Waltham A-17 Up and Running

[rehajm]

This one has been waiting patiently in the tray for several months but I'm calling it done this evening. A FleaBay Waltham A-17 that was a non-runner I've been pecking away at. It was seized up tight. A photo of the flabby before to follow…

If you're familiar with Waltham military you'll recognize it's the predecessor A-11 dial. Some intelligence gathering suggests some of the early A-17s went out with A-11 dials or Corporal Endshake may have dropped an old A-11 in there to get it back out in the field. Of course it could be all the back and forth on EBay. Forever a mystery....

I'm passing it off to a friend who resides in Waltham so I went for authenticity and will send along the old dial JIC. There's new lume that won't upset the geiger, new escape wheel, bridge screw and some balance poising. Unfortunately I borked the collet when I got greedy for better than naught-point-six on the TG beat error, but now sorted it runs strong and flat on the TG any way you hold it. I've heard 30 seconds/day is great for these but so far this one is a bit better than that...

Edited 40 minutes ago by rehajm

[RickTock]

Nice work!