I recently bought a cheap Roamer watch from India ($10Aud) apparently they service them before they send them out.... NOT!! Just lately I've been attempting to strip down, lubricate and re-build with some wins but mostly fails I'm sorry to say. I've been practicing now for about 3 months when I get the time. I really enjoy it and seems to send me to a place where I don't/can't think about work!!
Any way this Roamer has a ST96 inside, which is a 17Jewel Swiss movement probably from the 70's, as you can see from the original timegrapher photo it certainly wasn't serviced in India!!!
I pulled it apart in about and hour and put it back together again in about two i'd guess, if anyone can comment on my time scales I would be interested.
Oiling/lubricating is still a mystery to me, it's a bit of guess work at the moment. if anyone can help me on this I'd certainly appreciate it.
So the end result is a bit mixed....
I got the timing adjustment pretty good in the end but the amplitude is still way down, I didn't pull the mainspring barrel apart as my ebay special barrel winder set is very limited and in the past i've pulled out the mainspring only to find I can't get it back in because the winder wont grab the spring... I think this is because I'm working on old vintage springs/winders. Also when the watch is measured in a different position the timing goes to s**t i'm assuming that this is because the watch movement is basically worn out???
Any how at this stage I'm pretty chuffed with my result and just wanted to share my big win!!
Any way this Roamer has a ST96 inside, which is a 17Jewel Swiss movement probably from the 70's, as you can see from the original timegrapher photo it certainly wasn't serviced in India!!!
I pulled it apart in about and hour and put it back together again in about two i'd guess, if anyone can comment on my time scales I would be interested.
Oiling/lubricating is still a mystery to me, it's a bit of guess work at the moment. if anyone can help me on this I'd certainly appreciate it.
So the end result is a bit mixed....
I got the timing adjustment pretty good in the end but the amplitude is still way down, I didn't pull the mainspring barrel apart as my ebay special barrel winder set is very limited and in the past i've pulled out the mainspring only to find I can't get it back in because the winder wont grab the spring... I think this is because I'm working on old vintage springs/winders. Also when the watch is measured in a different position the timing goes to s**t i'm assuming that this is because the watch movement is basically worn out???
Any how at this stage I'm pretty chuffed with my result and just wanted to share my big win!!