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My "buy of the century" his finally here!
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Thanks deadbear! I can't stop looking at this thing! It's going with me on my trip to Columbia, PA through the weekend. The Fiance's taking me to the National Watch and Clock Collectors Museum. I'm very excited!
MAN, OH MAN!! YOU are the luckiest dude in the Universe -- but only because of your persistance! CONGRATS!! THAT is one beautiful oldie, so treat her well (which I know you'll do.
dave
dave
Thanks Dave! I can't stop looking at her, and I still can't believe it! Would you guys believe me if the guy I bought this one had a few more?...
He's going on vacation to the Bahamas for a few weeks, and is going to send me the specs of the other watches when he gets back. Wish me luck!
Also, I have a little bit of a problem...The second hand is no longer moving. It is not frozen, as when I shake the watch a little, the second hand will move. The watch is still running fine and keeping great time, just didn't know what would cause this. Do you think when I service it that it might fix the problem?
He's going on vacation to the Bahamas for a few weeks, and is going to send me the specs of the other watches when he gets back. Wish me luck!
Also, I have a little bit of a problem...The second hand is no longer moving. It is not frozen, as when I shake the watch a little, the second hand will move. The watch is still running fine and keeping great time, just didn't know what would cause this. Do you think when I service it that it might fix the problem?
Here's a nice picture of your movement. Either a gear is missing some teeth or the second hand gear is raising up and not engaging properly. Either way, it's an easy fix when you have it serviced. The small center gear is for the second hand. When you lay if flat face up does it move correctly?
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:thinking: May be a good idea to hack her and leave her be until she's been serviced mate. You don't want to make it any worse.
Also, if you take the back off to dry it out, make sure it's under a glass bowl or something so it doesn't collect a load of dust in the movement 
Here's a nice picture of your movement. Either a gear is missing some teeth or the second hand gear is raising up and not engaging properly. Either way, it's an easy fix when you have it serviced. The small center gear is for the second hand. When you lay if flat face up does it move correctly?
I wouldn't doubt if one of the teeth, or a few, broke off of that gear, as the watch hasn't run in 20 to 30 years. I took it to my watch smith this morning and he looked over the movement for me, said it looks OK, but there are signs of rust on the screws that hold the movement in place, which I knew about, but didn't think anything of it. He said other than that, a servicing should fix the problem with the second hand.
It's weird, the whole second hand thing. I put the watch on my dresser last night (usually sleep with my watches on, weird, I know), and the second had was at 45, and when I woke up, it was around 35. So the second hand does advance, just not as it should. It does the same thing when it's on my wrist too.
But it doesn't move normally when laying down flat.