In this video I make a restoration of a dirty Omega Seamaster vintage watch from 1956, ASMR, all of the restoration is done by hand manually. It's a mechanical automatic Omega watch with a caliber 491 movement. It’s an automatic watch that winds itself by wearing the watch but you can also wind it manually via the crown (you wind it to give it power).
This vintage Omega Seamaster watch was very dirty and oily when I opened it. So the cleaning took a lot of time, some dirt had almost turned into rock! =D
After the restoration the Omega watch works quite fine, It's about +120 seconds per day which is stated by the timegrapher. I think there might be a problem with the hairspring but I demagnetized it and I couldn't see any other problem. The magnitude of the watch is very good.
In this video:
-Disassembly of the watch and check for problems along the way
-Inspection of all parts if they are worn or broken via the microscope
-Manual cleaning, I do this with Rodico (Bergeon), some toothpicks, pegwood. Then let all parts be in benzine and later a double bath of IPA (Isopropyl alcohol) which wasn’t shown in the video. After the IPA batch I blow all parts with air until they are totally dry. The pallet fork gets a bensin bath and the Epilame treatment, balance wheel will only be cleaned with benzine.
-Mounted a new acrylic watch glas
-Reducing the barrel arbor hole size with the staking tool
-Assembly and oiling all relevant parts
-Checking if the movement works fine and then checking it with the timegrapher
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This is not a tutorial video, I’m just a hobbyist and might do things incorrectly. Feel free to give me feedback so I learn =)
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