Felca

[anilv]

Hi guys,

I've had this Felca Automatic for a while and its been a bit sluggish so I thought its high time it a service.

One area I wanted to fix was the date change was not 'snappy' and it seemed that the corrector was not fully home after midnight as the date would not centre in its window unless you have it a sharp tap.

Turned out the date wheel is a bit worn so the problem remains. Date wheels for the 2452 are available but for the date at 'six' not so much.

Here's some pics.

Its hard to see in the pic below but it reads 41 jewels on the rotor!

 

A sure sign of the sixties....rockets!

A bit plain but the date at 6 gives it some character.

Final shot.. an original Felca crown..for those who care about these things.

Basically a typical ETA watch, well designed and produced. One thing I did was to tighten up the clearance of the rotor. This is a plain bearing design which screws from underneath. The screw forms one bearing surface and the rotor the other. By reducing the height of the post on the rotor you effectively close/tighten up the bearing surface thereby removing play. You can only do this a few times ..sooner or later the rotor will hit the bridges. If you're trying this..remove small amounts at a time. Too much and the bearing will be tight.

Anilv

[digginstony]

How come the movement says 41 jewels but the dial States 25 jewels. Is it a replacement dial or movement ?

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[anilv]

Rotor could have been swapped out. I didn't count the jewels but 25 sounds right.

Anilv