My first pin movement

[rossjackson01]

Well, I've done it. completed my first service on a pin movement. It was a non runner when I purchased it. When doing the service I found the reason. Two items on the crown wheel stopping rotation.  Removed and cleaned. Only a cheap watch, but I wanted to try my skill. Pin are more difficult than jewelled watches, in my opinion. Running well.

Disassembly 1 hr. Cleaning 1/2 hr. Assembly 1 1/2 hrs.

Followed members instructions. Photograph each removal and watch in reverse for assembly.

Happy bunny. 

thank you to all.

Ross

 

Edited March 17 by rossjackson01
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[Neverenoughwatches]

5 hours ago, rossjackson01 said:

Well, I've done it. completed my first service on a pin movement. It was a non runner when I purchased it. When doing the service I found the reason. Two items on the crown wheel stopping rotation.  Removed and cleaned. Only a cheap watch, but I wanted to try my skill. Pin are more difficult than jewelled watches, in my opinion. Running well.

Disassembly 1 hr. Cleaning 1/2 hr. Assembly 1 1/2 hrs.

Followed members instructions. Photograph each removal and watch in reverse for assembly.

Happy bunny. 

thank you to all.

Ross

 

Pin levers, you gotta hate em to love em. Big Friendly Giants -  lotsa wierd bits and pieces floating around making the job interesting . Great pictures Ross, you did well to ignore your timegrapher and showed great restraint not pebble dashing the wall behind you with its innards.

[Waggy]

Ross, great work, I have a few of these and one favorite one which I wear quite a bit, I find that the ticking sound level is much louder than a regular one, and I can even hear it over the sound of my car when driving. I did hear somewhere that you should oil the pins on the pallet, and I now routinely add a small dab (that's a metric dab not an imperial one) of 9010 to each pin, and it seems to improve performance - anyone else attest to this, or am I recalling incorrectly?

[Neverenoughwatches]

29 minutes ago, Waggy said:

Ross, great work, I have a few of these and one favorite one which I wear quite a bit, I find that the ticking sound level is much louder than a regular one, and I can even hear it over the sound of my car when driving. I did hear somewhere that you should oil the pins on the pallet, and I now routinely add a small dab (that's a metric dab not an imperial one) of 9010 to each pin, and it seems to improve performance - anyone else attest to this, or am I recalling incorrectly?

escapement needs lubrication just as a jewelled escapement does. The pins are usually worn giving a somewhat snowy outcome on the old tg.

[Nucejoe]

Some used pin palletes wont even run without oil.

 Epilame,  so wont need to routinely refresh  , as oil migrates and accumualtes  down the pins in case your oiling the pins and routinely do so.

Accumulated oil might splash around as the fork snaps.

 

 

Edited March 18 by Nucejoe

[rossjackson01]

On 3/17/2024 at 9:33 PM, Neverenoughwatches said:

Pin levers, you gotta hate em to love em. Big Friendly Giants -  lotsa wierd bits and pieces floating around making the job interesting . Great pictures Ross, you did well to ignore your timegrapher and showed great restraint not pebble dashing the wall behind you with its innards.

Have to agree with you. Will not do another. Did not enjoy the time spent. However, it was worth it to know that I understood how to disassemble, look for defects, repair and then assemble. Timegrapher? No facility to alter anything other than the stud. Everything is metal to metal.