S Posts 24 Likes 22 Superrenz 路Oct 4, 2018 pianomankd Who looks at a watch that closely when you're checking the time? I do check new watches very closely... but in regular use you are absolutely right.
Posts 16,729 Likes 35,079 JimInOz 路Oct 4, 2018路Melbourne Australia I don't know why all the fuss about a speck of dust. Here's a pic of a movement I stripped yesterday, note the carcass of a little passenger in one of the main plate holes. Now that beats dust any day 馃榿.
Posts 27,944 Likes 71,194 Archer 路Oct 5, 2018路Omega Qualified Watchmaker Jim - that reminds me of a video I saw years ago on another forum - someone was taking a video of their watch and a small insect crawled out of the center hole, walked around the dial, and the crawled back in. No idea how it had survived in there...