Reply To: Runaway waltham

[ozanam53]

Hi Bob, First I’d like to thank you for your info. Its strange because while I was making adj to the timing screws I thought doesn’t seem to be enough threads for the adj. I need and then I read your last reply. Are there 4 timing screws total, 1 by the balance arm and 1 at the 6:00 position and the same on the direct opposite. The picture showed 2 . Anyways I made a full turn on all 4 which they are very loose and ready to fall off. I didn’t time the watch more than 1 hour and it already was fast by about 2 minutes this was still with the regulator in the full slow setting, dial up. There are #’s scratched on the balance arm and match the serial # to the watch so the balance seems original. Well its like you said it could be the wrong hairspring. I’ll try to obtain some salvage watches and try some other hairsprings. this is only my fifth watch the other four all had separate problems and were solved. I consider this one solved but finished In the future. It’s a great learning experience when through process of elimination I become more and more familiar with these particular mechanisms .Thanks again Fred.