READY TO WEAR SERVICED RESTORED OVERHAULED 1914/15 LONDON IMPORT
MILITARY
TRENCH WATCH .925 SILVER HALLMARK LONDON – IMPORT – DATE COMPOSITION
WITH
THREE FINGER BRIDGE 15 JEWEL MANUAL WIND MOVEMENT
CASE IS 34.4 MM ACROSS W/OUT CROWN 47.9 MM LUG TO LUG
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GSW/MWB HAS RESTORED 85 TRENCH WATCHES IN THE LAST THREE YEARS EACH ONE
HAS PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY
WITH NO WARRANTY WORK HAVING TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. BUT WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH ANTIQUE
WATCHES, ANYTHING CAN OCCUR
THIS BEAUTY WAS SOLD AND THEN DEVELOPED A PROBLEM RUNNING ALMOST
IMMEDIATLY GSW/MWB WARRANTS
OUR WATCHES AND HAVE AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM FOR SITUATIONS JUST LIKE THE ONE WE WILL EXPLORE
TODAY
U CAN SEE THAT THE DIAL AND CASE ARE SIMPLY AWESOME 27 HOURS WERE
REQUIRED TO BRING THIS TRENCH WATCH BACK TO LIFE
WE TESTED THIS TRENCH AND ROCK WORE IT AND THEN BROUGHT IT HOME WOUND
WORE AND TESTED OVER NIGHT FOR A WEEKEND
CASE IS MULTI HALLMARK
CROWN ORIGINAL ONION
A SHOT OF THE HALLMARKS
THIS EARLY SWISS MADE THREE FINGER BRIDGE15 JEWEL ABRA MOVEMENT WAS
THOROUGHLY OVERHAULED & SERVICED & TIMED LOOK AT IT NEW HAIR SPRING NEW MAIN
SPRING CLEANED POLISHED LUBRICATED TIMED
Stem Wind & Set Sub Second 15 jewels f = 18000 A/h PowerReserve 33h
Bimetallic ScrewBalance Breguet Hairspring,
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HOW-TO-WARRANTY-REPAIR-A-TRENCH-WATCH-BY-GOLDSMITHWORKS WHY WE WANT TO
INVEST IN A FULL MOVEMENT TO REPAIR A FAULTY MAIN SPRING AND BARREL VS INVESTING JUST IN
THE PARTS
AFTER TEARING DOWN THE WATCH AGAIN WE SET OUT TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE
PROBLEM
WE SET UP A COLLECTION DISH FOR PARTS
WE REALIZED THAT THE NEW MAIN SPRING WAS
BINDING IN THE BARREL THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE ARE NO MAIN SPRINGS TO BE HAD THAT IS
–MAIN SPRINGS FOR TRENCH WATCHES MOST TRENCH WATCHES REQUIRE ADAPTED CUSTOM MAIN SPRINGS
YOU HAVE TO FIND ONE CLOSE AND CUSTOMIZE IT
THE PROBLEM WITH THIS TRENCH WATCH BARREL
EXPANDING WAS DUE TO THE NEW MAIN SPRING. THE SPRING WE SELECTED WORKED PERFECTLY BUT WAS
SIMPLY TO STRONG WHICH RESULTED IN A BULGE DEVELOPING FROM AN EXISTING MICROSCOPIC FLAW IN
THE BARREL. PRETTY SIMPLE. ONCE IT EXPANDED JUST A SMALL AMOUNT THE GEAR/TINES ABOVE
PUSHED AGAINST THE CENTER WHEEL AND IT STOPPED THE WATCH.
IT TOOK SEVERAL WEEKS & 165.00 TO FIND A
NON-RUNNING TRENCH WITH SAME MOVEMENT FOR THE CORRECT BARREL AS WELL AS PARTS FOR THE
FUTURE IN CASE ADDITIONAL WARRANTY WORK IS EVER REQUIRED. THE PARTS WILL BE STORED IN THE
CASE IF OUR PATRON REQUIRES WARRANTY WORK IN THE FUTURE WE WILL HAVE THEM. BUT WE WILL
REBUILD THE PARTS WATCH WITH DAMAGED BARREL –THAT WE REPAIRED — AND STORE IT COMPLETELY
ASSEMBLED. NOTE: THE REPAIR WOULD NOT HOLD UP OVER TIME. SO IT IS ONLY TO STORE THE
MOVEMENT
I DECIDED TO BEGIN BY DISASSEMBLING BOTH WATCHES PARTS. PARTS. PARTS
THIS GILDED VERSION IS IDENTICAL IN EVERY WAY NOTICE THE
“AS”MOVEMENT MANUFACTURE HALLMARK
CLEAN AND READY TO GRAB THE MAIN SPRING BARREL WE STILL HAVE TO FIND THE
MAIN SPRING THE MAIN SPRING IS BAD IN THIS
HERE WE HAVE CHANGED BARRELS OUT, THE REPAIRED
BARREL IN THE RIGHT ORIGINAL BARREL PLACED IN THE ONE AT LEFT WE PLACED THE NEW SPRING IN
RIGHT AND A TESTING SPRING IN THE LEFT
BOTH ARE KEEPING TIME BUT IT WILL BE TWO WEEKS BEFORE I RECEIVE CORRECT
SPRINGS CUSTOMIZE THEM THEN TEST THEM IN FACT OUR COST IS ANOTHER ADDITIONAL 100.00. THESE
SPRINGS ARE 13.00 EACH. WE HAVE TO INVEST IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT MAINS AND THEN TEST THEM TO
GET THE RIGHT ONE OF COURSE ALL OF THESE COSTS AND LABOR ARE AT NO CHARGE TO OUR PATRON
