Watch servicing

Don't fiddle with the date wheel between 9pm and 4am. If it has a phantom date then good luck!

Procedure

Strip down

• Time with Android app
• Remove caseback
• Estimate amplitude
• Let down mainspring
• Remove case clamps
• Remove stem/crown
• Decase
• Reinsert stem/crown
• Remove
  • Balance wheel
  • Hands
  • Dial
  • Hour wheel and dial washer
  • Cannon pinion
• Put in movement holder
• Cleaning
  • Soak large components in Renata
  • Dip small components in Renata

Oiling

• Oil jewels with 9010
• Grease high friction components with 8300
• Clean dial with water
• Fit hands
• Blow dust
• Put back in case
• Time with Android app
• Regulat
• Estimate amplitude using slow motion mode on phone
• Clean crystal with Polywatch
• Buff caseback

Exercises

• Remove balance
• Remove click
• Remove and rewind a mainspring by hand
• Remove and refit hands
• Get a box of old movements that you can destroy
• I've found it very useful to have two of the same movement so you can use one as a reference and/or donor