Just thought I would do a quick post on a service I did recently. I actually found it reasonably interesting and thought some others might too.
Its a Patek 5711 with the base movement of a Miyota 9015.
What I find interesting with these is the ability to affix faux bridges onto the actual movement bridges to make it look more like the movement it is trying to replicate. I know the omega reps also do it, to replicate the 8500 movements etc.
The movement itself was actually pretty decent, and now its been fully serviced, correctly cleaned and oiled, it is actually running very well and keeping good time!
So heres the watch, just resting on my case cushion before starting work.
Decased. Showing some case parts and movement. In order to get this out of the case you first have to remove the hands and dial. The dial doesnt actually attach to the movement as it normally would, it just sits into the case, so you can't remove the movement without removing it first.
Picture of the movement. As you can see ive actually already removed one of the bridges. I just forgot to get a picture before I started work to be honest! But it does allow you to clearly see the difference in the finish. (Its the lower left part of the movement its been removed from incase you weren't sure!)
The faux bridges are actually screwed into the actual bridges. The 'screw' next to this bridge isn't actually a screw at all - just the head. Its glued into one of the holes in the adjacent bridge!
You can see here that ive now removed al the faux bridges, but you can also see how theyve adapted hoe the rotor attaches. I have placed the faux rotor screw and housing on the rotor, revealing the 3 screws that actually hold the rotor in place.
Now a clear view of what this movement actually looks like. The balance cock is the only part left that actually matches the faux bridges. Pretty plain looking, and not so much like a Patek now! Still a half decent movement though. Just not so good looking ...
Just a quick shot as I begin to strip the movement down in preparation for the cleaning machine.
I tried to get a shot of the incabloc with no oil in it. You cant see it has no oil in it from the pic, was too hard to photograph! Ive posted the pic anyway. Incidentally the customer said his watch was gaining 70 odd seconds per day - you are never going to get the best possible timing from a watch with dry incablocs. They are a critical part of the movement that needs oiling correctly to get the best out of the watch.
Quick shot of a wheel swimming in oil. You can just about make the oil out, the ring around he centre of the wheel is oil. Its way too much, and again not conducive to the best running of the watch! Ill generally clean it by hand before putting it through my cleaning machine, constantly putting through parts with this amount of oil on will greatly reduce the number of cleans I can put through my fluid before the need changing.
Shot of the watch on the timing machine after service, running like a dream and keeping much better time than before!
I hope you found this post somewhat interesting, if you havent seen how they make the watch appear the way they do I'm sure this will be of some interest. All in all a decent little watch once serviced and will now keep good time!
Thanks for reading.
52 degrees.
Its a Patek 5711 with the base movement of a Miyota 9015.
What I find interesting with these is the ability to affix faux bridges onto the actual movement bridges to make it look more like the movement it is trying to replicate. I know the omega reps also do it, to replicate the 8500 movements etc.
The movement itself was actually pretty decent, and now its been fully serviced, correctly cleaned and oiled, it is actually running very well and keeping good time!
So heres the watch, just resting on my case cushion before starting work.
Decased. Showing some case parts and movement. In order to get this out of the case you first have to remove the hands and dial. The dial doesnt actually attach to the movement as it normally would, it just sits into the case, so you can't remove the movement without removing it first.
Picture of the movement. As you can see ive actually already removed one of the bridges. I just forgot to get a picture before I started work to be honest! But it does allow you to clearly see the difference in the finish. (Its the lower left part of the movement its been removed from incase you weren't sure!)
The faux bridges are actually screwed into the actual bridges. The 'screw' next to this bridge isn't actually a screw at all - just the head. Its glued into one of the holes in the adjacent bridge!
You can see here that ive now removed al the faux bridges, but you can also see how theyve adapted hoe the rotor attaches. I have placed the faux rotor screw and housing on the rotor, revealing the 3 screws that actually hold the rotor in place.
Now a clear view of what this movement actually looks like. The balance cock is the only part left that actually matches the faux bridges. Pretty plain looking, and not so much like a Patek now! Still a half decent movement though. Just not so good looking ...
Just a quick shot as I begin to strip the movement down in preparation for the cleaning machine.
I tried to get a shot of the incabloc with no oil in it. You cant see it has no oil in it from the pic, was too hard to photograph! Ive posted the pic anyway. Incidentally the customer said his watch was gaining 70 odd seconds per day - you are never going to get the best possible timing from a watch with dry incablocs. They are a critical part of the movement that needs oiling correctly to get the best out of the watch.
Quick shot of a wheel swimming in oil. You can just about make the oil out, the ring around he centre of the wheel is oil. Its way too much, and again not conducive to the best running of the watch! Ill generally clean it by hand before putting it through my cleaning machine, constantly putting through parts with this amount of oil on will greatly reduce the number of cleans I can put through my fluid before the need changing.
Shot of the watch on the timing machine after service, running like a dream and keeping much better time than before!
I hope you found this post somewhat interesting, if you havent seen how they make the watch appear the way they do I'm sure this will be of some interest. All in all a decent little watch once serviced and will now keep good time!
Thanks for reading.
52 degrees.
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