Fantastic! I ending up getting an old winding pendant watch cheap on a recent auction site. The watch was "as is" and not working (hence "cheap"). I was able to determine that the watch was wound fully, but the balance wheel would not stay going. Using another video, I discharged the mainspring thinking it might be "overwound". Your video got me the rest of the way there. Now I have a vintage pendant watch that is running to give to my granddaughter :) FYI....I used some super high viscosity gun oil since I didn't have any watch oil. chugging right along.
That's a cheap pin lever watch. If you spray alcohol on a watch movement that has pallet jewels, the jewels will fall out and then you have a major problem. If you're going to half way clean it like that use lighter fluid.
Yea, as a watchmaker that hurts a bit lol. But I guess at the end of the day you got for $1.50. If rinsing off dried oil on the stones, and putting back the correct oil is all it takes to get it running, & you have no interest in spending the $$$ to have it properly serviced, then I guess you might as well do this instead.
Hey so I'm a self taught watchmaker, and I dont understand why my movement wont work, I've serviced it and everything and put lubricants. Same on another except I just put lubricants and nothing else,(it looks serviced already) and it runs REALLY well but only in one single position, what does that mean?
@@user-xf2pq1vg9k It could mean a lot of things. One thing you should check first if it works very well let's say, dial up, and really bad, dial down, it could be you either have some damaged pivots, or it could be the endshake. Check all your endshake and balance pivots first. If it's not that, please explain more in depth what it does in other positions, how is it "bad"?, and which position is it running well in?
Fantastic! I ending up getting an old winding pendant watch cheap on a recent auction site. The watch was "as is" and not working (hence "cheap"). I was able to determine that the watch was wound fully, but the balance wheel would not stay going. Using another video, I discharged the mainspring thinking it might be "overwound". Your video got me the rest of the way there. Now I have a vintage pendant watch that is running to give to my granddaughter :) FYI....I used some super high viscosity gun oil since I didn't have any watch oil. chugging right along.
That's a cheap pin lever watch. If you spray alcohol on a watch movement that has pallet jewels, the jewels will fall out and then you have a major problem. If you're going to half way clean it like that use lighter fluid.
My moebius 8000 is way clearer is it normal ? nike yours is almost orange mine is clear with a little yellow tint
Yea, as a watchmaker that hurts a bit lol. But I guess at the end of the day you got for $1.50. If rinsing off dried oil on the stones, and putting back the correct oil is all it takes to get it running, & you have no interest in spending the $$$ to have it properly serviced, then I guess you might as well do this instead.
Hey so I'm a self taught watchmaker, and I dont understand why my movement wont work, I've serviced it and everything and put lubricants. Same on another except I just put lubricants and nothing else,(it looks serviced already) and it runs REALLY well but only in one single position, what does that mean?
@@user-xf2pq1vg9k It could mean a lot of things. One thing you should check first if it works very well let's say, dial up, and really bad, dial down, it could be you either have some damaged pivots, or it could be the endshake. Check all your endshake and balance pivots first. If it's not that, please explain more in depth what it does in other positions, how is it "bad"?, and which position is it running well in?
As in does not work, not running as soon as I turn it upside down
@@user-xf2pq1vg9k Then most common cause for that would be broken pivot or no endshake.
I’m a repairer of antique American clocks and this method shouldn’t be done on a clock either
Where do I buy the oil?
Horrible hack, all that old grime is now grinding on the pivots and wearing them to uselessness. Such a micro machine needs the correct care....