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Recently I read in an ebay listing "the watch starts to run and keeps going if the case is slightly warm, when I got it I thought it was not running, but left on a sunlit windowsill it started to run."  The watch is an English fusee movement, circa 1852. Can heat activate movement? Stephanie O'Neil NAWCC Member 143979 | ||
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Maybe if the oil is old and a little bit on the thick side. It may heat up a little and begin to run although I would imagine pretty slowly. Aaron | ||||
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A lot of re-sellers heat watches by placing them over a gas range pilot light or the use of a hair-dryer to as Aaron said soften the old lubricants. This allows the seller to say in all honesty the watch is at least in running condition. I tried this on a watch stored for a long time dial-up and not running. Turned it dial-down and heated it a bit. The watch then runs. I'ts no cure, but just as a sunny day warms us and gets us moving the same is true of a lazy old watch!  | |||
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Its also a good way to get hairlines. Some people will always take things to the limit! I can see it now, holding the watch on a stick, like a hotdog, and holding it over the stove, "but it was only low heat"!!! Whats next, the microwave  ????????????Jack Goldstein NAWCC 0152932 IHC 185 #274 http://www.ball-rr-pocketwatches.com | |||
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Aaron, thanks for your opinion. Lindell, Talk about learn something new and different everyday! Thanks Jack G. Stephanie O'Neil NAWCC Member 143979 | |||
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