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n4k4 replied to the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean.How can I see about an overoil? -
n4k4 reacted to roughbarked's post in the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean with
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Unless it is now different, the last photo of yours where the hairspring was visible, it was clearly sticking together. -
n4k4 replied to the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean.yes the spiral was stuck and not planar. I replaced it. However, I took a photo as they asked me in the previous message and to try to...
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n4k4 reacted to roughbarked's post in the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean with Like.
All very good comments from knowledgeable people above. These shockproof springs look remarkably like some Citizen s/p springs I've...
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n4k4 replied to the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean.I replaced the entire piece this morning and the watch works perfectly. I didn't finish the job. The upper jewel of the balance wheel...
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n4k4 reacted to Bernhard J.'s post in the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean with Like.
I use cleaning and rinsing solution by Elma. Did you look at the pivots of the balance with a magnifier? Is one perhaps slightly bent...
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n4k4 reacted to gmorse's post in the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean with Like.
Hi n4k4, Only when it's out of the movement. When it's installed, the outer end is safely restrained in the stud, so it can't get...
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n4k4 reacted to Skutt50's post in the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean with Like.
In principle this is what is required, however I don't do this with the hairspring fitted to the balance. I find there to be too many...
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n4k4 reacted to gmorse's post in the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean with Like.
Hi n4k4, Another thought about the balance spring; sometimes, depending on the design, the spring will rub when the stud isn't at the...
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n4k4 replied to the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean.As soon as possible I will take the requested photos.
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n4k4 reacted to Skutt50's post in the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean with Like.
Thanks for the pictures- I am assuming the first picture is showing the hairspring with the balance wheel hanging freely which would...
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n4k4 reacted to Skutt50's post in the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean with Like.
Good advise from Graham. You can actually demagnetize the balance while installed in the movement. To demagnetize the entire watch...
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n4k4 reacted to gmorse's post in the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean with Like.
Hi n4k4, When you demagnetise the balance spring, (on or off the balance), wrap it in a small piece of tissue paper to stabilise it...
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n4k4 replied to the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean.After cleaning the jewels again it seems to me that the problem has moved to the hairspring I had already demagnetized the movement and...
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n4k4 reacted to Skutt50's post in the thread 20th c Help After 1900 balance Cleaning Raketa 2609.HA hand clean with Like.
When you have the balance removed, how about a picture showing the hairspring from the side?
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