70's Oris back to life

[IanM]

I was given a small bag of old watches by a family member recently. Usual everyday stuff but there was one ( well two, but that's for another day) that caught my eye.

A nice old Oris handwinding diver, definitely seen better days.

Forgot about the before pic (again) :-)

Anyway, I stripped it down to give it a clean and oil to see if I could get it back to life;

Balance off
http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/...psytnkbxsq.jpg

Pallet fork off
http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/...psrumzkzke.jpg

Upon reassembly, I could get it to run one way up but not the other.

http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/...pserjqcl0w.jpg

Much, much head scratching and inspection later, I found that the pallet fork was damaged on one of the pins, hence it would only run when gravity was helping it.

Surprisingly, parts were available for this movement from Cousins and a little parcel dropped through my door with a tiny wee vial containing the part I needed.

To be continued below:

[IanM]

The pallet fork laid out with the broken original:

http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/...psdszyhbpl.jpg

Was a total pain to fit and I had to go back and refit it to get it seated properly.


Once that was done, I put it back together, found the hands that I put in a very safe secret hiding place and fitted a new crystal to replace the cracked original.

http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/...psw6ej0lmh.jpg

I'd already relumed the dot on the bezel, so it was just a case of borrowing a strap off another watch and it's good to go.

Seems to be keeping time so far. I've guessed at 1970's but if anyone knows better then let me know.

Cheers

Ian.

[quoll]

Great stuff. Always great to see an otherwise neglected watch resurrected. Nice watch too!

[Gren]

Nice work, I wish I had the skills. I can restore old cars and motorcycles with my eyes closed, but those fiddly little watch parts just drive me mad. So while I have to stand in cold garages, covered in oil and often upside down under a rusty car, you can sit comfortably in a nice warm room - I hate you ;-)

Lovely to see the work, maybe it would get more attention on Mods & Wreckers, although that does not seem a fair title for what you have achieved.

[Erwind]

Thats some serious good work, extra much as I'm an Oris junkie

[IanM]

Thanks for the comments. It's a nice old thing.

From when Oris made interesting normal sized watches!