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Up above you asked a question now you have the answer. Well at least one of the answers why should give you a complete servicing auto wash that just needs possibly may be a minor repair? It's one of the frustrations I have with repairing pocket watches occasionally they look like they might just need cleaning but along the way additional complications can come up. Or even after it's all serviced casing issues will come up. Where I can never really give anybody a hard clear answer of when is this watch going to be done other than the say when it leaves whenever that may be. One of the annoying thing is in watch repair is the lack of proper technical documentation. So for instance for the 3135 there's a really beautiful color document explaining everything except does it really explain everything? Often times watch companies have supplemental information on specific tasks. They definitely have supplemental on lubrication. Or Omega will have general instructions sheets for specific a grouping of calibers covering well stuff like this unique situations that require either changing components or special lubrication or something. So in the case of Rolex to does upgrade components it would be really nice if we had the supplemental information that we do not. As conceivably this was covered the writer problems here might've been covered with upgrade components or some documentation specifying lubrication that would be better somehow etc. -
Is it Wittnauer symbol? https://www.watchuseek.com/attachments/factory-names-jpg.593897/ -
By hofnerpres · Posted
Ah yes - That second ebay one looks identical. It mentions Revue - The Revue 31 Hunter is clearly from the same factory. This one is a blinged up version. -
There is one listing on eBay: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/126044951473 And here is one SOLD listing: https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/345530/1920s-federal-full-hunter-pocket-watch Revue?
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Out of curiosity which oil did you use? Oh and yes oil does have a dampening effect. It's actually quite interesting if you take like your 6497 clone clean it lubricate all the key lists mainspring etc. do not lubricate the watch. But on the timing machine see how it looks start oiling the watch see what happens you probably see a loss of amplitude at least until you get to the escapement and then you'll see a spectacular improvement so oil doesn't always have a spectacular increase in amplitude but you definitely have to have it One of the ways I explain learning watch repair would be similar to learning to be a doctor. Have you ever noticed how doctors say they're practicing or they're in a practice why are they still practicing shouldn't they get in the game? That's because they are still practicing their getting better the same as were getting better each of our watches is like a patient guess they're similar but there are also different but all different and we are practicing every single day but typically in watch repair people watch a video they practice on one watch taken apart a couple of times just like you did then they want to get into the game they want to work on a live watch to learn experience. Problem is experiences learned over time a very long time in the case of watch repair and as you can see working on a vintage watch requires a heckuva lot of knowledge and egg a lot of remembering things like for instance that 5° angle thing that you mentioned up above wider to go look at the first page of this discussion somebody already showed you that. The problem was too much knowledge being gained too fast and you didn't absorb it because you can't. Knowledge of watch repair is learned over time. Knowledge of vintage watch repair is learned over a considerable quantity of time because there's so much stuff going on so many things to deal with oh and we are learning watch repair like at least in the old days when their learning to be a surgeon they got the work on dead bodies I believe now they get to work with computer simulation. They do not jump in the field and start cutting apart people like we do in watch repair where your practicing on. Outstanding idea as you're here to learn. To be quite honest I think practicing on 3 to 4 unimportant pocket watches is outstanding but realistically you're going to need more experience before you really start restoration work and you're going to need more equipment like a watchmaker's lathe would be nice. Then ideally try to find some pocket watches that aren't totally destroyed. Because ideally with learning you actually want to learn and grasp what you did or did not do to end up where you are as opposed to where we are now Now that you have greater knowledge of pocket watch repair man make a suggestion is going to require considerable patience though. Go back to page 1 of this discussion and read through the discussion do not act upon anything you see just read the whole discussion again.
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