attached, so I carefully let down the mainspring by holding the windin
Typically on American pocket watches the crown comes in the case. Then the preferred method of letting power off would be to use a bench key. I'm attaching a photograph typically that come in a set of three. There are some other variations of how they come but typically this is what the look like a series of squares that Correspond to the typical American pocket watch sizes. Because the cases were made by other people there does tend to be a standard for how big the squares are.
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