In detail: do-it-yourself winter clock repair from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.
So, we went through the first part. A little bit of tools. The places where the instrument grows was explored. We have prepared a workplace for ourselves. And in general - while they were doing all this - they walked well in the air and got to know the hot spots and surroundings better. The first part involved quite a lot of movement and attentiveness during the campaigns - it was necessary to SEARCH. What to look for - FSE! Everything that is interesting and, in our not yet trained view, is something that might be useful to us and that is unusual. It is somewhat reminiscent of plushness. What is the result:
Tool. Which ? First, screwdrivers, then tweezers. To them - a binocular magnifying glass, brushes, Petri dishes and needles. We got some oil. Yes, even for sewing machines. Well, there is no other. We believe that we have nothing else. NO. Everything. We get by with this primitive set. But you shouldn't start without it.
Different. The old ones. Wrist. They just recruited mechanisms - for spare parts.
They took indiscriminately, everything that is cheaper than the cost of half a pack of cheap cigarettes. This is their price. Half a pack of Belomor or Prima. Trolleybus fare. They shouldn't cost more. Regardless of the state - whole-broken. There are only two criteria. The first one is mandatory - not rusty. The second - desirable - to be assembled (all parts are in place) - regardless of the intactness. Trash. We will sort. What do we have?
- Star. The old ones. The mechanism is barrel-shaped, caliber 18 mm. Allegedly in prehistoric times, the French brought to us and assembled the LIP plant. So it's all French.
- Zarya - Penza Watch Factory
– Gull - standard small mechanisms, old enough, but tenacious
Video (click to play).
- Glory - newer mechanisms
- many other names. All Soviet. THE USSR. Looks like the state cared about the working class - it produced watches. So that they are not late for work. Probably.
- Victory... Moscow. Lighthouse. Many watches were produced under these names. We're not talking about watches. About mechanisms.
There are basically 2 types of mechanisms.
- "high" mechanism - for example 1MCHZ - "Moscow". Central second hand. Most of the watches were assembled on its base - up to the famous "Sport". They stopped when the crown was pulled. Erzats stopwatch. Older type of mechanism. We do not name the technical caliber - it makes no sense. It is still impossible to order parts for the caliber.
- the "low" mechanism is more modern. Side second hand.
Both in the first and in the second case, different factories produced a bunch of modifications of mechanisms - with improvements, simplifications, ras. Suggestions. There were also a bunch of exterior finishes. Satisfied the discerning consumer.
In addition, there is a complete rainbow of other watch movements:
- Slava - 2 types of mechanisms, self-winding and non-self-winding. Somewhere on the Internet it was indicated - the prototype of LIP-T-15. Again the French.
Our task is to learn how to disassemble and assemble. Then everyone will go their own way. One will only disassemble. Another will collect 50% and then - as annoyance or peacefully throw it into the trash (usually habits - vodka-dancing will overpower), others - out of anger that it doesn’t work - beat on the anvil with a hammer. Still others will calmly disassemble it again, put it off for a couple of days and try again. This is a normal form of behavior for such an unusual hobby - fine mechanics.
Let's start with a simpler direction - men's wristwatches. They are bigger than women. They can be seen better without a microscope. An example is a "low" Victory. It is the simplest for us. “High” is harder for the first try. The clock circuit is basically identical for all single-platinum watches.Therefore, you just need to understand and remember a few fairly simple schemes once. For the first trainings - just sketch what we are analyzing.
There are several types of back covers. All the difference is in the manner of closing.
- slamming. A distinctive feature - usually, upon close examination, you can find a flat, into which a knife is driven in order to open it with a strong pressure. In modern electronic consumer goods, a similar lid is very often practiced, but with grooves, as it were, for unscrewing - a good joke. If you don't know, then at least shoot yourself - you can't unscrew it.
Flat in the ring of glass. This is not a cover.
A more modern solution is a ledge in the lid.
And a knife just drives in here
- screw, with a screw ring or with a thread on the cover itself.
Or so - along the edge of the lid, you can see the edges.
We unscrew the first option either with the largest tailor's scissors (they are more rigid) or with the sharpened jaws of an old caliper. At flea markets, keys of this kind can often lie in the ruins.
The corporate key (bought in the most ordinary store for modelers - models of steam locomotives, cars, etc. in Germany) looks like this.
- a rather rare option in Soviet watches - bayonet. Turns at a small angle and opens.
So the clock was opened. What we see is dirt.
A lot of dirt. We immediately say that we will not deal with a rusty watch. There is no chance. Nothing can be done - everything must be changed. Putting a new one or sharpening a new one. It's too early for us.
III - mainspring (maybe two - in Glory)
IV - ratchet - they can also be of several types.
What we do first - while the mechanism is in the case - we lower the mainspring. If the head is preserved in the carcass and can be rotated (it is worn to the ground), we try to turn it slightly towards the plant and look at the ratchet. It should turn slightly and slip a couple of teeth. This is what we need - with a needle we support it in the retracted state and without jerking we let the crown turn and dissolve the spring by slightly releasing the crown between the fingers.
Immediately place at least 2 Petri dishes in front of us. Or white plates or flat-bottomed dishes. Diameter 15-20 cm. I use Petri dishes. They are easier to cover during breaks.
We take out the crown. To do this, press the retainer with a needle.
We take out the mechanism from the case. Sometimes this is done towards the back cover. In our case, the opposite is true. The ring with glass is removed and the mechanism is removed to the side of the dial.
Minute is generally simple - yes even with a screwdriver
Hour and second are a bit of an adventure. Tool - a piece of the relay was torn out (there was some kind of electric relay - there the material on the contact groups is exactly what we need - hard and thin. Bent - and there is the tool we need)
We turn off the balance. The size (caliber) of the screwdriver must match the size of the screw.
The screw was unscrewed and how can this whole assembly be lifted? - and it usually has special grooves into which you can stick a screwdriver and separate the balance plate from the base.
We put everything gradually into Petri dishes.
We unscrew the screws of the mainspring block. There is one trick in the watch - if the screw has many grooves, then it has a left-hand thread.
Under the dial there is a wheel assembly for the hands (I) and the assembly for winding and moving the head from the winding position to the position of moving the hands (II) (scientifically called remontuar). We disassemble.
We remove the minute tribe. This is the only node in a watch where effort is required. We pull hard enough. If you jumped off - we will repeat. It always comes off with effort. The main thing is not to be afraid.
When disassembling the switch-overhead assembly (remontuar) - special attention to the spring.
She has the opposite property - to click and fly away in an indefinite direction.Against this, a simple technique - cover (press) all of it slightly just with your finger and carefully with a needle from under your finger, "snap out"
We put everything in a Petri dish
Now for the longest and most accurate. Washing.
We take a shallow bowl. We pour gasoline there. And mine. With a brush and toothpicks. To shine. So that no dirt remains.
For small mechanisms - a squirrel brush. Harder. For large mechanisms - alarm clocks, pocket watches - you can try soft art brushes for oil paints.
Dry: first put on a paper towel after the gasoline. I usually take a heavy piece of cardboard and put a piece of paper towel on top of it. To avoid jumping and jumping. Choose napkins and towels according to the criterion - the fewer lint, the better.
Let the gasoline soak in. Let's just put it. Then we take the parts with tweezers and blow air from a rubber bulb (enema) to blow gasoline out of the holes. And so consistently all the elements of the clock that lie in a Petri dish or on an impromptu "dryer". Node by node. This is what I mean: if you unscrew the platinum and with it - 3 screws - put them together. We consider - "this is our node". In order not to confuse screws and parts. We put them in the same places in the Petri dish. Or better in a clean cup. Old - then wash and wipe. This is if we do not intend to collect quickly. Or we collect "from the sheet" - from a napkin. But this is with a certain experience, skill and speed of work. Balance. While there is no great experience, we do not analyze it. So we shove the platinum-spiral-balance block into a bath with gasoline and just rinse it for a long time in gasoline. This is clearly wrong. It is necessary to disassemble everything, etc. - WE HAVE NO EXPERIENCE YET. We'll gut it for 5-10 hours, and then we'll look at the balance. How he understands. Read books. And do it according to wise books (if it is described in detail there).
Some note about the mainspring. We do nothing. Just wipe the outside with a napkin. We brush the teeth with a brush. We don't do anything else yet. We will have fun with disassembly, lubrication, assembly and replacement of the spring next time. No experience yet. This is difficult.
And now for more intellectual work - to collect the resulting puzzle
Everything is done in the following order:
- wheel system. Let's have some fun too. We placed the gears in the lower stones. They covered it with platinum, and then we need to wiggle the upper plate with tweezers in all directions until the upper axles of the gears hit the stones. A bit dreary but doable. Sometimes you can try to help the process with a thin needle to wiggle the gears that you can reach. The basic rule is NO VIOLENCE. Everything should be done without any effort. Over time, everything by itself "clicks" into place and the plate noticeably "falls" down. The clockwork is a rather delicate thing, the efforts are very small, the losses of efforts during operation are also very small, accordingly - it cannot be assembled on tight landings - BY DEFINITION, THERE CANNOT BE. If the top plate does not sit in place, the pinion has not sat in the stones. Or while we were all stirring it, I jumped out of the bottom stone. We repeat once again - EFFORTS CANNOT BE! The criterion for correct assembly can be the following: slightly turn the barrel of the mainspring. LIGHT ONLY - All gears should start turning. This is all - almost effortlessly on the barrel.
- put in place the anchor plug
Lubricate the stones from above - from the side of the back cover. For this we use homemade butter dosing.
We turn the mechanism over, grease all the stones from the side of the dial. Assembling the crown mechanism.
Spring. Another adventure. We press it all over with a wide screwdriver. We put the needle in place. Springs are probably the worst thing about all this work. They are jumping. And we will suffer with them a) until we train our hands and b) until we collect the carcasses of the watches from which we will carry spare parts without a twinge of conscience.
They put it in place. We don't breathe. And suddenly it pops up.
We collect the wheels of arrows.The minute tribbe is strongly pushed onto the pinion axle. How ? Yes, what comes to hand is approximately suitable. How we shot and set. We are resting. You will have to firmly press the tribe until it clicks.
Lubricate. What is there to lubricate - if you have assembled this puzzle - figured out - then you will also have to think about lubrication and lubricate it yourself. The basic rule is to lubricate only with oil dosage and to a minimum. All rubbing parts are lubricated. Platinum must be dry. That is why it is a notch in the stones - so that the oil does not spread beyond its limits. Do not grease the stones of the anchor fork. It's early. A microscope is needed.
Pressing the crown lock, put it in place. We start. We enjoy. MADE . YOURSELF.
Further - to taste. We are engaged in polishing glass, cases, in short - we have fun, we are looking for a new object of research.
I found this wonderful mechanism produced by ZIM at a flea market. which is written on it.
I personally see a certain charm in the simplicity of the design of this watch, which, alas, does not exist anymore.
and I decided to keep it for my collection.
determined that issue 1972-1975 if you take the middle, somewhere in 1974, the year in which I was born myself. this is another reason