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|  | It happened sometime in the skies of Belgium.....
« Thread Started on Feb 28, 2009, 6:45pm » | |
near Arlon, it was 6.47 and 48 seconds either in the morning or afternoon...after 26 minutes from the start of a mission...
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| | Re: It happened sometime in the skies of Belgium..
« Reply #1 on Feb 28, 2009, 6:55pm » | |
The eBay auction listing description: "Needs a little cleaning and oiling to get it running again".
Seriously though, was this recently recovered from a known crash site?
-If so, I hope the pilot's other personal effects can be returned to the family.
Ron
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| | Re: It happened sometime in the skies of Belgium..
« Reply #2 on Feb 28, 2009, 10:45pm » | |
Hi Ron,
Wow, you were able to take the bazel off. That's amazing. I would think it might be fused to the case by now.
Is restoration possible?
Jerry
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« Reply #3 on Mar 1, 2009, 7:08am » | |
First : restoring the dial...click on the pic...
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| | Re: It happened sometime in the skies of Belgium..
« Reply #4 on Mar 1, 2009, 8:39am » | |
Brilliant!!!......fantastic recovery!!~that's not the case it was originally in all cleaned up though is it?
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« Reply #5 on Mar 1, 2009, 10:58am » | |
Thanks, I didnt believe myself I could save it, it took long time....no, the case is this one, after the initial cleaning, the other was a spare case I had it handy on my desk and which I used to rest the dial to not disturb the feet..
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« Reply #6 on Mar 1, 2009, 11:13am » | |
I look forward to seeing the end result. Out of interest will you restore fixed lugs?. Apart from that the case looks in remarkably good condition. How many of the internal components were salvagable?.....i remember the pic's and it looked very bad.
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« Reply #7 on Mar 1, 2009, 2:39pm » | |
Sure i will post the watch when restored including the fixed lugs and I expect it will be wearable and keeping time....
I intend to leave the case as unrestored as possible although for what the mechanical components are concerned not very much was salvaged but it could not be different if you saw it in its original conditions....i will post several pic reports and the techics used on the different parts of the watch for you to see the restoration process...
This watch was excavated many decades ago in the sorroundings of Arlon, Belgium and stored by a Dutch military relics collector for many years together with other aircraft components and various German wartime relics.
The watch had layied in the mud for decades after the crash and during that time built up a thick layer of rust and mud which became hard like rock when exposed at the air and corrosion had eroded the metal surfaces even the brass which is usually better resistent had corroded.
The collector died years ago and took the history of his foundings with him but left his collecting heritage which was partially sold.
There is no way today to know more details of the excavated aircraft neither the name of the pilot but I will try to collect more infos in future.
I am restoring this watch which is a very early Glashutte and I expect it will take an year or so..it took three months of dayly work only to clean the dial and partially disassemble the movement.....patience, technics and money are the must in these cases......more to follow
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| | Re: It happened sometime in the skies of Belgium..
« Reply #8 on Mar 1, 2009, 4:10pm » | |
Nice bit of history Lige, good look with the restoration.
Cheers Stephen.
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| | Re: It happened sometime in the skies of Belgium..
« Reply #9 on Mar 1, 2009, 5:39pm » | |
This is the movement which had became a solid block together with the dial that can be seen below...the first task was to free the dial without damaging it the problem being the special screws that hold it had frozen by the rust and being hidden in the block....
Singular components can been recognized by the shape but it is evident the level of damages made by the rust and mud....click on the pic....
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| | Re: It happened sometime in the skies of Belgium..
« Reply #10 on Mar 3, 2009, 12:09am » | |
Enzo,
how did you clean the face? Ultrasonic cleaner and micro brush in repeated applications or simply a mirco brush and manual dexterity?
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« Reply #11 on Mar 3, 2009, 3:49am » | |
Scott,
just manually and very delicate, water and painter brush, taking care to not delaminate the face paint from brass support...
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« Reply #12 on Mar 3, 2009, 10:22am » | |
Hi Enzo,
One of the most fascinating thread since a long time! It even seem to me that there is still a spot of red paint on the pointer. Please keep us advice of the work in progress, please.
Best Regards.
Jean
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« Reply #13 on Mar 3, 2009, 2:46pm » | |
Wow, brush and water. How many times? It must have been a labor of love.
I'm curious how you will go at the movement.
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| | Re: It happened sometime in the skies of Belgium..
« Reply #14 on Mar 3, 2009, 3:11pm » | |
Ciao Jean and Scott,
yes, good eyes indeed, there are traces red paint either on the pointer and on the lower pusher, I forgot to mention...that confirms that at the time it was used and it is not a legend....I will examin it and try to better understand...here are the pics with that remains...
It took quite sometime to clean the dial and ,many steps as you can see from the pics....I forgot to mention that I also used a special oil/rust remover to release the block of the rusted hands...
rgds
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