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i bought a big pile of movements and after sorting i started trying to make working ones of the non working ones.

i got 50 raketa 2603 movements among them and made one working one so far.

it's a good way to get comfortable with working on watches while keeping the stresses of failing low.

i have a couple of nice watches that i won't touch yet till i get a bit better.

 

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oldhippy Distinguished Member

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Thank you for your introduction and welcome to this friendly forum.

We all look forward to your contributions and continued involvement. 

If there is anything we can help you with don’t be afraid to ask. Nice clear photos can help a lot.

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Nucejoe Distinguished Member

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1 hour ago, lucgyver said:

after sorting i started trying to make working ones of the non working ones.

Sort by calib and members of its family, 

Go on to Dr ranfft site to familiarize with base calib & members of  their family and ultimtely the entire generation. 

Helps systemic understanding of interchangability.

Good luck.

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lucgyver Member

lucgyver

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so far so good,

second movement is up and running and has been running for 9 hours so far with only a basic cleaning and no oil.

there are a lot of missing parts among all those movements, i definitly bought somebodies leftovers.

stil plenty of good movements to be made out of them though.

on to the next diagnosing.

 

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VWatchie Distinguished Member

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Welcome!

This is a great way to get started practising handling tools and learning how things work in a watch movement. When I was new I bought a bag of Vostok movements (2409 and 2414). I still remember the thrill of trying to get some of them to work while figuring out how the many parts interact. And since I had spent very little money I could relax and try all sorts of crazy things. I was in love.

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JohnL Watch Enthusiast

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On 8/12/2024 at 12:00 PM, watchweasol said:

Hi welcome to the forum,  you have plenty to keep you going there.  Attached a couple of documents that may help you.

TZIllustratedGlossary.pdf 4.2 MB · 1 download TM 9-1575.pdf 14.25 MB · 1 download

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4328_Raketa 2603.pdf 1.2 MB · 3 downloads

I'm not sure if it's available elsewhere on the forum (I couldn't find it) and I couldn't find it in pdf form elsewhere. I made an epub of the Dictionary Technological that is the reference for all the numbers on the technical specs (such as the one here on the Raketa 2603) from a source online that showed the manual page by page. Kalle Slaap had made reference to where a pdf could be found in a video a couple of months back, but the document wasn't there. I've found it occasionally useful as sometimes all that is to be found of a tech spec is the first two pages. I'm not sure as to the legality of posting it here, or it's use. Advice welcome.

JohnL Watch Enthusiast

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25 minutes ago, AndyGSi said:

Do you mean the Part No's i.e. 401 Stem?

Yes. 100 Plate, 105 Barrel Bridge etc etc 401 Winding Stem, 401/3 Winding Stem with helicoidal square etc...

JohnL Watch Enthusiast

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Ah, I presumed given Kalle only referenced the Dictionary Technological and described it as old and invaluable etc. That was the resource. Foolish me. Thanks for the information, it's good to know. 

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