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@mikepilk I have the more than £20 horotec one which looks identical except for colour. The red cap is what you would use to adjust the power. I have automatic centre punches which are the same thing from a base mechanism point of view. I use this as the next level caseback removal if my case knife collection won’t handle it. Tom
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I have successfully serviced 10 movements, and started another 3 (waiting on parts). Only worked on one automatic (a Seiko) that I haven't finished yet. Mainly simple manual wind Soviet movements, some with day / date. I think that Tissot would be a bit beyond me. I can't really do anything more complex than strip things down, clean and replace parts. If I don't have a detailed run through (video /, forum thread, blog entry etc), I take lots of photos. I have got to the point where I typically don't lose or break anything but I struggle a bit with more intricate stuff (Diafix!)
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Ronsonol lighter fluid was paid for by the company I worked for. When it comes to cleaning clocks I used Horrolene clock cleaner plus other methods depending on the type of movement.
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The mainspring would be my prime suspect, once you get to it, installing a new mainspring is fairly simple. But in getting to the spring barrel you are about 50-75% of the way through a complete disassemble, so you may as well go the 'whole hog'. I don't know your experience level, but if you are just starting your journey I would get some more experience under your belt before risking a service on this watch, a good excuse/motivation to get started in the hobby. Other than that you could maybe find a watch maker in your location and get them to do the change out if you aren't ready to take it on yourself yet. Just looking at the watch it looks like it is about due a service, difficult to be sure from a picture, but maybe worth biting the bullet and get it serviced, or bide your time and do it yourself when you are feeling confident 🙂
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I bought a lovely 1972 Tissot Seastar automatic with the Cal. 794 movement and wore it for a few days. It kept good time but on one occasion it stopped and needed a wind to get it started. When I first put it on, I didn't wind it, just started it with a flick of the wrist and left it to wind itself. Unsure about how effective the automatic works might be, I decided to give it a a full wind to let it get a head start and not rely on the automatic wind as I may be too passive to keep it wound. Winding the watch felt 'interesting' with some slipping but it took the wind and worked fine for a few more days. Yesterday afternoon I checked the time to find it had stopped. Winding the watch feels very strange now and it doesn't start. I took the back off and watched the motion of the barrel when winding, it turns OK with the crown wheel but when I go to let the wind down, there is no stored energy. Broken mainspring/ bridle? I am a bit nervous about servicing this watch as the 794 seems to be unnecessarily complicated and difficult to assemble correctly. Would it be wrong to basically dissassemble the watch only far enough to change the barrel/ mainspring. Install a new GR mainspring, reassemble and call it a day? Kick the can down the road until I have honed my skills more?
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