Cleaning a vintage Seiko watch movement using a watch cleaning machine
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- Опубликовано: 8 авг 2020
- In part 5, we clean the movement parts in a two-stage cleaning process involving an ultrasonic bath stage followed by the full clean and rinse cycles undertaken using a conventional watch cleaning machine. For those of you interested in the type of machine featured in the video, mine is an Indian-made facsimile of an Elma Elite. It's not built to the same standards but it's reliable and has served me well over the years.
The playlist for this whole series of videos can be found here: • Hot-rodding a Seiko 62MAS
An introduction to this series can be found on my blog here: adventuresinamateurwatchfettl... 
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My oldest teenager Billie is always pleased listening and watching your videos with me. I have to thank you for the calm way you film these presentations because it soothes her OCD: Which, in turn enables her to concentrate on her own watchmaking that become excellent. Wishing you all the very best and God bless, Wendi 🌻
Thank you Wendi. I am very happy to hear that both you and Billie have enjoyed these videos. Best of luck also to Billie with her own watchmaking adventure.
thank you for these insights, as already mentioned - great video series!
As always, I'm glad you're sharing your experience and knowledge. Lot's to be learnt from your articles and videos.
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Great video! I recently got my hands on a similar machine, the Elma SuperElite. Eager to try it! I noticed that you took out the pallet fork during the drying process to protect the shellac. Isn't it the same issue with the balance wheel impulse jewel? I read somewhere that it's also secured with shellac.
Very nice and useful vedeo thank you so much
Hello friend, I would like to know the name of each product you use to clean the parts, and where I could buy these products.
Sir, what is the use of reverse option ?
ANother sterling video. Where did you get the tea-caddy jar from? I’ve been looking for “AM” jars for a while for my Brenray and this looks like a very good fit.
Thanks. I got the jar from eBay but I had to modify the base of the machine to accommodate the larger jar and the neck is not large enough to spin off the excess fluid after cleaning. It works as an interim solution but not permanent.
adventuresinamateurwatchfettling Thank you. I have been looking at some specialised plastic chemical grade jars that seem to be dimensionally similar to the standard ones used in watch fettling. I just can’t bring myself to pay £30-£50 for what is basically an oversized jam-jar! I will certainly find one eventually. 10x10cm square jar with a 9/9.5cm diameter round top, 17cm high; this must be a fairly standard size!
Excellent video and informtion as always, where did you manage to get your Pearl India Cleaning Machine from in the UK, ive been looking, with no success..? 🙂
Hi Ian, I bought my Pearl from seller jewellers-tools on eBay back in 2015. I don't think they still sell these though and I have no up-to-date information on where else you might be able to source one.
Whoah.. where did you get that Tea Jar from. Mine was also cracked and I'm still trying to find a fitting jar
I bought it from a seller on eBay - Clear Glass Tea Storage Jar with Silver Screw Top Lid - but the item is no longer listed. You may find similar products elsewhere. However, the dimensions are not ideal and I ended up buying an Elma replacement from Cousins.
Hi. I've been trying to source a Pearl watch cleaning machine in the UK but options seem to be limited. Would you be able to point me in the right direction?
Hi Steve, I bought mine six years ago from the seller jewellers-tools on eBay. But it doesn't look like they still sell them. I have no other leads I'm afraid. Sorry!
Thanks for this video, very informative, but I have a question: you take out the pallet fork early in the heating-cycle to avoid damaging the shellac, that I understand.. but why not the balance? the impulse jewel is also normally set in shellac, so wouldn't the same be applicable here as well?
The shellac seems somehow more vulnerable in the pallet fork because it is so exposed. I don't leave the parts in the heating chamber for very long though - just enough for the whole cage assembly to get too hot to touch and I then switch it off. I do not generally start the reassembly process the same day and so there is plenty of time for the residual solvent to evaporate. I am probably just exercising more caution than is necessary with the pallet fork and it's just become my habit to do it this way.
@@amateurwatchfettler thanks for that insight :)
Nicely done! What are the solutions used for each stage?
Thank you. I use L&R ammoniated watch cleaning solutiuon in the first stage and then L&R rinsing solution in each of the two rinsing stages.
@@amateurwatchfettler thanks a lot for kind reply!
I noticed that this machine doesn't have a reverse. Does the Sona make a machine with a reverse?
It does have a reverse. It is the middle of the three toggle switches.
Hello, can you tell the name of liquids or the name of brands which making it?
I use L&R 111 watch cleaner and L&R watch rinsing solution.
What is your cleani g solution
I use L&R 111 ammoniated cleaning solution and #3 watch rinsing solution
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