Pohoho 0 Posted January 25, 2012 Just a fun project I'm on now. Got an Enicar Ocean Pearl handwind (from the 1970s as you can see from the "March '78" marking inside the caseback) from a friend. It's got a nice dial and beautiful movement, plus my son don't mind having so it's getting a new lease of life. Chucked the old bracelet for a pair of old straps and it scored higher in the looks department. A time test on a full wind only gave 15hr plus of power reserve. I'm suspecting two things: 1) that's the norm for old watch? Or more of a wear and tear process? 2) the parts needs some oiling, time adjustment feels rather snug, perhaps from lack of lubrication? If so, where do I go for here as to main oiling points? (Hope not to do a full strip down and re-assembly. Those tiny screws are so fond of jumping from my pincers I just lost one last night.... sigh!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
offshore 0 Posted January 25, 2012 Yeh, what you said in 1 & 2! But short of a full strip down, clean, dry, reassemble with appropriate oiling, your PR will not improve. In fact it may not, even after a full service, but at least the watch will have been given another life. A lot of Enicar models ran ETA movements, so you can get some oil charts at https://secure.eta.ch/CSP/DesktopDefault.aspx, if you can identify the movement. Offshore Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pohoho 0 Posted January 25, 2012 Thank a mil Offshore on the source for ETA oil charts! Unfortunately I was not able to identify the movement and it seems like they produced their own in-house movement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
