Same here - Canadian and my Dad left behind his 1954 Bulova 10CSC, which I remember from early childhood, and coincides with his graduation year. case is same as yours but dial numerals are at 12, 3, 6 and 9. I have yet to figure out how to let down the mainspring. It’s not a simple matter of pulling back the click, because if you remove the automatic works from the main upper plate, things are still under tension and can go flying. Also it frequently goes ‘bzik,’ which seems likely to be caused by the wrong grease in the barrel.
Hey, thanks for watching. This Bulova is still giving me troubles. I cause one problem and fix that and create a new issue. I'm still working on this watch. Hope to have the video out soon. As for the main spring, the click on yours can be pulled back so you can release the spring power?
@@robertjordan7323 I haven’t had my 10CSC fully apart, still waiting to learn more. If the click is pulled away from the mainspring barrel, the mainspring does not unwind. It seems there could be more than one click or ratchet between the auto works and mainspring. If I remove the top plate of the automatic works, things want to fly away, indicating there’s energy stored, but it hasn’t been released it yet. Any idea if there’s a technical service manual online for this movement?
Same here - Canadian and my Dad left behind his 1954 Bulova 10CSC, which I remember from early childhood, and coincides with his graduation year. case is same as yours but dial numerals are at 12, 3, 6 and 9. I have yet to figure out how to let down the mainspring. It’s not a simple matter of pulling back the click, because if you remove the automatic works from the main upper plate, things are still under tension and can go flying. Also it frequently goes ‘bzik,’ which seems likely to be caused by the wrong grease in the barrel.
Hey, thanks for watching. This Bulova is still giving me troubles. I cause one problem and fix that and create a new issue. I'm still working on this watch. Hope to have the video out soon. As for the main spring, the click on yours can be pulled back so you can release the spring power?
@@robertjordan7323 I haven’t had my 10CSC fully apart, still waiting to learn more. If the click is pulled away from the mainspring barrel, the mainspring does not unwind. It seems there could be more than one click or ratchet between the auto works and mainspring. If I remove the top plate of the automatic works, things want to fly away, indicating there’s energy stored, but it hasn’t been released it yet. Any idea if there’s a technical service manual online for this movement?
I kid you not I have the same exact watch. I'm trying to get mine restored as well.
That's great! I finally have the broken screw removed from before. Now I have to finish disassemble, clean , oil and put back together
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