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Manual Or Automatic Oilers: Which One To Choose?
Oiling is very essential to ensure that the watch works well. But it has to be perfect. Not too much or too little. Too much oiling means that the extra oils will drip down on the underlying pivot and clog up the works ensuring that it drips down into the pinion leaves and drips onto other surfaces too. The end result is that a brand new watch will have to return that much earlier to the watchmakers to be serviced. It also means that the watch loses its ability to function well with oil gumming up the works. Watchmakers have long debated exactly how much oil is required to cover the central jewel without gumming up works. Novice watchmakers are taught that a doughnut shaped drop of oil in the center of the center jewel is the exact requirement that any watch could ever want. But there are manual oilers and there are automatic oilers and no one is exactly sure which one is better.
Manual oilers are easier to use as with years of experience watchmakers can easily gauge exactly how much oil is required to keep the watch in pristine running condition. Excess oil can easily be rubbed off with a clean fingernail or absorbent cloth. These manual oilers are cheaper to maintain too as they are nothing but simple bulbs with thin pointed nibs for dispensing oil on to surfaces. The tips are easily repaired with staking sets and fine stones.
Automatic oilers work on a set gauge which drops exactly the right amount of oil onto the watch working mechanism. The main advantage with these oilers is that they work very fast. The exact amount of oil is deposited with no waste of time. The lubricant oil does not get contaminated with any grease or air. There is no way that the oil will get contaminated with other oils or water in the automatic oilers. This is because there is a special container which is readily attached to the machine without any manual interference. And such automatic oilers are the best option for busy workshops which work on several watches at a time. But along with the advantages there are several disadvantages too with automatic oilers. They are a little quirky in dispensing the accurate amount of oil on the watch mechanism. The amount of oil may vary every time. And if the dispenser gets clogged you may not even notice that the machine is making a mistake. The oiler may not be able to dispense exactly into the jewel hole, as each watch is different. Any oil which slops over has to be removed and that means the entire watch has to be dismantled to clean up the excess which is a waste of time and effort. Several sizes of nibs are needed for separate jewel holes and that means you have to change the nibs when watch models change. These oilers have to be placed out of the sunlight as the oil deteriorates on exposure to light and each oiler requires regular maintenance with a small maintenance charge.
It’s difficult to decide which one is better but as a watchmaker you can pick and choose according to your preferences. But both do work equally well.
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