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Not strictly a walk through but just a few notes & pics on my latest rebuild, this being a Smiths Streamline, C60 calibre with date from 1966.

 

As received non running minus the knackered strap & badly scratched crystal:

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Note the the damage to the lugs, probably caused by a poorly fitting metal strap some time in its life. Just something we will have to live with.

 

Out of the case:

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Under the dial:

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& turn it over:

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The mucky mainspring:

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Cleaning, oiling & re-assembly was fairly straightforward although the pivots proved a bit of a pain to line up and the cap jewels were not the easiest, but all went well in the end. The dial was in particularly good nick, after the Rodico + spit & cotton bud treatment. With a new strap and crystal this is what we get:

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Keeping time within +/- 5 seconds a day, a low 206 degrees amplitude (original mainspring) & amazingly no beat error.

 

Probably the best movement to come out of Smiths Anglo Celtic Factory at Ystradgynlais (the quality stuff being built at Cheltenham), quite sophisticated in design & general build quality, unfortunately let down by a lack of jewels, but in their defence they were trying to produce an Everyman watch at a reasonable price.

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