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British Horological Institute Short Courses - Service and Repair of Automatic Watches
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25-11-2022 9:26pm#1
Hi All,
Just back from the BHI after completing another course in servicing automatic watches with John Murphy. Here's a link to the post on the first course I did back in February https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058232821/british-horogical-institute-short-courses-service-and-repair-of-manual-wind-watches
For this course we will be servicing 2 watches in the week, 1 using an ETA 2836 movement and the other a Seiko 5 7S26.
Starting on Monday morning with the ETA 2836, begin by stripping it ready for the ultrasonic cleaner
All the parts go into little baskets to go into the ultrasonic cleaner to remove dirt and old oils
On Tuesday, once the parts are out of the cleaner, it's time to inspect each part for wear, damage and to oil each part with the correct lubricant. The case was also tested for water resistant using the same dry tester I use in Bremont
Unfortunately as I was refitting the main spring, the fish tail ends broke so a new main spring was fitted to the barrel
Wednesday continued on with the rebuild
Lubricating the rotor required putting it in a staking set to allow it to spin to help the lubricant spread. We used a lubricant called lubeta (short for lubricant for ETA watches) V105. Here's some of the other lubricants and greases we used
After the watch is reassembled it goes on a winder to test the automatic winding
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On Thursday we got to start on the Seiko, which as you all know I have a soft spot for and much preferred working on then the ETA. Seiko used inspiration from old English watches to design the movement
Same process as before, stripping it ready for cleaning
By the end of Thursday, we had it back up and ticking away
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This week went in even faster than last time, one person dropped out at the last minute so there were only 5 of us on the course this week. It was great in the evening meeting up at the Cross Keys pub to chat watches and enjoy some tasty meals!
Charlie to keep us company
John told us some ghost stories which kept us entertained and careful at night! Here's where I was spending the night
For anyone interested to learn more about these ghosts, here's a bit of history of Upton Hall https://bhi.co.uk/about-us/upton/
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On a lunch break I had a look through the Seiko Technical guide and found some interesting bits regarding my Bell Matic
Note the early style case with the notch and the early Diashock dial.
I could spend a week alone talking about lubricants so this is just an idea of what is involved in servicing a watch. Loads of time and practice is what is needed.
I had a fantastic week at the BHI, great group, one guy I had actually done the course in February with and we keep in contact with since.
Me with the tutor John Murphy
A Joy to learn from, great guy and who was my main inspiration for deciding to perse my watchmaking journey to move to the UK.
Another certificate to add to the wall!
Also gifted with a nice eye glass
Just wanted to say a huge thanks to John Murphy for the great course, along with all the great people that I enjoyed meeting. Highly recommend doing the courses for anyone interested in experiencing what it is like to work on watches before going out and buying loads of tools, at the very minimum, enjoy great food and banter!
Also want to thank everyone on here for the continued support and looking forward to seeing what is next in this journey!
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