{"id":2199,"date":"2019-05-15T01:03:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T23:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/?p=2199"},"modified":"2019-05-15T01:22:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T23:22:15","slug":"a-1974-speedmaster-forgotten-in-a-drawer-part-2-the-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/a-1974-speedmaster-forgotten-in-a-drawer-part-2-the-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"A 1974 Speedmaster forgotten in a drawer (part 2 : the restoration)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 1974 Speedmaster that had been forgotten in a drawer has just been fully restored. \u00a0The following operations were done :<\/span><\/p>\n

-Full service of the movement and adjustment<\/span><\/p>\n

-Polishing of the original plexiglass\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

-Replacement of the center chronograph hand that was defective by a vintage tritium hand<\/span><\/p>\n

-Cleaning of the case, pushers, bezel, bracelet<\/span><\/p>\n

-Replacement of the gasket that had melted<\/span><\/p>\n

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General aspect, before :<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Details of the “step” dial :<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The case of this watch looks unpolished<\/strong>\u00a0which is very rare. \u00a0I therefore decided to leave it in original condition. \u00a0The lugs are still sharp. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The caseback where the gasket had melted, before<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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After :<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The movement had not been overhauled for decades and the oils were completely dry. \u00a0A full service has been done by a professional watchmaker specialized in chronographs, and the movement is now like new.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thanks for reading, I hope you liked this little report \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t hesitate to contact me if you need help for the restoration of your Speedmaster.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 1974 Speedmaster that had been forgotten in a drawer has just been fully restored. \u00a0The following operations were done : -Full service of the movement and adjustment -Polishing of the original plexiglass\u00a0 -Replacement of the center chronograph hand that was defective by a vintage tritium hand -Cleaning of the case, pushers, bezel, bracelet -Replacement of the gasket that had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[75,70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}