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Hi everyone, I wanted to quickly introduce myself to the forum here from London England. I have started repairing watches over a month ago, and I have used this forum continuously, but covertly, through every step of the process over the 10, or so, watches that I have done so far. I love the forum and it seems like a great community of people that I am very excited to join. I have yet to find a question that has not already been answered over the years in all the subforums here, so I don't have any real reason to be joining apart from just really enjoying the content as a whole. Until I come up with a question for the group or my partner tells me that I am not allowed to waste anymore money on watch tools, it is great to be here, and I look forward to receiving your guidance and advice in the future. -
I contacted these guys in the UK and they can either supply a clip on mic to go with their software, or they’ll modify an existing microphone you send them, or they can supply a refurbished and modified microphone. Does any know where to find this software? I found various old threads, with links that don’t work anymore, but no website for the product. -
The 268 mechanism cover has this gear that’s friction fit to a post and like a cannon pinion it can become loose, creating too much slack and allowing for improper meshing. Instead of the broken setting wheel I often see broken teeth on the gear underneath. This is from the last 3135 I serviced… …it’s really kind of a poorly designed part…and why is it all one part? 🧐 …and on this one I never found the missing tooth. Did the previous service provider just replace this broken part? -
I had it in a little jar in a double bath at 60ºC in a more or less super saturated solution - some crystals came back out of solution as it cooled. Heat was really the trick - When I started at room temperature I could see a bubble form on top of the old stem and just sit there but when heated there was a constant stream of bubbles -
Sorry to bring this one up again: You mention you got new springs, dare I ask where? I haven't been able to find any but those for the manual version. I cleaned and wound the mainsprings in my 2427 using a modified M6 washer and the crank from a winder, but they were a bit coned, have a bit of a kink in the spring where it meets the end of the bridle and the resultant amplitude is quite poor. 250, maybe a bit higher, on a full wind. Confirmed that this is how the yoke should look when taking apart a 2428 for parts. I saw a post that you've left the forum. I hope that's not the case. You've helped me more than once and it was very much appreciated.
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