Workshop is built and ready to go!
I may post a pic later when the sun comes up.. it doesn't look like much atm. I need to buy a clock for the room (waiting for the next Braun sale) and some posters. I have a Rolex ad saved I want to put up in there, and would LOVE to own this Panerai poster one day
I am waiting for a replacement movement to come in, as for some stupid reason I decided to open that shock spring without the Rodico backing it up, and of course it came out. I tried replacing it, but out of 3 spare springs I had, 2 broke and 1 flew out of orbit.
Lesson learned - ALWAYS use a piece of Rodico when changing that part.
Arriving along with the new movement is a new tool to make oiling these end jewels more efficient:
So basically, instead of taking the jewels apart, oiling one surface, and placing the chaton on top (hoping it doesn't spread the oil to the sides), with this you put the chaton on first, drop some oil onto it, and poke it through the hole with this needle.
The more common method is to use an automatic oiler which also has a small enough needle, but this is $12, those are $75
Probably could have sharpened a $4 regular oiler instead, but, *shrug* this has 3 extra tips. So this is 4 of those I guess you could say.