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I actively moving forward on learning the watchmaking hobby!  Have now disassembled / assembled several movements 10 or so times (several different models from Seiko, ETA, and hamilton) and it seems to be going well.  All of them were running before and are running now.  I would like to start lubricating the movements as I do this.  I have been actively reading this forum about the different oils / greases but have been unable to find much about the actually oiling tools.  Have done web search and have come up with only scant information.

I am going to be making an order soon of the lubricants and would like to know what people are using for oiling tools.  Oilers, sizes, cups etc.

As always, all information greatly appreciated!!

Eric

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You should have really oiled the movements since the very first time. And you can;t know if these are going well without looking at the timegrapher, did you?

The oils to use are normally listed in the technical sheet., and there is at least one long thread of discussion about the most common one. Cups don;t make any real difference and for oilers size use common sense, the smaller the part and the q.ty required, the smaller the oiler. 

 

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http://www.thewatchguy.com/pages/Repair1.html

4 hours ago, Tcarpilot said:

I actively moving forward on learning the watchmaking hobby!  Have now disassembled / assembled several movements 10 or so times (several different models from Seiko, ETA, and hamilton) and it seems to be going well.  All of them were running before and are running now.  I would like to start lubricating the movements as I do this.  I have been actively reading this forum about the different oils / greases but have been unable to find much about the actually oiling tools.  Have done web search and have come up with only scant information.

I am going to be making an order soon of the lubricants and would like to know what people are using for oiling tools.  Oilers, sizes, cups etc.

As always, all information greatly appreciated!!

Eric

Hey Eric,  Follow this link:

http://www.thewatchguy.com/pages/Repair1.html

 

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On 8/5/2016 at 5:44 AM, StuartBaker104 said:

http://www.nawcc-index.net/Articles/BTI-The_Practical_Lubrication_of_Clocks_and_Watches.pdf

 

This is an excellent resource and is what I use as a reference. I thing I've had to learn is how to grab the correct amount of oil on my oilers. A lot of that is down to how fast you pull away the oiler from the oil pot. When oiling jewels I inspect the oiler tip using a loupe to check that roughly the right amount is present.

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