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Hello all,
I will readily admit that my aptitude with watch restoration lies with refinishing and restoring ugly parts. My attempts at servicing a movement, on the other hand, are about 50/50. My 6309 and 7002 services have gone very well, with each now running within acceptable standards. My 6106-8100 is another story.
When I got the watch, I noticed it always took a lot of winding to get it moving. After shaking it vigorously, it would tick for about five seconds and quit. If I set the time, it would repeat this behavior. With no real rhyme or reason, it would suddenly spring to life (no pun intended) and operate normally for the day.
Realizing this wasn't normal behavior, I did a service on the movement and wore it overnight to test it. I lost somewhere around 3 hours in one night's time. I disassembled it, recleaned it, pegged all the jewels, and double-checked everything as I put it back together. I also demagnetized it, although I understand that would likely cause it to run fast, not slow.
That day (and the two days that followed), I wore it 24/7 and it lost only a few seconds. I don't have a Timegrapher, but I've been successful using the Kello iPhone app and it confirmed my experience that the watch was keeping good time. I was so excited, I even made a video!
http://videos-g-16.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/10586035_330474357119336_1602284421_n.mp4
I wore the watch today for the first time in a week or so and it is losing time steadily -- in the neighborhood of ten minutes each hour. One other odd trait I noticed was that, almost without fail, it will stop when the midnight date change occurs, almost as if there isn't enough power to keep it moving along. Possibly a mainspring issue?
Thanks for any advice. My 6106 is my favorite watch and I'm hoping to get it back in the fold!
I will readily admit that my aptitude with watch restoration lies with refinishing and restoring ugly parts. My attempts at servicing a movement, on the other hand, are about 50/50. My 6309 and 7002 services have gone very well, with each now running within acceptable standards. My 6106-8100 is another story.
When I got the watch, I noticed it always took a lot of winding to get it moving. After shaking it vigorously, it would tick for about five seconds and quit. If I set the time, it would repeat this behavior. With no real rhyme or reason, it would suddenly spring to life (no pun intended) and operate normally for the day.
Realizing this wasn't normal behavior, I did a service on the movement and wore it overnight to test it. I lost somewhere around 3 hours in one night's time. I disassembled it, recleaned it, pegged all the jewels, and double-checked everything as I put it back together. I also demagnetized it, although I understand that would likely cause it to run fast, not slow.
That day (and the two days that followed), I wore it 24/7 and it lost only a few seconds. I don't have a Timegrapher, but I've been successful using the Kello iPhone app and it confirmed my experience that the watch was keeping good time. I was so excited, I even made a video!
http://videos-g-16.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/10586035_330474357119336_1602284421_n.mp4
I wore the watch today for the first time in a week or so and it is losing time steadily -- in the neighborhood of ten minutes each hour. One other odd trait I noticed was that, almost without fail, it will stop when the midnight date change occurs, almost as if there isn't enough power to keep it moving along. Possibly a mainspring issue?
Thanks for any advice. My 6106 is my favorite watch and I'm hoping to get it back in the fold!