Assembling
the Movement
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Care and Maintenance
After successfully assembling and fine adjusting your Mechanica M2,
you can be proud to have completed and regulated your own
precision timepiece.
Like every other instrument expected to maintain great precision,
your Mechanica M2 demands careful treatment and a certain
amount of maintenance.
We thus recommend that you never leave your case open for longer
periods of time so that no dust can settle on the movement.
Because of its design and the use of numerous ball bearings
*
, your
Mechanica M2 has an exceptionally low-maintenance movement.
Oil, however, goes through a certain aging process, which will
strongly change the status of lubrication after many years.
For this reason, cleaning the individual components using a special
cleansing process is necessary after the clock has been running for
five to seven years.
We can offer you the service of maintenance in our factory. The
components that may have experienced wear can either be reworked
or replaced with originals.
If cared for, the Mechanica M2
can tirelessly perform its function
as a valuable timekeeper and proudly
be passed along from generation
to generation.
Removing the Movement
In order to add most of the additional available equipment after the
fact, you will need to remove the movement. Please reserve sufficient
time to modify your Mechanica M2 in order to complete the steps
described.
For any modification to the movement, please consult the tips found
in the section »Important Information before Beginning« at the
beginning of this book. The sequence of steps described there
was designed to save you needless effort and make certain success
possible.
Please carefully prepare your workspace before beginning to remove
the movement. Your workspace must be kept unconditionally clean
and should be well lit.
You Will Need:
◊
Allen key, 3 mm
Compartment (13)
◊
Allen key, 4 mm
Compartment (13)
◊
Tweezers
Compartment (13)
◊
Assembly base
Compartment (30)
Only remove the movement if it has no power reserve, meaning
the mainspring
*
is completely slack after about seven days and the
escapement
*
comes to a stop by itself. Should the mainspring not yet
be fully unwound, components of your M2 could be damaged and
there is danger of injury.
Lay the case down carefully with the back on the surface and loosen
the seat-board with the two cylinder-head Allen screws M5 x 30 and
their corresponding washers on the bottom of the case.
Suggestion:
Never leave
the case open!
Maintenance:
Maintenance can
be performed in our
factory anytime.
Suggestion
For the following steps
of the procedure,
use something like the
lid of the packaging
your M2 came in
or a piece of paper
as your underlay in
order to avoid
scratching the case
and high-quality
components.
Suggestion:
Please use the gloves
included in the kit
to remove the
movement and
possibly disassemble
it. Contact with
sweat could otherwise
leave marks that
may be very difficult
to remove.
Tools
