How To SAFELY Disassemble Pocket Watch Before You Start Restoring -Hamilton Pt 1

Pocket Watch Repair and Restoration: How to safely disassemble (take apart) your pocket watch before you clean and restore it! This is the first video in a 3 part series that details the vintage pocket watch of Hamilton grade 974 (private label), 17 jewel, size 16, made in 1908. This is a beautiful Gentleman's watch that needs some repair/restoration work to get it looking at its best!

If you take apart your pocket watch haphazardly, you might end up ruining it. Show care and kindness to your pocket watch by learning how to disassemble it correctly.

This is the watch from the Green Crystal video:    • Is The Green Crystal A Pocket Watch Killer?  

Part 1: Disassembly (THIS VIDEO)
Part 2: Pre Cleaning and Final Cleaning    • Cleaning Your Pocket Watch Can Be Tricky -...  
Part 3: Oiling and Reassembly (Putting the Pocket Watch back together again!)

This video and channel is about antique pocket watch repair/restoration for the hobbyist, beginner and intermediate pocket watch enthusiast! This video will include some pocket watch repair tools and how to use them. This video is a Hamilton pocket watch restoration and vintage pocket watch repair tutorial.

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00:00 Intro
00:24 Explaining the 3 part Series of Restoration of this Pocket Watch
00:47 About this Pocket Watch and what will be done during this repair/restoration
01:42 What is a Private Label Pocket Watch?
02:38 M W Bassett, Hartford Conn engraved on this private label Pocket Watch
02:58 Opening up the back and looking at the overall picture
03:30 Starting the Disassembly
03:37 Remove the Hands with Hand Lifters
03:47 Reasons to wear finger cots
04:43 How to Remove the movement from the case
05:58 Loosen the screws to take the dial out (this grade has 4 dial feet)
06:43 How to gently take the dial off
07:37 Taking the Hour wheel off
07:56 How to take off the minute wheel
08:10 How to remove the Canon Pinion with tweezers
08:29 Dust Ring Info and how to remove the dust ring
09:15 How to remove the Balance
10:28 Take out the Crown Wheel
10:54 Parts container use
11:30 How to Take out the Ratchet Wheel
12:00 How to Remove the Click
12:32 How to take the Barrel Bridge off
13:43 How to remove the Winding Pinion and the Clutch Wheel
14:02 How to remove the Center Wheel
14:12 Remove the Mainspring Barrel
14:22 How to Remove the Train Bridge of the Pocket Watch
15:34 How to Remove the Third (3rd) Wheel
15:49 Removing the Fourth (4th) Wheel
15:52 Removing the Pallet Bridge of the Pocket Watch
17:32 How to Remove the Pallet
17:54 How to remove the Escapement Wheel
18:07 Starting to work on the Dial Side
18:08 How to remove the intermediate Setting Wheels
18:49 How to remove the clutch lever
19:34 How to remove the clutch lever spring
20:22 How to remove the Balance from the Balance Bridge
21:12 How to remove the jewels from the Balance Bridge
22:06 What is a Jewel Pusher used for?
22:58 Remove the Balance Jewel from the lower Main Plate to get ready for cleaning

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