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Hi Mark,

I very much appreciate all of your watch repair videos.  I have taken levels 2 and 3 of your courses.  I took a special interest in your working on the 3135 but was a bit dismayed when you did not specify which lubricants to use.  I know that Rolex specifies their own lubricants but what are the Möbius equivalents?  Do you think you could edit the 3135 video and just add which oils/greases to use at which points?

Thanks.

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38 minutes ago, appraiszer said:

Hi Mark,

Just to let you know, Mark Lovick may or may not actively read the forum, if you need to  do that contact him please use Private Message.

Also, you have posted in the section that is to portrait member's project, for repair questions there is a dedicated section with the same name.

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This is from a previous post which includes my take on what lubes I used. NOTE: my comments of the lubrication of the auto parts.

 

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