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Great work! Always a delight to see an Adorex service, still fascinating to see an actual balance 'bridge' on that movement.
I haven't fully serviced mine yet. Managed to snag the rare Cal. 8000 movement and playing around with the fine adjuster via the crown was a nifty little feature:
I would've done the same thing to maximize the value of my time and call it a day, but I want to experience how it was like when watchmakers from the 40s didn't have access to replacement parts and have to readjust these things manually.
A professional watchmaker may just call me a loon since they likely just replace the full balance complete if they have spares readily-available.
Awesome job tightening that cannon pinion. Did the same thing for a 1940s Movado tank using a blunt and taped-up nail clippers.
Price should be higher for vintage IMO since that covers the cost of labor, scarcity of parts and technical manuals available, condition of the movement and re-supplying the watchmaker's very expensive oils & greases.
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