Shipwrecked Raketa

[marc_wl]

The designed victim for my initial learning of watchmaking in december 2005 in its initial condition :

Fully disassembled

Remounted

(after numberous operations!) now running about +20s/day

And found a legid place in my gren-dialed exemplaries....

The complete story is on my blog

[Caliper1681]

Congratulations, nice work. I am in the middle of doing the same with a green faced Slava. The pics that you have posted here will help me a great deal. Thanks for posting this.:thanks

[mikeukrainetz]

What is the make of the watch in the middle of the three in the last photo? It looks amazingly like the Wittnauer 2000.

[vardjuin]

it's a Myr - luch - quartz if i remember right

[Mayak]

Great job!

[farlight7]

Hello all;
I am new to Russian watches, and this forum. Someday I hope to do what you have done. It is most inspiring to see those pictures of a watch being rebuilt.

You said that was your first attempt at watch repair? Do you have any books you would suggest for learning?

Did you take pictures as you took the watch apart, so you could get the wheels back in the right places?

Sorry, that's a lot of questions for a newbie But I have an old Westclox Scotty in pieces as I write.

[marc_wl]

Hi,

Yes it was my first project. I took pictures of any important steps to guide the remounting.

A book and that website were very helpful

http://www.horlogerie-suisse.com/The...n-anglais.html

The Theory of Horology
C.A. Reymondin-Monnier-Jeanneret-Pelaratti
It’s the reference book on this subject - used in most Watchmaking Schools in Switzerland and worldwide - many illustrations and drawings - 2003 - 368 pages - 30x21 cm - CHF 110.00

You order that book from many places as this one for instance :

http://www.booksimonin.ch/edition_simonin.asp

Cheers,

Marc

[stula]

did you restore the dial?