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PostSubject: myth busting on movement lubrication   myth busting on movement lubrication Icon_minitimeWed Mar 10, 2010 10:25 pm

okay,time to get some of these crazy posts done around the net put to rest about lubrication.people will tell you if a watch sits for awhile its a good idea to wind it to distribute the oils.
For a movement to be correctly oiled, it first needs to be perfectly clean and dry. Oiling any movement without a full teardown and starting with a clean and dry jewel and pivot, is another myth. Once you have a perfectly clean and dry movement, a measured drop of the specific type of oil is inserted into each jewel, between the jewel and pivot. The measured drop of oil then gets sucked in by capillary action, and the oil fills in the space between the jewel and the pivot. And there it sits, forever. Once the oil fills the space, it can’t move, or be distributed or anything, capillary action keeps it secured in place. The oil will stay there until the watch is cleaned or disassembled. Time only causes the oil to deteriorate and dry up and in about 5 years (makes no difference if the watch is running or not) the oil needs to be replaced with fresh oil.

thats my myth buster for the week.
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PostSubject: Re: myth busting on movement lubrication   myth busting on movement lubrication Icon_minitimeWed Mar 10, 2010 10:28 pm

Good stuff Sean!

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PostSubject: Re: myth busting on movement lubrication   myth busting on movement lubrication Icon_minitimeWed Mar 10, 2010 10:33 pm

There's a nice review of Oils by xpatUSA who is a Consulting Engineer at:
http://tcktek.blogspot.com/2008/05/oil-migration-moebius-vs-mobil.html
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PostSubject: Re: myth busting on movement lubrication   myth busting on movement lubrication Icon_minitimeWed Mar 10, 2010 10:43 pm

Great Info Sean...Thanx...
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PostSubject: Re: myth busting on movement lubrication   myth busting on movement lubrication Icon_minitimeThu Mar 11, 2010 12:08 am

Thanks for shedding some light on this for us !

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good info! thanks
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