We undertake the disassembly, cleaning and re-assembly of a 19th century, silver pair cased watch with verge escapement. It was not clear at the beginning whether the watch could be returned to working order or whether that is desirable in the longer-term status of the object. Disassembly revealed the winding ratchet had failed, probably leading to a recoil situation that broke the fusee chain hooking at the fusee end. Beyond the manufacture of a new winding click from tool steel, other work was limited to cleaning and some localised delisting. An interesting project that once again raises questions about what an object is and what an object means. Here are a list of suppliers mentioned in the film.

You can find out more about my work here www.clockmaker-conservator.co.uk

I used Moebius lubricants D3, D5 and 9020. Moebius is a registered trade mark https://www.moebius-lubricants.ch/en/...

The archival box and archival cotton tape were purchased from Preservation Equipment https://www.preservationequipment.com

I washed and rinsed the watch components in Elma Suprol Pro https://www.boley.de/en/shop/2185.elm...

Selvyt cloth http://www.selvyt.co.uk


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