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·Hello Folks
Had a look at a "barn find" Seamaster 165.024 today. Unfortunately it seems it was at the bottom of a bucket in the barn.
The crown won't pull out. The bezel is locked in place and there clearly been a pretty significant ingress of water into the movement.
First sign of trouble was the hour hand which looks like a flaming sword. There some flaming red rust at the base of the hand though it is obscured by the minute hand.
The rest of the dial doesn't look too bad other than some signs of rust in between the 1 and 2 marks on the dial with the lume plot at 2 taking some damage.
Then the horror show begins.
Now you can see where that rust color is coming from.. the movement.
at least the caseback is okay.
The question is can it be saved? I know the wizards of the world can work real magic.. and I have a great watchmaker. I would hate to declare it dead. I would also hate to have to swap the movement entirely.
I like a good project but this seems rather daunting.
Had a look at a "barn find" Seamaster 165.024 today. Unfortunately it seems it was at the bottom of a bucket in the barn.
The crown won't pull out. The bezel is locked in place and there clearly been a pretty significant ingress of water into the movement.
First sign of trouble was the hour hand which looks like a flaming sword. There some flaming red rust at the base of the hand though it is obscured by the minute hand.
The rest of the dial doesn't look too bad other than some signs of rust in between the 1 and 2 marks on the dial with the lume plot at 2 taking some damage.
Then the horror show begins.
Now you can see where that rust color is coming from.. the movement.
at least the caseback is okay.
The question is can it be saved? I know the wizards of the world can work real magic.. and I have a great watchmaker. I would hate to declare it dead. I would also hate to have to swap the movement entirely.
I like a good project but this seems rather daunting.
Sorry couldn’t help myself. But you’re right it will be a long hard road. I’d save myself the pain and source a movement.
