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What oil to use? - NAWCC Forums I use Nye clock oil and for some American movements with large or somewhat worn pivot holes I sometimes use Moebius 8030, but I don’t know if there is a better choice That’s what I would like to find out but I’m not about to oil the next 100 clock with crankcase oil and wait 10 years to find out the results Bob C
Best Clock oil - NAWCC Forums Synthetic clock oil is 100% synthetic, and has remarkable qualities, when you look at the problems outlined above: - designed to have very long shelf life, no evaporation, no hygroscopic effects, very slow oxidation to air - when it does finally oxidize, there's no acids being formed - no agressive dopings, benign to all materials
Best Oil To Be Used in Watches? - NAWCC Forums Is there something like the best quality oil to be used for watches? My watchmaker was saying that best quality oil for watch repair is not readily available here What may be the most well known and best quality oils? Would someone like to suggest? And where to get it from? timesavers item
Whats a good all purpose oil for larger pocket watches? I am somewhat bewildered by the array of available watch oils I understand the special purpose oils - such as low temp, mainspring, keyless mechanism grease, etc But there are also a lot of choices and brands and I'd like some advice on what is a good all around oil for 12s to 18s movements
Recommended oil (Yes, I looked around, didnt find a thread on this . . . David Dewey said: What are folks' favorite clock oil (wall clock)? One person I know insists that the best clock oil is Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil I am very hesitant to use it! Mobil-1 0W-20 synthetic is pretty good for most American clocks I like Nye 140 clock oil for clocks with smaller pivots Nye 140 is a bit thinner than 0W-20
Clock lubrication (Here we go again) | NAWCC Forums Ok But this time simple What is the most common accepted old Gilbert style clock lubricant? How bout good ol 10w40? And what is the best way to apply it? With dropper, spray, old oil can? Say you dont want to totally dissasemble but just have the works out of case still assembled? Thanks! RJ
Cuckoo clock oil - NAWCC Forums For cuckoo clocks, I've heard that the best lubricant is hummingbird-liver oil It's main virtue is that it's difficult to over-oil because there's not very much of it Check out the Useful Hints Tricks open thread You may think of something you want to add to it
Clock Mainspring Lubrication - NAWCC Forums I was given a mantle clock that was just cleaned, but not oiled, and reassembled by the previous owner Oiling the pivot holes is no problem, but I would like to know if it is possible to lubricate the mainspring without disassembling the entire clock I understand synthetic motor oil is good
Which oil for clocks? - NAWCC Forums Oil pens from Merritts works for us on most old clocks we do but I use the 859 to oil new movements On the pens, I smash the needle ends to restrict the output They are handy, quick and clean However, the plastic tubes usually cracks before they are empty I wonder if Regula was paid to stamp the oil recommendation on their movement plates
Help verifying grease oil for mainspring? - NAWCC Forums Probably no better than 30 weight motor oil after separating Slick-50 One-Lube (spray product); Originally contained Teflon but the current product seems to be little more than 3-in-one oil in a spray Good for preventing rust but in my experience and opinion too thin to provide an adequate oil film thickness for general mainspring lubrication