…Moment of Zen…

[rehajm]

…the least exciting watch in a small lot, an Omega from 1935, 30T2…SOB of all things? , clearly once loved but neglected for decades, has blessed us with this lovely moment. TG is on the long time setting and has been running like this for a couple of hours. It asked for very little, a bit of reshaping of the end coil, a small turn of the collet, a bath. There’s a new alloy main but the old carbon one would have been just fine thank you…

 

…I may have to turn on the tg ticks

…The dial now looks factory fresh but the case warranty expired long ago. Out of respect it’s getting replated...enjoy ️️

 

Edited March 15 by rehajm
Needed more zen…

[RichardHarris123]

Don't forget to show us after replating. 

[Knebo]

Lovely! Impressive that you got the beat error to 0.0..

I'm very keen on seeing the full watch when you're done. Love the case shape with the dials. I'll look absolutely spectacular when replated.

[mikepilk]

Looking at the timegrapher, you must be getting close to rebanking. I've had some watches from the 30s and 40s with very high amplitudes. I think it must be the modern springs being stronger than the older blued ones.

[VWatchie]

2 hours ago, mikepilk said:

Looking at the timegrapher, you must be getting close to rebanking. I've had some watches from the 30s and 40s with very high amplitudes. I think it must be the modern springs being stronger than the older blued ones.

It could also be the addition of modern high-quality synthetic watch oils. Only guessing!

Edited March 17 by VWatchie

[rehajm]

4 hours ago, mikepilk said:

Looking at the timegrapher, you must be getting close to rebanking

Yes, it did do some rebanking at a full wind but I manually unwound the mainspring just a bit and it stopped and it hasn't recurred but clearly it's close. I have observed this kind of temporary rebanking on a few other quality movements- IWC, Eterna, where it happens for for a few cycles then disappears...

...and thanks for everyone's interest. I'll post a more complete photo journal when I get it cased...

Edited March 17 by rehajm

[VWatchie]

58 minutes ago, rehajm said:

Yes, it did do some rebanking at a full wind but I manually unwound the mainspring just a bit and it stopped and it hasn't recurred but clearly it's close.

I recently serviced a Raketa 2609.HA (housed in a Big Zero) that suffered from re-banking (after the service). I started a thread about it which you might find interesting and/or helpful.