Start day one of the cleaning processes today on the
Waterbury Pocket Watch series N.
Items removed from the rust remover
Leaving the items in the rust remover over has freed of the
parts and once I had the parts, wheels apart I put them through a cleaning
circle in the ultrasonic cleaner.
Put items through a cleaning circle in the ultrasonic cleaner.
Opened up the barrel and found the Mainspring is in many
pieces, so another item to add to the list (New Mainspring).
Opened up the barrel and found the Mainspring is in many pieces
While waiting for the cleaner I carefully file and removed
the stuck Hour and Minute wheels from the Dial and started to clean up the
Dial.
carefully remove the stuck Hour & Minute wheels from the Dial
Finally, I placed the two stuck hour & minute wheels in
WD40 overnight to hopefully free them apart.
Session two today in my workshop with
the TIM LEVER 7 Jewels Shock Protected Stopwatch.
Today I have removed the Seconds Hand from the Long Tube Heart. I needed to remove the second hand because I am hoping the NOS Breitling
45mm Dial I have purchased fits this watch.
Removed
the tight fit Seconds Hand by slipping the Heart into the “vee” on the block to give maximum
support to dial, and using flat head No:290 Bergeon Stake and Dial protector and two light taps with a hammer, hey
presto off and no damage!
Stripped the Barrel down, and the mainspring and barrel really clean for
a 1970s watch.
Also found a crown that I may use for The Fly-Back pusher, but
may make one when I have the lathe set up to make the broken pusher.
Vintage Seiko 5 wristwatch, Cal 4206B.Reassembling Part 2.
More time spent in the workshop today, so completed the
reassembling of the Train Wheels, Pallet Fork, Complete Balance, Cleaned
Balance Cock Diashock, Barrel and Click, and then fitted the Automatic winding
Mechanism fitted on the Vintage Seiko 5 wristwatch, Cal 4206B.
Train Wheels and Barrel Fitted
Taken some "X-Ray" pictures of the Fourth and
Third wheels under the microscope.
X-Ray photograph of the Fourth Wheel
X-Ray photograph of the Third Wheel
The Movement is running well with good aptitude on the
Balance Wheel video.
My YouTube video of movement running with Balance Cock Diashock removed for cleaning
My YouTube video with the Movement running well with good aptitude on the Balance Wheel.
Rotar fitted so the rear side of movement completed
So next time move to the dial side, to reassemble the Day
and Date calendar wheels, etc and complete the reassembling of the movement.
