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·Hi Folks,
long time reader, first time post-er. I just inherited a fun little watch that belonged to my girlfriend's grandfather before he passed away(pics below).
The dial is pretty weathered but I love how it looks and it's really special to me for obvious sentimental reasons. Kind of excited about the chronometre grade movement as well, although I don't think it's anything special as far as I can tell(I think it's a 30t2sc movement from the 50's?). Just ordered a new strap and very much looking forward to wearing it.
I had a couple of questions:
-How often does one wind a mechanical watch like this, and how do you keep from over-winding? I've only owned automatic watches until now.
-Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of the case back, so perhaps more information is needed, but is there anything else you could tell me about this watch? For what it's worth, I really liked this little series on 30T chronometers: https://squeletteblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/part-iii-chronometers-30t2rg-and-30t2scrg-english/
-Should I have this watch cleaned, polished or serviced? The watch wasn't working when I originally found it. We brought it to one of those awesome old dudes in Hong Kong who looks like they've been in business for a hundred years fixing watches out of a cupboard on the side of the street and he got it running again. I'm not entirely sure that it's in perfect working order, I've found it stopped several times although that could be due to me under winding it(I'm a little paranoid about wrecking the movement). Now that I know it works, I was thinking of maybe bringing it to Grand Central Watch Repair(I live in NYC) and having it thoroughly serviced. Any tips or advice of what to have done and where to take it?
Anyways, thanks for your time. Apologies for any unwitting breaches of forum etiquette!
long time reader, first time post-er. I just inherited a fun little watch that belonged to my girlfriend's grandfather before he passed away(pics below).
The dial is pretty weathered but I love how it looks and it's really special to me for obvious sentimental reasons. Kind of excited about the chronometre grade movement as well, although I don't think it's anything special as far as I can tell(I think it's a 30t2sc movement from the 50's?). Just ordered a new strap and very much looking forward to wearing it.
I had a couple of questions:
-How often does one wind a mechanical watch like this, and how do you keep from over-winding? I've only owned automatic watches until now.
-Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of the case back, so perhaps more information is needed, but is there anything else you could tell me about this watch? For what it's worth, I really liked this little series on 30T chronometers: https://squeletteblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/part-iii-chronometers-30t2rg-and-30t2scrg-english/
-Should I have this watch cleaned, polished or serviced? The watch wasn't working when I originally found it. We brought it to one of those awesome old dudes in Hong Kong who looks like they've been in business for a hundred years fixing watches out of a cupboard on the side of the street and he got it running again. I'm not entirely sure that it's in perfect working order, I've found it stopped several times although that could be due to me under winding it(I'm a little paranoid about wrecking the movement). Now that I know it works, I was thinking of maybe bringing it to Grand Central Watch Repair(I live in NYC) and having it thoroughly serviced. Any tips or advice of what to have done and where to take it?
Anyways, thanks for your time. Apologies for any unwitting breaches of forum etiquette!