ETA 1080 "cap jewels" oiling help needed
These jewels are from my very first ETA movement that I'm servicing (cal. 1080), and none of the movements I've been working on so far (Vostoks, Poljots, and a Unitas 6498) has had jewels like these. My question is simply how to oil them? They do look a lot like cap jewels and maybe that's what they are called? If I were to guess I would say that they should be oiled the same way that spring cap jewels are oiled, but I'd really like to know for sure. And, while I'm at it, what's the purpose of t
There's a commercially made "oil pusher", Bergeon doesn't list it anymore but Horotec does. It has very very fine needle like tips, just for getting the oil through the hole jewel on to the cap. Why it's called an Incabloc oiler is a mystery, as it would be useless on 99% of incablocs (only very few are like Kif, where the chaton doesn't have a "chimney").
It's handy, and fragile, and won't get into the very tiny hole jewels like on an old ladies model LeCoultre or similar (often 0.07mm jew
