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On 6/7/2022 at 2:38 PM, grsnovi said:

Hi Mk,

Welcome! Go to this web page - it's like a mini course in mechanical watches.

Have you started fooling with any watches on your own yet?

Hi, thank you!  Sorry for the delayed response.

Yes, I purchased some non running pocket watch movements.  Just getting a feel for the tiny work required.  I got a new TS36 movement to practice on. Still building the courage to tackle it. 

 

Mk

On 6/8/2022 at 4:23 AM, watchweasol said:

Hello and welcome to the forum,  you might just find this a handy document.

TZIllustratedGlossary.pdf 4.2 MB · 1 download

Hi,  Wow!  Thank you very much! 

 

Mk

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1 hour ago, mkbrew42 said:

I got a new TS36 movement to practice on.

Two things I screwed up on my 1st TS36:

  1. I washed all of the parts (including the balance complete and pallet fork) in naphtha and rinsed in IPA. Doing so dissolved the glue used to hold the hairspring to the balance stud.
  2. I had never taken an incabloc spring out, taking it out went fine somehow putting it back in I applied a little too much pressure and the spring took off to never-neverland.

Just be careful and you'll be fine. In the end you're learning and the Seagull movement isn't a Rolex. You can afford to mess up.

- Gary

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