I recently bought an old waterbury clock and was told that it doesnt work due to all the insides been dry. Was quoted $320.00 to oil it can i do it myself and how? maybe a book on it Help please
how a watch maker does it,he puts some petrol in a small dish,and suspends the watch,clock over it,and lets the fumes penetrate the workings,this gets into all the small nooks and crannies of the mechanism
this how i oil a clock i get some light sewing machine oil then put it into a hypodermic syringe fitted,with along needle to get inside the workings. i use one that i filled my printer up with, where each clock spindle sticks out of the clock workings i give a SPOT of the sewing machine oil front and back, if possible try to get some oil into the main spring casings to make the springs slip when wound up (they may be dried out ) i then place a few piece of news paper cut to size to fit in the bottom of the clock to catch the oil as it works out.
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