Congrats my friend on your new purchase. I'm super excited for you. Sorry I haven't written lately, it's been a little crazy at work. I have not forgotten about the brush set i'm sending you. I'll get round to it shortly I promise.
With the Timegrapher use it to get a bench mark before tear down. When cleaned, broken parts replaced, a new main spring proper lubrication, you should have near 0 secs a day better amplitude. The lines on an angle down, -30 secs after a rebuild is something rubbing or tight causing friction. When you flipped it over weight pulled whatever away from rubbibg and lines started to go horizontal. Check for any kind of wobble with pins which can result in wheels rubbing on plates. Spring barrels are known to go wobbly also. Need to shring the holes with a staking tool. Check worn out jewels.Pocket watches are a great place to start.
Hey Brian that’s a ton of great information! Thanks so much. I can see how this will help me hone my skills. Definitely will timegraph before tear down from now on.
To add to Brian’s comment Mark, you really need to find the movement lift angle and set it on the timegrapher. This helps the timegrapher to properly work out the amplitude etc. a degree or two don’t make a big difference but a lot of pocket watches the lift angle is in the low to mid 40 degrees whereas the timegrapher defaults to 52 degrees.
A ceramic pickup is right below and attached to the metal goalpost-shaped metal tab. There is also a circuit board there as well. The big round thing is just the swivel.
You'll get your head round the timegrapher soon enough , its the troubleshooting that'll give you the headache but even still some decent figures for lack of having one but they are a must , it may be all clean 'n shiny (which is good ) but there'll always be a question mark as to the degree of improvement or any underlying issues . "Every days a school day " as they say but pls forgive me i couldn't help but have a chuckle when you couldn't switch it on... anyway onwards & upwards and power to your journey once again Sir.
Hi Ted, thanks for watching and for the great comment. You make a lot of good points. PS - You don’t know how badly I wanted to edit that out but i decided to keep it real. I’m glad you got a laugh out of it!!
Generally speaking, Yes. However the older and more worn a movement is the more difficult it is to get the errors out. Also, some movements are only adjusted in so many positions from the factory. I hope this helps. Thanks for the comment.
Congrats my friend on your new purchase. I'm super excited for you. Sorry I haven't written lately, it's been a little crazy at work. I have not forgotten about the brush set i'm sending you. I'll get round to it shortly I promise.
Hi Graham, nice to hear from you again! I totally understand being busy!! Thanks for watching and take care!!
With the Timegrapher use it to get a bench mark before tear down. When cleaned, broken parts replaced, a new main spring proper lubrication, you should have near 0 secs a day better amplitude. The lines on an angle down, -30 secs after a rebuild is something rubbing or tight causing friction. When you flipped it over weight pulled whatever away from rubbibg and lines started to go horizontal. Check for any kind of wobble with pins which can result in wheels rubbing on plates. Spring barrels are known to go wobbly also. Need to shring the holes with a staking tool. Check worn out jewels.Pocket watches are a great place to start.
Hey Brian that’s a ton of great information! Thanks so much. I can see how this will help me hone my skills. Definitely will timegraph before tear down from now on.
To add to Brian’s comment Mark, you really need to find the movement lift angle and set it on the timegrapher. This helps the timegrapher to properly work out the amplitude etc. a degree or two don’t make a big difference but a lot of pocket watches the lift angle is in the low to mid 40 degrees whereas the timegrapher defaults to 52 degrees.
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Great point! I watched a video today to help me find the lift angle for movements that are not listed.
A ceramic pickup is right below and attached to the metal goalpost-shaped metal tab.
There is also a circuit board there as well. The big round thing is just the swivel.
Great info! Thanks!!
You'll get your head round the timegrapher soon enough , its the troubleshooting that'll give you the headache but even still some decent figures for lack of having one but they are a must , it may be all clean 'n shiny (which is good ) but there'll always be a question mark as to the degree of improvement or any underlying issues . "Every days a school day " as they say but pls forgive me i couldn't help but have a chuckle when you couldn't switch it on... anyway onwards & upwards and power to your journey once again Sir.
Hi Ted, thanks for watching and for the great comment. You make a lot of good points.
PS - You don’t know how badly I wanted to edit that out but i decided to keep it real. I’m glad you got a laugh out of it!!
LOL, thanks for the chuckle today. A true unrehearsed video. Thanks! I'd love to get a timegrapher as well but my "accountant" would kill me.
Hey Robert, thanks for the comment. Glad you liked the video! It was an expense but I think in the end it will be worth it.
You are as real as me! Didn't forget! Busy! You should see those ones at school .... lol! Gonna buy one like you pretty soon, great for the money!
Hey JL, thanks for watching!! I understand busy! No worries. Take care!
Great, thanks for sharing
I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.
Is there a way in the watch to adjust those errors out?
Generally speaking, Yes. However the older and more worn a movement is the more difficult it is to get the errors out. Also, some movements are only adjusted in so many positions from the factory. I hope this helps. Thanks for the comment.
Hey dude, do you know the lift Angle for the as1911 movement, I'm having trouble finding out what Angle the lift is
I wish I could help you out but I don't. You might try posting the question on the watchmaking subreddit.
@@watchasilearn thanks dude
BOUGHT MINE BUT THE DISPLAY ONLY LASTED A FEW WEEKS , ITS VERY FAINT NOW AND HARDLY USEABLE ,
I hate to hear that! Can you send it back or exchange it for a new one? Thanks for watching!!
I think your regulator is swung to the slow side...
Yes, I hadn’t started regulating it yet. I just got the timegrapher that morning. Thanks for watching and for the comment.