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I picked this up on ebay with some other stuff.  I have already used the Ronsonal soak technique to get it running, but I think I woke up too happy today, so maybe I will do a full service to get myself in the RIGHT mood...lol.  I also need a crystal for it.  31.7mm in dia, but did not see a fit in the GS catalog.  The crystal rides above the rotating bezel, so it needs to be a thicker crystal (I think).

On the dial side, that brass (gold colored) wheel is the date wheel.  I don't think I have to remove it.  Maybe @JerseyMocan weigh in.

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I have serviced/ repaired a few Timex,s. I have used the menthod of cleaning the whole movement after removing some parts in my watch cleaning machine & I have stripped the movement down cleaned and assembled in the traditional way. Assembling a Timex if completely stripped down is a challenge as one single plate is used to hold all of the pivots. 
However I did not get a better performance with the traditional method, possibly because there are no jewels so pivot and pivot holes do have wear and so performance enhancements are limited. But even with a Timex,s  very basis design they really do work well indeed and give many years of usage.

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6 minutes ago, clockboy said:

I have used the menthod of cleaning the whole movement after removing some parts in my watch cleaning machine

Do you use an ultrasonic or an L&R spinning style machine?  In either case, would I worry about the hairspring?

I have both types of machines--my ultrasonic is just a jewelry cleaner type.

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I went ahead and performed a full disassemble and clean.  Glad I did because there was some residual rust grunge on the balance pivots, so I cleaned them and polished them on the lathe.  While, everything is between two plates, it is not that hard to reassemble.  I hold the plates together with my fingers and give lite pressure while giving a little jiggle.  Most pivots fall right in place.  I use a pointer (an old oiler that has pointed to a hundred microns or so) to coax the remaining wheel into place.

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16 hours ago, LittleWatchShop said:

DAMN!!  The date jumper took flight.  Could not for the life of me figure out how to stabilize that thing.

Anybody know if it is magnetic?  I did a sweep and did not find it.

So is it eternally the 2nd?

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