Dan S
·I suspect that the answer to this is that one can't be sure until the movement is disassembled, but if anyone wants to share their gut feeling about this movement, I'd appreciate it. Unfortunately, my long-time watchmaker friend has completely retired and sold off his entire shop, so I don't really have anyone local to take a look. I'd have to ship it off, and I want to make an educated choice. Try to get it running and possibly make it into a complete watch again eventually? Or just leave it as is, and possibly scavenge parts off of it in the future, if they're worth scavenging.
This is an IWC Ingenieur ref 666 with cal 853 that I mainly bought to use the dial to replace a repainted dial in a family watch. But I also have the case and movement, so I'm thinking about what to do with them. The watch winds and sets, but does not run. It looks pretty bad, but if it ticked, I'd feel better about a potential restoration.
The case obviously exhibits a LOT of corrosion, and I can see some rust in the movement as well, so that's a concern. The balance does not move freely and when I look closely, the hairspring looks funny, like part of the coil has come up out of the correct plane. I've tried to include some macros. Some are slightly out of focus, but if you look at all of them, I think you get a sense of it.
Dial photo at the end to satisfy any curiosity. It's not the greatest, but it's original and better than what I have.
Many thanks for any thoughts.
This is an IWC Ingenieur ref 666 with cal 853 that I mainly bought to use the dial to replace a repainted dial in a family watch. But I also have the case and movement, so I'm thinking about what to do with them. The watch winds and sets, but does not run. It looks pretty bad, but if it ticked, I'd feel better about a potential restoration.
The case obviously exhibits a LOT of corrosion, and I can see some rust in the movement as well, so that's a concern. The balance does not move freely and when I look closely, the hairspring looks funny, like part of the coil has come up out of the correct plane. I've tried to include some macros. Some are slightly out of focus, but if you look at all of them, I think you get a sense of it.
Dial photo at the end to satisfy any curiosity. It's not the greatest, but it's original and better than what I have.
Many thanks for any thoughts.
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