This Sorry looking Junghans Is fully wound, not running and in need of some cosmetic attention.The movement looks to be in great shape. This watch deserved a replaited so I send it of to replateit.com in Canada.
Movement dial is in good condition, but the browning of the varnish dose not look nice on the white dial.There is a little corrosion on the dial side of the base plate.I have removed the balance from the movement.I remove the cap jewel holding the second arbor in place.First problem I discovered is that the spring that should be underneath the sweep second arbor has been placed on top of the arbor. This will jam the movement.Gear train visible.Old mainspring is still nice and will be reused after being cleaned.There is corrosion on the sett lever that I will clean off with a glass brush.All the parts spread out after being cleaned.I clean and varnish the dial applying new luminous compound.As the pivots where worn I change the balance staff. I also straightened the hairspring, as it was a little deformed close to the stud.Testing that the balance moves free.Mainspring back in the barrel.Gear train is back in the movement.You need to maneuver the train bridge it in place so that the second wheel falls in the slot for the sweep second hand pivot.The movement is almost finished and is only missing the balance.The corrosion on the dial side has cleaned up very nicely and is ready for the dial.The dial and hands back in place.The movement in the freshly replated case is simply beautiful.Performance is excellent.A shot of the caseback demonstrates the amazing work from replateit.com Note he unusual lugs.This watch looks amazing. It actually looks so good, that my master Christian decided to buy this Meister for his private collection!
interesting your website very much.
Lovely, lovely job Mitka. Great watch.
Is it only in my opinion, or your work grows better and more complex, with more complicated doings every time?
It’s not only you ๐
Mitka has come along at high speed, and considering he only started his apprenticeship with me in April, has achieved a lot!
Not only has he mastered the more advanced skills (re-shaping hairsprings, balance staff changes), but he has developed his own set of skills around dial cleaning and applying luminous compound.
That’s a stunning job, as ever. I love reading about restorations like this. Thanks Mitka and Christian.
Very nice work!
Watch turned out beautiful. Great job.
I was looking closely at the pictures, trying to see the spring that may have jammed. It appears you used the same picture twice (IMG_4770) – to show the ‘jammed’ spring, and also towards the end during reassembly. I’m not a watchmaker, just an enthusiast, so I am just trying to ‘spot the problem’, and was trying to compare the two pictures… driving myself crazy because they’re the same image. ๐ Do you have a picture of the spring?
Thanks!
I noticed the same thing, and would also love to see the before and after pictures of this incorrect installation.
Hi guys, thanks for spotting that! I have corrected the image and now;) you can see spring on top of the sweep second arbor. It is a very easy fix as it is only a question of putting the arbor in the correct way when reassembling the watch. On the photo 4770 the arbor is not in the movement. On photo 3715 you can actually see the spring under the jewel and in photo 4784 you only see the top of the pivot.
nice watch and a great job.the movement was also in chronometer specification.http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&&2uswk&Junghans_682_72
Stunning dial work! Did you use your boiling water technique to clean it?
Yes, we use hot water and white vinegar in a 50/50 mixture.
Hello Mitka, Iยดm somewhat interested in the method you used for applying the luminous compound. Did you actually use a binding agent for the lume that hardens under UV light? If so, that seems to be a very cool method…
greetings noq2
We use standard Bergeon luminous compound and binder. The chamber is only drying the compound. When varnishing the dial the UV light helps even out the varnish for wrinkles and orange skin when drying.
Very nicely done! Beautiful watch. I’ve used RePlateIt to freshen my small collection and always found Peter does great work at a very reasonable cost. I’m glad I found him on your supplier list. As I’m also in Canada there are no customs hassles!
I absolutely love this watch, and am wearing it as I’m typing.
Mitka did a great job, and it looks smashing!
The dial looks to have been improved a lot, and is nicely textured. You have good taste ๐