Lucerne Digital Jump Hour mini-restoration
Mini-restoration means clean in this context. There is a tiny gap between the crystal and case where half a century's worth of gunk and dirt got caught. I took it apart and threw the case and crystal in the ultrasonic.
Before; pretty nasty, right?
After; still some residue of something there, but it doesn't feel any different to the rest of the case when I run my finger across it. I doubt it's glue, be8the crystal doesn't touch the case. I am still mighty proud of my job, however.
I am really good at cleaning, but little else, seeing as I somehow made the movement run with low amplitude. Honestly, Lord knows what I did wrong, because I left the movement and dial alone and on a separate workbench when doing everything else. Low amplitude (to my knowledge) is usually an issue with the mainspring or excessive friction somewhere. The watch is fully wound, but stops running after a few seconds. I'm going to ask the local watchmaker about it tomorrow, and if I could perhaps borrow a few hundredths of a millilitre of Moebius 8000, because I think the issue is friction.
I'm not going to take this movement apart, because I don't have the tools, patience, or expertise. It's a BFG 582 movement, with only one jewel. After my experience with a BFG 866 pin pallet movement, I'd rather touch slimy dustbin water than this thing, which is even more nightmarish than the 866.
Any thoughts? Am I missing something? The road to being even an amateur watchmaker, as I've found out, is paved with suffering, blood, tears, organs, chunks of brain, and more tears. It's clean, at least...
A famous Dutch saying: “𝘕𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘣 𝘫𝘦, 𝘫𝘢 𝘬𝘶𝘯 𝘫𝘦 𝘬𝘳𝘪𝘫𝘨𝘦𝘯.”
Probably needs a wee bit of oil🤷🏻♂️