Extremely time consuming and boring, and the result pretty far from the 'pith wood method'. Previously I've been cleaning out the pinions using pointed peg wood. Having serviced quite many Vostok movements I know that the black goo would have remained without the 'pith wood method'. However, after having run the parts through my cleaning cycle (70 year old vintage Elma machine), all treated pinions came out looking like new all shiny and beautiful 😃 Probably cleaner than when they left the factory. The green goo came off completely with little effort, but the black goo only partly. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) A pair-cased pocket watch is an open-faced timepiece set inside a hunter introduced in the 18th century. 1965, collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira. It comes with the original certificate and the serial number on the certificate matches the one on the movement. Watch paper B.Hendrie, Forbes, Watch and Clock maker, dated 26th April 1839 on back. This watch is in exceptionally good condition.

I put a few drops of Horosolv degreaser on the pith wood, and I guess Horosolv degreaser is benzine (or a very similar chemical)!? The movement hadn't been serviced for about eight years and there was a mix of green goo (train wheels) and black goo (centre wheel) between the pinion leaves. The Russian word Molnija is the brand name of the watch and means 'lightning'. Extremely time consuming and boring, and the result pretty far from the 'pith wood method'.I just tried this on a Vostok 2431 (24h motion works) and the result was nothing but spectacular! Serial number look-up example: Let's say you have a Waltham watch with serial number 21,607,210 as shown in the photo below. Previously I've been cleaning out the pinions using pointed peg wood. So to determine when your watch was manufactured, you will need to find where your serial number fits within the range of numbers. However, after having run the parts through my cleaning cycle (70 year old vintage Elma machine), all treated pinions came out looking like new all shiny and beautiful 😃 Probably cleaner than when they left the factory. 215.00 (1 offer) - Buy Molnija Russian Pocket Watch Mockba Moscow 3600.

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