so i thought, ok, let's see what's keeping this from happening. the watch runs, you can set it, but when you press the button in, you don't feel a spring of resistance, you just hear a mechanical click and the stem bottoms out. i picked up an expedition watch that indiglo didn't work on. I have are soft spot for the old timex movements as it was the first ever movement that I fully stripped and serviced when I took up this hobby.Hello folks, new here but i hope you guys can answer a question for me. There are tech sheets for Timex movements on the Web as there is a timex forum, which has the whole lot ready for download, they are very handy. These timex movements were designed to be throw away, or at the very most the whole movement complete would be stuck in a cleaning machine then rinsed and dried and then oiled and put back in the case, the mainsprings have a coating on them that doesn't need lubing and can be cleaned in situ.
TIMEX EXPEDITION INDIGLO WR50M REPLACEMENT BAND CRACKED
Your crystal as has been said before is acrylic and can if not cracked be polished to near as dam it new condition.Ī watchsmith probably won't work on it or if they do the cost to you might make you baulk, I have no idea just how much one would charge but wether one would work on it I don't know.
I know you can get another movementer for a few quid but then the watch won't be original when you give it to your father, its one of the things I like to try and do is keep original movements and cases together. Your symptoms are to me that the watch needs to be let down and a service given, basically the mainspring is fully wound but something is stopping the power from the mainspring to be transmitted through the train to the balance, so a little detective work into required to find out what!
When you get to the hairspring you will have unpinned it during the strip down, now you will have to re pin the hairspring, beware you will ping the small brass taper pin into another universe to begin with until you get the hang of it.Īs for the hands, all watch hands can be a bit of a pain until you have done a few, but with the correct tools it's pretty easy ok.Īlso the tabs you mention are I believe dial tabs, theses are holding the dial on, the movement is held together by 4 screws, which screw into 4 pillars that hold the plates the correct width apart. The way to do it is to start with the furthest wheel away from you and with seriously light pressure to hold the plates together between your finger and thumb use an oiler to manipulate each wheel in turn into their respective jewels. Mate the timex movements are pretty easy to work on, the hardest part is putting the plates together, unlike other movements that have bridges, one for the barreL one for the train a cock for the balance and a tiny bridge for the fork, on these timex movements you have two plates and you have to line up the train the barrel the balance and the fork all at once. With regards to the movement It is mechanical however it's very very basic, it's held together with tabs, I think a watch maker would laugh at me, I am comfortable with replacing the movement I can pick a watch up for five pounds, if I have a spare I will try and get this one working with no risk if I can't repair it. I think it most likely just needs a cleaning of the inner components and re-lubricating.Ĭheers Chopin, never though of polishing it, I will give it a go. Is your watch mechanical ? If yes then you can simply take it to a watchmaker and get it serviced. One thing you have to be careful is that you'll have to put some tape on the face of the watch so as not to polish the case as that might make the finish uneven.įor your second issue. You simply put some polywatch on the crystal and then with a small piece of rag or a tissue you have to do circular and even motions (in both directions). You can use Polywatch which is a substance made specially for this (costs 5-6$) or you can use toothpaste which apparently acts the same thing. If it has no cracks and the scratches aren't very deep you can actually polish it yourself.
The glass is, I'm assuming, acrylic crystal which is basically a thick transparent plastic.
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