Watch Lubrication - What is Epilame ? - Simple Version
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Welcome folks, in todays video i try to explain in simple terms what Epilame actually does and what it is used for in watch servicing.
Thanks to many many years in the watch repair trade i can pass on my experience & knowledge to help those of you looking to make a start in watch repair. Cutting out the fuss or confusion and hopefully saving a few pennies :)
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Oooh, look at Mr. Moneybags with his 100ml of Fixodrop!
(Great video, thanks!)
Thanks for the explanation. This is fine for a professional watchmaker. For an amateur, given its volatility, it is expensive.
I have read some places that people use Epilame first, then install the part without lubrication to wear off the Epilame before applying lubrication. Can you help me understand what that is all about ? Thanks
The idea is that the escape wheel teeth will wear a tiny groove in the pallet jewels where they drag through the thin layer of epilame. The oil will sit in that groove and be its awesome self. I could be wrong too I have been known to be wrong not often but sometimes so don't be shocked. OK I've been wrong more than I let on, quite often actually.
Thanks.. very informative i had wondered about its use.
Thanks for the video, there aren't much information about epilame bottle on internet.
Nearly fell off my chair when I saw the price of it and the price of the bottles think I'm going to give up with watches and just make bottles 😂😂
Utterly absurd what they are asking for those bottles. Surely there's gotta be a way to jury rig something about as effective.....
Yes the cost for most Swiss tools & consumables is quite high, then again they are good quality. There are cheaper options with jewellery cups or diamond wash jars but they are not as effective or as sealed as the Swiss versions.
A bit late to the party, but the 10ml bottle of Moebius Fixodrop has a mesh screen built in so a dedicated applicator bottle isn't required (and the bottle can be re-used later and refilled from a larger bottle).
@@welwynwatches5976 From 1930 to about 1970 epilame consisted of a solution of stearic acid. About the cheapest of substances ever. So for watches before about that time I'd consider it practicable. But I've found nowhere which solvent to use nor the concentration. In a forum ethyl acetate was mentioned, but again not the proportions. Can anyone find Mr. Woog's original epilame formula?
@@fredruthven4566 You saved me a lot of money on that ridiculous little necked bottle, thanks!
@@fbartlett216 No problem! I hate wasting money on overpriced equipment.
"Benefits even long after... " is fitting. I am researching this right now a bit deeper, turns outs it's a "forever chemical" or basically a fluor carbon combination which gives me little bit of headache at the moment as a user.
Incredibly expensive product but I use this on my escapement parts i.e. escape wheel and pallet stones.