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ClockSavant Watch Collecting, Servicing, & Repair Blog
When you see a bad repair, assume the worst
by Eric Greenberg
When I first encountered this crown, I incorrectly assumed the past watch repairer was simply sloppy and glued the rotating pinion (the brass part ...
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Servicing a Seiko 6105-8110 Diver Vintage Watch
by Eric Greenberg
This very cool Seiko 6105-8110 diver watch from fellow Instagram’er @mleong6 came limping-into the ClockSavant watch emergency rooms. Barely runn...
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Inspecting a watch hairspring after manipulation (repair) and final installation
by Eric Greenberg
I posted to the ClockSavant Instagram page a video summarizing some of the final stages of hairspring manipulation. You can see the video and summ...
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Seiko 6139-6009 Servicing
by Eric Greenberg
In my previous post I referenced a Seiko being serviced with an “extra jewel” ;-) floating in the movement. After addressing a few items, replacing...
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Lost jewels and dirty mainsprings
by Eric Greenberg
Another installment in the “previous watchmaker” chronicles: Previous watchmaker looses cap jewel for balance. He replaces with an incorrect small...
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Servicing a Seiko 6139-6005 Pogue Chronograph
by Eric Greenberg
This stunning Seiko 6139-6005 Pogue chronograph has completed its stay in the ClockSavant watch spa and retreat. It is now running in top condition...
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Servicing the Seiko 6139 - Excessive Mainspring Barrel and Arbor Bushing Plate Wear
by Eric Greenberg
The Seiko 6139 chronograph has become very popular amongst vintage collectors. The watch shown here, being serviced for a customer, demonstrates t...
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Advanced lubrication techniques in watch servicing
by Eric Greenberg
This image demonstrates the use of two advanced lubrication-related procedures I perform when servicing certain modern movements. Lubeta is used to...
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Universal Geneve Polerouter Calibre 215-2 Servicing
by Eric Greenberg
This is an absolutely beautiful Universal Geneva Polerouter calibre 215-2 from 1960 that I fully serviced for fellow Instagram’er @nostalgic_princi...
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Saving a watch from a good shellacking - Universal Geneve (UN) Polerouter 215-2 Servicing
by Eric Greenberg
This is a follow-on to my previous post. Here we see the hairspring remedied and the serviced movement with the cleaned, manipulated, and repaired ...
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Giving a watch good shellacking
by Eric Greenberg
Following-on to my previous posts on cheap botch servicing, here we have yet another watch I am servicing for a customer with a pallet having an in...
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Watch servicing before-and-after and the law of unintended consequences
by Eric Greenberg
The image below shows the before-and-after ClockSavant servicing pictures for a Landeron 52 vintage column wheel chronograph. Under the law of un...
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