Thanks. In a watch that comes in for service, that was seldom used, does the congealed oil noted above in one of your pictures above count towards the type of debris that is abrasive, even in the absence of dirt or metallic particulate?
The problem would be confirming the absence...
For instance: a buyer purchases a Speedmaster cal. 861 new, stores it for a decade, decides to wear it. Thinks better of it, so brings to you for a service first. Dried oils, likely limited dirt/metal wear. Those dried up oils count as debris if one were to re-oil?
For instance: a buyer purchases a Speedmaster cal. 861 new, stores it for a decade, decides to wear it. Thinks better of it, so brings to you for a service first. Dried oils, likely limited dirt/metal wear. Those dried up oils count as debris if one were to re-oil?
I often find that people have adjusted the regulators of unserviced watches to get them to keep reasonable time on the wrist. So it’s not surprising to me that the watch will be running slow on some positions and fast in others.
In bringing a watch to a satisfactory rate, the last thing that should be done is to move the regulator! Not the first thing. The regulator is not there to be used to mask the fact that the watch requires service.
When the rate of a watch in unstable (fast, then slow, with rates all over the place), how can moving the regulator compensate?
I often find that people have adjusted the regulators of unserviced watches to get them to keep reasonable time on the wrist. So it’s not surprising to me that the watch will be running slow on some positions and fast in others.
Before posting I did a search on "magnetized" and found this post! I think my Panerai is magnetized, it has been running fast 2-3 minutes/day. I recently flew and had to go through security, while I have worn the watch through security many times, I think this must be the likely cause.
There are a bunch of demagnetizers out there, anyone have a recommendation on a reputable model demagnetizer?
I got one like this. There’s an app called Lepsi which I downloaded and it supposedly shows magnetism when you hold watch just above it. While I wonder about its accuracy, I have had several watches that ran very fast that were magnetized on Lepsi and changed to non magnetized after running through the machine, and then no longer ran fast. Take with large grain of salt please but machine also demagnetized tweezers quite well. Maybesomeone who knows will comment.
