Wobbly Longines Weems Completed

[rehajm]

I promised a post on the weems I've been pecking on a bit at a time. Longines 10.68.Z what had a busted yoke screw and a pallet fork with a stubby pivot.  This movement has seem lots of action and the plating is quite worn and fragile. While the plate was soaking in alum I considered trying to replace but I don't have the skill or equipment to re-pivot. These 10L movements come in seemingly infinite variants. there are so many different length center seconds springs I assume they chose random locations on the bridge to fasten them. I had another 10L what took me three tries to locatre the appropriate length. A similar situation with the pallet fork.  After a false start I pulled the appropriate new pallet complete from a donor. The alum worked a charm but it was difficult to remove the mess without damaging the fragile plating remaining on this movement.

Anyways, up and running and I love the look. This one appears to have never had a a bezel lock. I tried to find definitive information on variants but there is surprisingly little detailed information on these. I did find a couple photos of similar variants like this one...

Edited July 9, 2024 by rehajm