Quartz Watch Movement Parts Nomenclature.

Basic Mechanical Watch Movement Parts Nomenclature.

1.  Train bridge
2.  Third wheel
3.  Upper third wheel pivot / hole jewel
4.  Set lever screw (detent screw)
5.  Transmission wheel (Crown wheel)
6.  Ratchet wheel (Winding wheel)
7.  Barrel bridge
8.  Clutch wheel
9.  Winding pinion
10.  Set lever
11.  Stem
12.  Crown
13.  Yoke spring
14.  Setting lever spring ( set bridge )
15.  Yoke
16.  Upper forth wheel pivot / hole jewel
17.  Set wheel
18.  Lower barrel arbor pivot / hole
19.  Minute wheel
20.  Mainspring barrel
21.  Center shaft and cannon pinion
22.  Lower forth wheel pivot / hole jewel
23.  Lower escape wheel pivot / cap jewel
24.  Escapement inspection holes
25.  Lower pallet arbor pivot / hole jewel
26.  Lower balance pivot/ cap jewel
27.  Click
28.  Click spring
29.  Upper center wheel pivot / hole jewel
30.  Center wheel
31.  Balance cock
32.  Regulator
33.  Upper balance pivot / cap jewel
34.  Escapement inspection notch
35.  Hairspring stud
36.  Balance wheel
37.  Pallet bridge
38.  Hairspring
39.  Upper pallet arbor pivot / hole jewel
40.  Pallets
41.  Escape wheel
42.  Upper escape wheel pivot / cap jewel
43.  Forth wheel
44.  Hour wheel

Watch crown styles

Pictured below are some of the more common watch crown styles

How to refinish watch and clock hands

How to refinish watch and clock hands. Cleaning, Polishing, Painting and Refinishing luminous material.

To refinish watch hands:

1.   Clean hands with detergent.

2.   Remove any heavy corrosion using a glass scratch brush. To remove paint you can use acetone.

3.   Polish hands on a leather buff stick with rouge to remove any scratches. Or even more conveniently you can purchase fingernail polishing sticks in various grits which work WONDERFULLY.

4.   Polish hands on polishing cloth until a high luster is attained.

5.   Clean hands with detergent and rinse well in water.

6.   Electroplate hands with Rhodium, nickel or gold.

7.   Clean and rinse.

8.   Put hour hand on hand tack pointing left and put minute hand on hand tack pointing right.

9.   Using a large clock oiler pick up some paint and quickly apply it to the underside of the hand starting at the base draw the paint to the end with one smooth motion. If you need more paint than can be picked up using a clock oiler, try a toothpick. The problem with using wood is sometimes pieces get into the paint and the wood also absorbs the paint quickly.

To refinish (Steel) blued hands follow above steps 1 through 5, then place hands on a plate of steel or brass, (You can also set the hands on a pile of brass shavings or pumice powder) hold the plate with a pair of pliers and heat bottom with alcohol lamp or torch just until hands start to change blue dump them into a can of water.  This is the basic idea.  I also often use pumice powder, brass filings, caustic bluing and a few others, You need to try different things until you find what works well for you.  I have good results with these methods. Extra fine pumice powder works very well for very fine hands.  Be sure hands are completely polished and extremely clean before bluing.

You can also sometimes try using gun bluing touch-up pens or permanent marker, but I only would suggest this as a last resort.

I sometimes use lacquer-based model paint to refill paint-filled hands but good water based paint works well to refill hands due to its elasticity. This paint also works well on sweep second hands when it is thinned properly.  Lacquer works better when painting the surface of hands.

I have used Bergeon luminous paint and sometimes Newall tritium to refill luminous hands but super luminova type by far is the best.  When using the Super-Luminova you can mix the paint powder(pigment), binder(glue), and thinner in many different proportions so as to get exactly the consistency needed.  First I put a tiny amount of the glue in a clean oiling cup, then I add the luminous powder until opaque then I thin the mixture until it has the desired consistency for the job at hand.  I use it fairly thick when painting hands and thin when re-finishing markers but this also depends on size and shape of the item to be painted.

Most of the time a good cleaning and a quick polish on a polish cloth is all it takes to make hands look great again.

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