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Trucker

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watch repairs
« on: October 10, 2023, 06:04:09 pm »
Hi, All
Are there any modelers on here with watch repairing interests, after watching plenty of you tube videos i have successfully replaced the quartz movement on my watch, but i have now got my eyes on my late fathers watch which has proper working parts, but to carry out a service i need to have the proper oils to lubricate the pieces as i replace them, but, im now so surprised at the cost of the oils i dont really think its worth a one off job, So my question to any one in the watch repairing field is, is there a more economic way of lubricating the parts.


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Re: watch repairs
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2023, 09:33:30 pm »
Hi Trucker


I read your post with interest! My advice would be to proceed with considerable caution. I have had a little experience with watches . My father had some training and I inherited his tools - now over 100 years old! (His career was a heraldic draughtsman and I was a biochemist!)


I'm surprized that you're finding watch oil expensive - Tiny amounts are required, applied with appropriate oiler. Amazon and Ebay sell it quite cheaply. Decent tools are a different matter! Rather than start with your father's watch, I would find less important ones to practice on.


A couple of tips - hairsprings and magnetised tools do not make good bedfellows! When using a watchmaker's eyeglass most people screw up the other eye. It is much more relaxing to leave the other eye open and it doesn't take long to adopt the habit.


Another tip - don't get old! I'm now 83 and my eyesight and dexterity are going down the tubes!


Regards,
Mike

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Re: watch repairs
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2023, 07:41:15 am »
Forget trying to compromise on anything other than genuine watch lubricants and don't blather the works with excess.


 Have to agree with Mike, age is a bu**er. Had to stop cleaning and oiling my own twenty years ago. Took my three Seikos to a 'Jewellers' a couple of years ago for cleaning and oiling, a fortnight later I got multitudinous reasons (ALL jokes) why he couldn't do them. Strong odour of Bovine Excreta.


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Re: watch repairs
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2023, 08:35:29 am »
Just go to the Repair Shop, they will fix it !!!!


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Re: watch repairs
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2023, 08:47:44 am »
Quote from: canabus on October 11, 2023, 08:35:29 am
Just go to the Repair Shop, they will fix it !!!!


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The chap who repairs clocks and watches (and the occasional model boat!) on Repair Shop has a clock & watch shop in Witney, just down the road from where we live.

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Re: watch repairs
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2023, 09:09:10 am »

I find Joe Mia, the  Nekkid Watchmaker fascinating to watch ... view on Utube: 
https://www.youtube.com/@NekkidWatchmaker

For fun, look up Tourbillion watches !  :o
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Re: watch repairs
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2023, 03:56:23 pm »
Hi All
Thanks for your replies, I'm probably going to be out of my depth on this, so I think I will just add a new strap and
Wear it occasionally, by the way it does still wind up and works, I just had a little confidence fixing my Seiko so thought why not have go, back to the boats then  ok2


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