Remove Majestime 17 Jewel movement from case?

[hank7421]

Thank you Bob and Steve. You gave me the confidence to look a little closer. I did what Steve suggested and ran my thumbnail around the edge of the back case and felt a tiny notch. Only after looking at it under magnification did I then see the notch. It was so small that it’s width was only the thickness of my thumbnail, practically impossible to see without magnification. For this reason I am not going to attempt to open it without the right tool. I have the proper tools ordered but they have not arrived yet. When they do, I will open the back case. I’ll let you know how it goes at that time. I greatly appreciate all of you who took the time to reply to my posts. Especially you Bob since you did so while you were out of the country. Having this Forum is really a valuable extension of the class. It’s the next best thing other than working right next to an experienced Horologist.

My best regards to everyone
Hank

[stevefitzwater]

great, let us know how it comes out, if you have any other questions, we are here to help.

[hank7421]

Hello everyone. I wanted to post a picture of the majestime watch after it was removed from the case. The bezel was removed with a screwdriver inserted in a slot just below the crown. The movement was removed the same way except the slot was opposite the crown. As you can see from the picture, the crown and stem are missing and the hairspring is all tangled. I may need help identifying this model and the parts needed to repair it. So far I cannot find an identifying model number.[IMG_04971cropped] If there is no picture here then I made an error in posting the picture.

[hank7421]

As you can see by my previous post I am having a heck of a time posting pictures to this forum. My camera takes pictures in high megb. so when I try to post them they are rejected which I don’t find out until I hit Submit. I have tried many of the on-line websites that resize pictures but they still don’t resize them down enough for this forum. If anyone knows of a website that is easy to use and will resize pictures down to the requirements of this forum please respond to this post. These websites do not have a lot of “how to” information on them and it is very possible that I am not doing something right. If anyone can provide information that could help me in this regard it would be greatly appreciated so I could share pictures along with my text.
Hank7421

[willofiam]

Hank, I am not very good with the computer stuff. When I load photos to my computer I am able to view them, at that point I can resize them to whatever I want by right clicking the photo and going to the output and then it gives me options, I can then (convert the file)….. after I convert them to around 550 x 400 I go back to upload a file on the forum and pick that photo. Hope I didn’t make this more confusing, It took me awhile to figure it out and whether or not I do it right I don’t know, but it works for me. William

[Bob Tascione]

William,
I think that option might depend on which default program your computer uses to open a pic file. Do you know what program it’s using?

Hank, another option would be one of the free editing software programs available out there. Need to be careful where you download these free programs from though like Chris mentions in his “Posting Photo” thread at the top of the general forum page. I’ve used Gimp in the past which can be download right from their website rather than using some random download server. Their web site is http://Gimp.org.

Bob

[willofiam]

See, I told yah I didn’t know much about computer stuff. I have a Nikon transfer and view program that came with my camera.

[Bob Tascione]

Hey William I didn’t think of that.
Yes Hank the software that came with your camera might just offer that option like Williams does.
Bob

[hank7421]

Thanks William, I’m going to try it on my next post. Right now I went to the website that Bob put in his post picresize.com and I specified 360 X 360 pixels. Lets see if this works. If not I am going to try your way. I am attempting to show the back of the movement after removing it from the case and removing the plastic filler. Hay, guess what, it worked. As we can see, the hair spring is all unwound. On my next post I will attempt to show the other side with the hands and dial removed.

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by Tamas Richard.

[hank7421]

Here is a view of the front side of the movement. The only thing I removed was the tangled balance assembly. Any other parts that seem to be missing are the way I found it. I can pull the stem out and push it in with a pliers. There doesn’t seem to be any power in the mainspring, but I can’t be certain. I’m not sure how to release the click. Since this came in a hunter case I presume it is a 6498 as Bob had suggested. I can remove the 3 gears and the cannon pinion but I’m not quite sure how to proceed from that point. Eventually I will need to compile a list of part that I will need to order to restore this watch.

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by Tamas Richard.

[Bob Tascione]

Hi Hank,
Nope it’s not an ETA 6498. Turns out to be a smaller wrist watch sized movement after all. Not sure what movement it is but fairly certain it’s Swiss. I remember that I was surprised when I discovered that it was a Swiss movement. Could be wrong though. Look to see if the movement has the word Swiss anywhere on it. These movements were used quite a bit back in the 1970s and 80s from what I can remember. Probably best bet for parts would be to try locating another movement or watch with that movement in it up on ebay for a reasonable price. Being a smaller movement than a 16s pocket watch might prove to be a little difficult to begin practicing with. If you would still like to tackle a wrist watch movement then take a look at Pauls (Arutha) excellent article up on his website about servicing a Sekonda wrist watch. It’s not the same movement but Paul covers some good techniques on handling the parts, such as using rodico etc. It’s worth reading even if you decide to work on a pocket watch instead. Here’s the link to his article: https://clockrepairs1969.wordpress.com/the-service-of-a-19-jewel-sekonda-watch-raketa-2609-ha-movement/

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