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Anatomy of a 321
The Ed White I acquired a couple of years ago was feeling a bit ‘rough’ when wound, chrono re-set not as crisp as it should be and the timekeeping was deteriorating so off it went to Swisstec in the UK for a service.
Simon Freese, the head of operations, kindly arranged to take photos of the movement at various stages of the service so I’ve arranged them below in what (I hope) is chronological order. He forgot to to take a snap of the finished movement in all it’s glory before recasing and testing but it’s now back chez moi and running as sweet as the proverbial. I asked for no cosmetic work to be done bar a good clean as I think with these tool watches leaving evidence of their history is the proper thing to do. Only noticeable change was reverting back to the correct black rehaut between the crystal and the dial.
Anyhoo – hope you enjoy a delve into the innards of one of the most iconic chronograph movements ever made, the Cal 321.
Cheers
Ian
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Anatomy of a 321
By: valerian1 : October 31st, 2014-02:09
The Ed White I acquired a couple of years ago was feeling a bit rough when wound, chrono re-set not as crisp as it should be and the timekeeping was deteriorating so off it went to Swisstec in the UK for a service. Simon Freese, the head of operations, ...
Two great pleasures ...
By: nilomis : October 31st, 2014-03:09
Ian, First pleasure was to see that you maintain properly your gorgeous "Ed White". What a watch! Congratulations! Second pleasure was the outstanding set of pictures of a 321 "strip tease". Those pictures shows a historical movement, in great shape after...
