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What’s on your watchmaker's bench today?

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rusted parts have been cleaned, and I pulled out the tin lap for that rotor wheel screw because it was bothering me too much...
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when I was polishing the crystal I was pleasantly surprised to find it was an original, but less pleasantly surprised to find fine circular scratches on the inside surface... luckily this is a white(now off white) dial so they dont stand out too much, so I will leave this be.
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now all back together oiled and assembled
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just waiting on a strap for it now.
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Two almost Identical 342 bumper automatic movements made from left over parts.

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No hairsprings, so no chance of them running. One also has no barrel arbor or hour wheel.

Does sacrifice the 30 10 RA wheel train I had, and the 28 10 RA wheel train @ErichKeane gave me.
 
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I had a number of choices in my job jar today. But I chose to service some pocket watches. I had a call a day or two ago, from a guy who wants to buy one of the two pocket watches I’d shown him several weeks ago. He’s coming next Wednesday to make his choice. I said l’d service them both. Not big ticket items, but I really should be down-sizing.

The first is a Hamilton 992B:

The watch
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In pieces
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In the ultrasonic in L & R Extra Fine cleaner, two rinses in L & R #3 rinse, heat dry in an L & R crentrifugal machine.
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Finished
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The second one is an Elgin grade 571 B W Raymond

The watch.
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In pieces
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In the ultrasonic
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The movement
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I had a number of choices in my job jar today. But I chose to service some pocket watches. I had a call a day or two ago, from a guy who wants to buy one of the two pocket watches I’d shown him several weeks ago. He’s coming next Wednesday to make his choice. I said l’d service them both. Not big ticket items, but I really should be down-sizing.

The first is a Hamilton 992B:

The watch
P2248464.webp
In pieces
IMG_3562.webp
In the ultrasonic in L & R Extra Fine cleaner, two rinses in L & R #3 rinse, heat dry in an L & R crentrifugal machine.
IMG_3563.webp
Finished
P2248466.webp


The second one is an Elgin grade 571 B W Raymond

The watch.
P2248442.webp

In pieces
IMG_3564.webp
In the ultrasonic
IMG_3563.webp
The movement
P2248443.webp
That’s a stunning movement!
 
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Mitka Mitka
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One of these buggers today…
If that is what I think it is, you’ve more fortitude than I have!
 
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If that is what I think it is, you’ve more fortitude than I have!
Looks like an ETA 2892-2. For those of us not in the know, what's the deal with it?
 
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That is a Speedmaster reduced on a D & D chronograph module I suspect. The chronograph module is what would give many the frights!
 
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That is a Speedmaster reduced on a D & D chronograph module I suspect. The chronograph module is what would give many the frights!
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Oh! That explains a lot!

My rule if I see a D&D chrono.........

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noless
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probably in part due to the popularity of the speedmaster reduced in Japan we did the Dubois Depraz module in school. I must admit I thought it would be worse given the reputation is seems to have at least in the English speaking world, but it didn't seem that bad to me.
For what its worth it does not have the same reputation in Japan at least...
The fun bit was because it was a practice movement we got ours mounted on a 2824 with Dubois Depraz on the rotor, which was a bit of a rarity.
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noless noless
probably in part due to the popularity of the speedmaster reduced in Japan we did the Dubois Depraz module in school. I must admit I thought it would be worse given the reputation is seems to have at least in the English speaking world, but it didn't seem that bad to me.
For what its worth it does not have the same reputation in Japan at least...
The fun bit was because it was a practice movement we got ours mounted on a 2824 with Dubois Depraz on the rotor, which was a bit of a rarity.
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Thats cool! I would love one of those rotors... Remember to accidentally drop some of those hard to get spare parts in your pocket😇
 
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Mitka Mitka
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One of these buggers today…
In the second photo there is a “hole” at ~ 7:00 in the plate. What goes in there?
 
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The D & D module is often fitted to an ETA 2892 movement that has the DATE. The date numeral is visible through that aperture in the module.
 
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The D & D module is often fitted to an ETA 2892 movement that has the DATE. The date numeral is visible through that aperture in the module.
Oh woah, that is awful! That seems like it would look terrible on a watch.
 
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Oh woah, that is awful! That seems like it would look terrible on a watch.
I’ve only ever seen one of these with the date. It was on a Breitling. The date definitely did look odd.
 
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Dont you love to find fingerprints like this all over the place 🤦‍♂️
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Going for a 25-36:
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