Friday, May 22, 2020

Rebuilding a tiny machine...

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  1. any idea how the original Elgin assemblers handled the glove issue?
    btw, nicely done…

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  2. I have never seen any historic photos of workers wearing gloves...

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  3. Good job! But soon you may need to invest in one of those retractable magnifying lamps.

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  4. Just curious as to the reason for wearing gloves.

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  5. In the real watchmaking world - they never touch the inside parts of a watch with their grubby/oily fingers. Moisture from you hands can actually be corrosive to some watch parts. One of the main rules of watchmaking is to leave no trace behind that a watch has been serviced - no scratches, no fingerprints, no dust. The rubber gloves actually get my hands really sweaty inside and real watchmakers use finger cots instead of full gloves. Just got an order of fingercots yesterday.

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    1. Thanks very much for that information.

      I figured it had something to do with excluding foreign substances.

      Human sweat, like human blood, has approximately the same concentration of dissolved salts as does sea water; i.e., quite corrosive to many metals.

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