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FeelingTheBlues · 23 January 2013, 11:55 AM

Greetings TRF,

Curiosity got the better of me yesterday and I just had to do it, I had to dig deeper...

...See where this is going? I thought so...

First, we must take the caseback off.

Notice the lovely perlage on the dust cover.

...And when you take it off...

With its brass plate and bridges, the movement looks really shiny in the stainless steel case, it's very nice to look at it (in my humble opinion, at the very least).

The next pictures are all of the movement so you can take a look at it, please accept my apologies if they're redundant but I had a lot of fun shooting it with the camera yesterday.

I must admit I was impressed by the way the bridges were shaped. Not only do they have a Côtes de Genève finish on them but their sharp tips remind me of those of a pocket watch somehow, it also allows you to take a better look at the wheels underneath.

Funny how the jewels for the center wheel and the mainspring are not the same color, I wonder which ones are the original ones (if any of them have been replaced, that is)...

The hairspring, notice the brass pallet fork's bridge underneath.

...And here's another detail I particularely like and that really helps to you to see the movement properly, notice how the escapement wheel has its own small bridge, I love that!

I couldn't help but take a picture of the brand name engraved on that bridge, it looks very crisp and sharp.

Thank you for watching, feel free to comment!

threemonkeys · 23 January 2013, 12:03 PM

Attractive movement, Carl. Your photo quality has really improved, too.

FeelingTheBlues · 23 January 2013, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by threemonkeys

Attractive movement, Carl. Your photo quality has really improved, too.

Thank you Craig, the light box and the options I discovered on my camera do help to reduce the amount of reflections on the metal but I'll admit I could have taken more time to take those pictures, some are blurry...

mikkibarry · 23 January 2013, 12:44 PM

I so love JLCs. So I had to show you another of mine:

FeelingTheBlues · 23 January 2013, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikkibarry

I so love JLCs. So I had to show you another of mine:

And here she comes!

That's a very nice watch Mikki, thank you for the picture!

drockadam · 23 January 2013, 01:31 PM

Beautiful pictures!

FeelingTheBlues · 23 January 2013, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by drockadam

Beautiful pictures!

Thank you my friend!

subtona · 23 January 2013, 01:54 PM

carl that was a pleasure to look through and read, thanks

mikkibarry · 23 January 2013, 03:10 PM

I can't wait for Carl to become an expert watchmaker.

wantonebad · 23 January 2013, 03:18 PM

You know how I feel about that watch Carl! She's a beauty!!

Trouble15 · 23 January 2013, 03:45 PM

thomaspp · 23 January 2013, 04:32 PM

Enjoyed this! Tks

FeelingTheBlues · 23 January 2013, 11:08 PM

Thank you all for the kind words!

Quote:

Originally Posted by subtona

carl that was a pleasure to look through and read, thanks

I'm glad to know you enjoyed it Gus!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikkibarry

I can't wait for Carl to become an expert watchmaker.

...Neither can Carl himself!

Quote:

Originally Posted by wantonebad

You know how I feel about that watch Carl! She's a beauty!!

I never forgot Marc, I still hope...

Cru Jones · 24 January 2013, 01:15 AM

great shots, carl. that's a movement worth staring at for quite some time.

so, when do we get to see it all taken apart?

Frogman4me · 24 January 2013, 04:25 AM

Beautiful!

SearChart · 24 January 2013, 04:45 AM

That is a very beautiful movement Carl

Do I see a jewelled pallet fork on the second last picture?

FeelingTheBlues · 24 January 2013, 09:34 AM

Thank you guys!

Quote:

Originally Posted by SearChart

That is a very beautiful movement Carl

Do I see a jewelled pallet fork on the second last picture?

Bas, you are right, this watch has a jewelled pallet fork but I must say a lot of watches have those. In fact, all the watches I've looked at so far had forks with pallets made out of synthetic rubies.

Here's the picture you told me about, the orange arrow shows the pallet of the fork (which is, as you've already seen, a synthetic ruby), the blue arrow shows the ruby that holds the upper part of the fork's pinion (the pivot goes in the jewel's hole, obviously) whilst the pink arrow shows the other "arm" of the fork, in this picture the second pallet would be hidden by the hairspring's serge, where the red arrow points.

SearChart · 24 January 2013, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FeelingTheBlues

Thank you guys!

Bas, you are right, this watch has a jewelled pallet fork but I must say a lot of watches have those. In fact, all the watches I've looked at so far had forks with pallets made out of synthetic rubies.

Here's the picture you told me about, the orange arrow shows the pallet of the fork (which is, as you've already seen, a synthetic ruby), the blue arrow shows the ruby that holds the upper part of the fork's pinion (the pivot goes in the jewel's hole, obviously) whilst the pink arrow shows the other "arm" of the fork, in this picture the second pallet would be hidden by the hairspring's serge, where the red arrow points.

Only pin-pallet escapements don't have jeweled pallet forks, the thing is that these movements are cheap and very uncommon in watches, they are mostly used in mechanical alarm clocks and kitchen clocks

I asked about it because I thought I saw a jewelled pallet on an other picture but that was just light shining through one of the other jewels

FeelingTheBlues · 24 January 2013, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SearChart

Only pin-pallet escapements don't have jeweled pallet forks, the thing is that these movements are cheap and very uncommon in watches, they are mostly used in mechanical alarm clocks and kitchen clocks

I asked about it because I thought I saw a jewelled pallet on an other picture but that was just light shining through one of the other jewels

Oh I see! You are right about the pin-pallet escapements, I know I've only seen them on clocks myself. Don't worry though, it's not an illusion due to light!

vintagewaferthin · 26 January 2013, 03:47 AM

Wow! Beautiful pics! Awhile back I took some pics of the movement in my 1951 14k lord Elgin which I will have to post soon. They didn't come out as good as yours did though.

FeelingTheBlues · 28 January 2013, 04:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vintagewaferthin

Wow! Beautiful pics! Awhile back I took some pics of the movement in my 1951 14k lord Elgin which I will have to post soon. They didn't come out as good as yours did though.

Thank you kindly! A light box helps a lot if you want to control the reflections on the crystal and the metal.

nick c · 28 January 2013, 09:58 AM

Love it

Auragentum · 28 January 2013, 11:57 AM

Very nice Carl

I assume you will be dismantling it soon?

FeelingTheBlues · 28 January 2013, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nick c

Love it

Much appreciated Nick!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Auragentum

Very nice Carl

I assume you will be dismantling it soon?

Thank you Chris! As for working on it, I think I'll wait a little bit...I feel like I need more practice...

23 January 2013, 11:55 AM	#1
FeelingTheBlues 2013 Pledge Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Real Name: Carl Location: Always moving Watch: If you wish... Posts: 16,726	Sometimes the simplest things are the nicest... Greetings TRF, Curiosity got the better of me yesterday and I just had to do it, I had to dig deeper... ...See where this is going? I thought so... First, we must take the caseback off. Notice the lovely perlage on the dust cover. ...And when you take it off... With its brass plate and bridges, the movement looks really shiny in the stainless steel case, it's very nice to look at it (in my humble opinion, at the very least). The next pictures are all of the movement so you can take a look at it, please accept my apologies if they're redundant but I had a lot of fun shooting it with the camera yesterday. I must admit I was impressed by the way the bridges were shaped. Not only do they have a Côtes de Genève finish on them but their sharp tips remind me of those of a pocket watch somehow, it also allows you to take a better look at the wheels underneath. Funny how the jewels for the center wheel and the mainspring are not the same color, I wonder which ones are the original ones (if any of them have been replaced, that is)... The hairspring, notice the brass pallet fork's bridge underneath. ...And here's another detail I particularely like and that really helps to you to see the movement properly, notice how the escapement wheel has its own small bridge, I love that! I couldn't help but take a picture of the brand name engraved on that bridge, it looks very crisp and sharp. Thank you for watching, feel free to comment! __________________ Mon corps c'est un pays en guerre sur l'point d'finir, Le général de l'armée de terre s'attend au pire, J'ai faim, j'ai frette, je suis trop faible pour me lever debout, On va hisser le drapeau blanc un point c'est tout. - André Fortin

23 January 2013, 12:44 PM	#4
mikkibarry 2013 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Real Name: Mikki Location: Northern Virginia Watch: Your Six Posts: 836	I so love JLCs. So I had to show you another of mine: __________________ No Matter Where You Go - There You Are (and so's your Rolex) Card Carrying Chinese Crested Owner

23 January 2013, 01:54 PM	#8
subtona 2013 Pledge Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Real Name: gus Location: ny Watch: Set:-) Posts: 5,457	carl that was a pleasure to look through and read, thanks __________________ Lugholes are "What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, its what we know for sure that just ain't so" Mark Twain

23 January 2013, 03:10 PM	#9
mikkibarry 2013 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Real Name: Mikki Location: Northern Virginia Watch: Your Six Posts: 836	I can't wait for Carl to become an expert watchmaker. __________________ No Matter Where You Go - There You Are (and so's your Rolex) Card Carrying Chinese Crested Owner

23 January 2013, 03:18 PM	#10
wantonebad 2013 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Marc Location: Boston Watch: 16613 Blue, 116520 Posts: 5,009	You know how I feel about that watch Carl! She's a beauty!! __________________ "if there is one thing I learned in college, it's how to surf the Internet and be sarcastic about what I find" Rebekah Lorenz, Harvard class of 2002 WWDHDo?

23 January 2013, 12:03 PM	#2
threemonkeys 2013 Pledge Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Real Name: Craig Location: Seattle-ish, USA Watch: GMTIIc, AK, LVc Posts: 4,685	Attractive movement, Carl. Your photo quality has really improved, too.

23 January 2013, 01:31 PM	#6
drockadam 2013 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Real Name: Adam D Location: Ontario, Canada Watch: Future Rolex Owner Posts: 5,142	Beautiful pictures!

23 January 2013, 03:45 PM	#11
Trouble15 2013 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Real Name: Steve Location: NYC Watch: 116233,116200, LVc Posts: 3,913

23 January 2013, 04:32 PM	#12
thomaspp 2013 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Real Name: T.J. Location: Miami FL Posts: 1,443	Enjoyed this! Tks __________________ Living life

24 January 2013, 01:15 AM	#14
Cru Jones 2013 Pledge Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Paris, France Posts: 11,096	great shots, carl. that's a movement worth staring at for quite some time. so, when do we get to see it all taken apart? __________________

24 January 2013, 04:25 AM	#15
Frogman4me 2013 Pledge Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Real Name: David Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 4,802	Beautiful! __________________ I prefer lug holes

24 January 2013, 04:45 AM	#16
SearChart "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2012 Real Name: Bas Location: Netherlands Watch: Cartier & Seiko Posts: 571	That is a very beautiful movement Carl Do I see a jewelled pallet fork on the second last picture? __________________ My grails: Patek Philippe 5339R, 5396R & 5160J 'If it's mechanical, you can mend it with a hammer' - Jeremy Clarkson

26 January 2013, 03:47 AM	#20
vintagewaferthin "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Earth Watch: 1960 Omega cal 600 Posts: 1,383	Wow! Beautiful pics! Awhile back I took some pics of the movement in my 1951 14k lord Elgin which I will have to post soon. They didn't come out as good as yours did though.

28 January 2013, 09:58 AM	#22
nick c 2013 Pledge Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 6,702	Love it

28 January 2013, 11:57 AM	#23
Auragentum "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Real Name: Chris Location: All over Watch: AP, Zenith, Rolex Posts: 521	Very nice Carl I assume you will be dismantling it soon? __________________ They don't make people like they used to...

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