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Carth Dookie
Jan 28, 2013

I pulled apart a early 1960s omega constellation watch a few years ago.






Fortunately I did it in a watchmakers shop where 2 guys with a combined 80 years or so of experience could stop me from messing up the rebuild after all the parts were cleaned.


Pre clean:








Post clean and lubricated













Eventually I am going to make a project of restoring this Seiko 6139 chronograph from the 70s which will be MUCH harder since I'll be doing it at home, unguided.





Worst case scenario is I gently caress it up or it's not savable and I keep at as a parts watch to keep my 2 good examples alive for longer


Carth Dookie fucked around with this message at 06:27 on Sep 6, 2021

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Carth Dookie
Jan 28, 2013

Megabound posted:

Watches are next level, seriously cool stuff.

You'd probably find it similar to your camera stuff. The scale does make it more challenging, so you have to be good with tweezers and magnifying tools.

Carth Dookie
Jan 28, 2013

That's rad. Particularly like the first tree branches one. There's something about film black and white cameras.

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