I was shocked when I opened this watch and found rust - repairing a FB Marketplace Purchase

here we have a mido barancelli swiss watch and in my opinion its clean look is absolutely gorgeous and crisp now i picked this up from a random guy selling his gear on facebook marketplace according to the paperwork provided with the watch it was purchased in 2015 in switzerland now probably paid a little bit too much for it especially considering what i find when i start to take this watch to pieces now the case finish is plated in rose gold and although there are the usual signs of wear and tear which would be expected from a 7 year old watches not bad considering that it was his daily driver now in this video i'm going to strip it completely to pieces and clean the movement parts reassemble it and lubricate the friction points as i go along the movement is a 2824 and this should be a relatively straightforward job but i'll first open the watch case the movement is front loaded and so the glass bezel needs to be removed in order to extract it now in order to reduce the risk of damage to the plated finish of the case i'm using a sharp blade that's inserted into a groove that's machined into the watch bezel now as i tighten the tool the blade is forced into the groove the blade has an angle which causes the bezel to lift away from the main body of the watch case the case back is secured with four screws and now i did struggle to turn them at first i suspected that a thread locking adhesive had been applied in the past as there was quite a bit of resistance so i proceeded carefully in order to reduce the risk of damaging the screw slots or scratch the gold plating of the watch back but as i started removing the screws i noticed that it was actually rust corrosion which had caused the screws to be so tight i was told by the original owner that the watch was rarely removed from his wrist and now i completely believed him i suspect that it was even possibly used in the shower especially considering the state of the watch trap but these screws they look to be stainless steel and so it should only be surface corrosion and pretty simple to remove at this stage i was a little bit concerned about possible water ingress as this can be very damaging to the watch movement itself however the watch is rated as water resistant to 50 meters which means that it is designed to withstand splashes and might be suitable for showers washing the dishes and perhaps even paddling in a swimming pool if the owner is not diving in or submerging by more than a meter or so and as we can see here there is evidence that the water has been trapped between the watch back and the case but fortunately the rubber o-ring gasket has prevented the water to enter into the watch case now there is some damage though the water may have been salty as it has etched the plating which is a shame i would strongly suggest to anyone owning a watch such as this to remove it if there is a possibility of it coming into contact with water whereas it does have a water resistance rating unless it is specifically designed as a sports watch is really not worth the risk in my opinion and for the most part this will clean up fine but there will be evidence of damage and again that's a shame so now i will continue and i'll remove the movement from the main case body and i'll start by removing the crown and stem and now i can remove the oscillating weight which is secured with a single screw the movement is secured to the case with the two screws and now that they are removed i can simply just lift away the case and bearing in mind that i have already detached the front bezel and for now i refit the crown and stem now i can remove the dial and hands the dial is secured to the movement with two bolts which can be levered out with peg wood or brass tweezers but the purpose made tool here does make it easier and with less risk of damage and now i can lift the movement away from the dial now i start to remove some of the dial side components starting with the hour wheel and in order to remove the calendar date ring i must first remove the calendar jumper spring and its cover plate and now the calendar ring can just be lifted away now i can remove the calendar driving wheel and i can remove the cover plate to expose the motion works and the calendar quick set wheel turning the movement over i can remove the automatic bridge assembly which is secured with two screws and i'll take it to pieces later but first i'll let down the mainspring and now i can remove the ratchet wheel and the crown wheel which is secured with a reverse threaded screw i've removed the click piece and it's spring and now i can remove the balance assembly and the pallets and with that done i can remove the barrel bridge bearing in mind that there's a hack which stops the balance when the crown and stem are pulled out to the handset position [Applause] a care must be taken not to overlook this very fine part as it often sticks to the underside of the barrel bridge due to its lubrication and now i can remove the train wheel bridge along with the train of wheels and the main spring barrel turning the movement over once more i can remove the keyless works components most of the movement is now in pieces but i still have to disassemble the automatic bridge assembly now there's a cover plate mounted to the bottom with a single screw and this exposes the intermediate and the reversing wheels and with that done the movement is now stripped down and it's ready for cleaning now for those of you who have followed this channel in the past you may have possibly noticed my absence from youtube for the past year or so and in fact i've been very busy working on level five of my watch repair course there were more than 50 videos to be made detailing the very complicated subject of servicing chronograph watch movements and it consumed all of my time meaning that i had to step away from youtube temporarily and for those who did miss my content i do apologize and hopefully i'm back to making content for youtube on a more regular basis now especially since i've completed and made available the course level i was working on now for those of you who do not know let me just shamelessly plug my website as i complete the cleaning cycle for this watch movement now if you're interested in learning more about how to service watches i've created a from the ground up structured watch repair course which is delivered from my website and can be viewed in high definition from any modern standards-enabled device such as a computer a tablet phone or casting to a smart tv now the website address is www.watchfix.com there's a link in the description of this video and i'd encourage you to go and check it out and see if it's something you or a friend or a colleague might be interested in but now this watch movement is cleaned and i'm ready to reassemble i shall start by installing the mainspring back into the barrel and then goes the barrel arbor and now the lid can be snapped back on and with that done i can reassemble the barrel and secure it with its bridge and not forgetting to replace the balance hack before assembling the train of wheels i shall treat the escape wheel and pallets with epilane and this will ensure that the lubricant applied later will stay in position and now i can continue and assemble the train wheels i now place and secure the train wheel bridge with its two screws and on goes the ratchet wheel the click spring can be slid into place within its cut out and now i can install the click piece and the crown wheel remembering that it's secured with a reverse threaded screw and with that done i can now install the pallets now turning the movement over i can install the keyless and the motion works the tail of the balance hack can be observed here now this should be located within the notch that's machined into the sliding clutch it's important to apply adequate lubrication to the friction point between the can opinion and the driver wheel for the purpose of filming i've mounted it upside down on the post lubricant is applied and the driver wheel is turned whilst the canon pinion is kept stationary this allows the lubricant to spread evenly between the canon pinion and the wheel excess lubricant is then removed i apply a very small quantity of grease to several points along the stem and with the stem back into position and retained by the setting lever i can now place the yoke [Applause] and now the setting lever spring can be installed the cover plate can now be secured so that we can continue and install the balance assembly once again turning the watch over i can now install the balance assembly and i can remove clean and lubricate the shock settings now i generally keep these in place when cleaning the watch movement in the machine in order to provide stability and reduce the risk of damage my preferred method is to remove the settings after and clean them manually before lubrication i'll do the lower shock setting in a moment but first i'll install the calendar works moving on to the automatic works i must treat the reversing wheels with a product called lubetta and with the automatic bridge reassembled i can now install it back onto the movement now i can reattach the dial in hand and with the dial and hands reattached i've placed the movement back into the watch case and i can secure it with the two case screws the oscillating weight is secured back onto the movement and the case back is screwed into position let's get rid of this scrubby strap now i've managed to find an original mido strap on ebay so i'll attach that instead i spent a bit of time calibrating the movement to ensure that it keeps good time the end result was an average rate of minus one and a half seconds per day loss that's acceptable to me for this particular grade of movement and with that this watch is back in service and i can't wait to wear it on a night out thanks for watching and if you're interested don't forget to check out watchfix.com and i'll see you next time

Channel: Watch Repair Channel

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Length: 38min 55sec (2335 seconds)

Published: Sat May 07 2022