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Re: It's a small world
Posted: April 27th, 2019, 5:01 am
by Emilio
Nice clock. And a cooler story.
If you manage to get more pictures of the restoring process please, share them with us. I know that's sometimes it's a pain to take pictures while doing stuff so no pressure!
Re: It's a small world
Posted: April 27th, 2019, 5:32 am
by Mellons
Great story- +1 on photos of restoration
Re: It's a small world
Posted: April 27th, 2019, 6:36 am
by Yoda
Emilio wrote: ↑April 27th, 2019, 5:01 am
Nice clock. And a cooler story.
If you manage to get more pictures of the restoring process please, share them with us. I know that's sometimes it's a pain to take pictures while doing stuff so no pressure!
I rarely take pictures, sorry. But, I will open it for you guys!
I tore it all apart and slipped the brass parts into a bath with acid to remove the old clearcoat. After that I polished everything, plates and screwheads. The movement had the standard treatment, a few minutes in the ultrasonic bath, assembling and oiling.
The only real "work" was to turn the feet a little to remove scratches and pitting from handling. I also just noticed that the movement is stamped 53 1, it means January 1953.
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Re: It's a small world
Posted: April 27th, 2019, 11:34 am
by Emilio
That's certainly clean and in mint condition!
Re: It's a small world
Posted: April 27th, 2019, 2:26 pm
by mykeos
Like new!
