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onewatchnut
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There has been considerable discussion related to service intervals and sometimes questioning the need for service at all. You can see what happens when oils dry or migrate away from jewels, along with watchmaker induced failures, by going here http://home.watchprosite.com/show-nblog.post/ti-432276/ Warning! It is ugly.

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What an excellent article.

A cautionary tale for me as I build my watchmaking skills, and a warning to anyone who thinks that servicing is optional.

Thanks so much!
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Great read..... and horrible pictures! Servicing most definitely isn't optional!

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Overall a very nice article onewatchnut. Very informative. Thanks for posting. :thumbsup:

I was a bit confused by this statement from the article though.
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A hot or cold car can kill your children and is even worse for your watches.
Worse? :huh
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br549 wrote:
I was a bit confused by this statement from the article though.
From the article wrote:
A hot or cold car can kill your children and is even worse for your watches.
Worse? :huh

:lol: The author obviously takes his watches VERY seriously!

You can imagine him talking to his wife - "Well I left the children in the car today and they got serious heat-stroke and their finger-nails melted, but they'll get over it......, BUT MY WATCHES???!??? Jeez you should've seen them!!! Totally ruined the movements!! It was only the screaming of our cooking children that alerted me to how urgently I needed to get my watches to a safe place!"

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I like that, makes an interesting read though.

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You can imagine him talking to his wife - "Well I left the children in the car today and they got serious heat-stroke and their finger-nails melted, but they'll get over it......, BUT MY WATCHES???!??? Jeez you should've seen them!!! Totally ruined the movements!! It was only the screaming of our cooking children that alerted me to how urgently I needed to get my watches to a safe place!"

That reminds me of my best friend's reaction when his wedding ring was stolen out of his car at the car wash: "The wife's all PO'd about it, but I'm just glad it wasn't my class ring. The wedding ring I can replace, buy my USC ring has sentimental value." I guess it's all in what your priorities are. (He and his wife ended up divorced a few months later.)
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Very informative article onewatchnut, thank you for sharing that and it sure does enforce the point of servicing on regular intervals.

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Driver8 wrote:
br549 wrote:
I was a bit confused by this statement from the article though.
From the article wrote:
A hot or cold car can kill your children and is even worse for your watches.
Worse? :huh

:lol: The author obviously takes his watches VERY seriously!

You can imagine him talking to his wife - "Well I left the children in the car today and they got serious heat-stroke and their finger-nails melted, but they'll get over it......, BUT MY WATCHES???!??? Jeez you should've seen them!!! Totally ruined the movements!! It was only the screaming of our cooking children that alerted me to how urgently I needed to get my watches to a safe place!"

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Just pulled this out of a 12 size Elgin Pocket watch. It's the center (2nd) wheel. A great example of what happen when you let it run dry. The yellow lines point to the wear on both sides.


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I'll try and remember to send you some fresh Rodico for your birthday :poke: :lol:
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That's off my lathe bench. I use it to pick up fine particles of crud generated by turning. but you can send some along if you want. It has 1000 uses!

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Driver8 wrote:
br549 wrote:
I was a bit confused by this statement from the article though.
From the article wrote:
A hot or cold car can kill your children and is even worse for your watches.
Worse? :huh

:lol: The author obviously takes his watches VERY seriously!

You can imagine him talking to his wife - "Well I left the children in the car today and they got serious heat-stroke and their finger-nails melted, but they'll get over it......, BUT MY WATCHES???!??? Jeez you should've seen them!!! Totally ruined the movements!! It was only the screaming of our cooking children that alerted me to how urgently I needed to get my watches to a safe place!"

:lol:


Reminds me of the old joke:

As the highway patrolman approached the accident site, he found that the entire side of the BMW had been ripped away, taking with it the driver's arm.

The injured yuppie, a lawyer obviously in shock, kept moaning, "My car, my car," as the officer tried to comfort him.

"Sir," the patrolman said gently, "I think we should be more concerned about your arm than your car."

The driver look down to where his arm should have been, then screamed, "My Rolex! My Rolex!"

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br549 wrote:
Overall a very nice article onewatchnut. Very informative. Thanks for posting. :thumbsup:

I was a bit confused by this statement from the article though.
From the article wrote:
A hot or cold car can kill your children and is even worse for your watches.
Worse? :huh



ha! :lol:
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