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Repair Revue calibre T56

P1120551A client has sent in a super cool Revue diver calibre T56. It’s not running properly and making a horrible sound when winding manually.

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MSR was created by Revue to manufacture movements. Just like Eterna created ETA. This is their automatic T56.

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I remove the osculating weight.

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Movement out of the case.

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Hands and dial removed.

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I start taking apart the setting/ winding mechanism and the date mechanism.

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Here you can see gear train layout.

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I have cleaned the movement and it’s ready to be put back together.

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I fit the mainspring into the cleaned barrel.

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I see that the balance moves freely. It was a little deformed and got a little tweak.

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The movement did not move freely. The sweep second wheel was touching the third wheel, so I replaced that.

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Oops I forgot to take apart the clutch pinion. The hour and minute hand are driven from the barrel via this pinion.

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Best way to remove the pinion is using the Platax  tool

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I clean the pinion and lubricate it. I press the clutch back onto the pinion using the staking set.

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You can see how the pinion comes up and the clutch engages with setting mechanism.

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Gold dust, new sliding pinion and winding pinion.

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Setting/winding mechanism almost back together.

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Date mechanism back together and very snappy.

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Movement almost back together.

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Base movement back together and ticking. I actually had to take it apart and back together a few times to find the bugs ailing the movement.

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I’m happy with that!

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Dial and hands goes back onto the movement.

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Movement goes back into the case.

Great looking diver working like it should again!

2 Responses to Repair Revue calibre T56

  1. Miguel Angel Mendonça says:

    Hi Mitka, pobably you are referring to the balance not the mainspring in the nineth photo. As always, a great job!
    Best regards from Argentina.
    Miguel

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