Watch Porn

[mucrewbtp]

I recently began the task of servicing and repairing a pair of 70's vintage Datejusts that have not been serviced since new and finally are showing their age. I will be posting pictures of the proscess for those interested. This phase here is the teardown of the movement. There was actually much less wear than I would expect out of a 30-ish year old watch that was worn daily and never serviced. After examining everything all the watch needs is a good cleaning and a new castle wheel (Clutch) Somehow a few teeth are missing. This seems strange since the watch was worn constantly and the time was hardly ever re set. Anyway here are the pictures.

After going over this movement, I am very impressed with the fit and finish of these genuine peices. I know it is hard to tell from my dodgy pictures, but everything on the ebauche is either jeweled or mirror polished. One of the most suprising features to me is the jeweled lever that acts upon the date change cam, I have never seen a date wheel mechanism work this way before, but then again most of my experience is on Eta's. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pics, I have always been fascinated by the inner workings of watches, so I figured I would share these pictures with others who enjoy looking at these things taken apart. As the project progresses I will post updates on how the cleaning/restoration works out.

-Mike

[eunomians]

Nice pics & nice watch.

[pitimany]

Very nice picts.

[Guest sjako]

Great stuff! Could you in future also put a few lines of text at each step (for a total Noob like me).

Sjako.

[gpuck]

Amazing pics! Great step by step shots that really tell the story of what makes it run.

[bigpops]

Great post.

It's just the sort of thing that's kept me visiting RWG I & II for the last two and a half years.

[FWATCH]

Cool to see pix of gen innards. Not that I know what I'm looking at, but it's nice to see what level of quality a genuine one looks like. Great post.

[oakland]

Awesome pics. Thanks for posting em.