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Glycine Airman 1 Restoration Geoff Quickfall, June 4, 2005 From this to this! Abstract: The following article is about a Glycine Airman 1 case and dial restoration. This was accomplished at home using tools readily available. Some watch maker tools would be helpful such as a movement holder and case wrench but are not necessary, unless of course you can’t open the watch back (see appendix). Back of instruction manual. Front of instruction manual Contents: page Case restoration 5 Bezel restoration 9 Screw back restoration 12 Hand re-lume 13 Hack wire description 15 Removing the dial 18 Before and after pictures 20 Completed watch pictures 23 Summary 28 Appendix (tools and hints) 29 General description: The movement is the AS 1701/01 circa early 1960’s, 25 jewel automatic with instantaneous date, a quick set by reversing the hand to 20:00 hours then back to 24:00 hrs repeating as necessary. The rotor is a heavy metal ring winding in both directions via a click-wheel switcher with uncoupling device for hand-winding. The balance is screw-less glucydur balance with Nivarox hairspring vibrating at 18,000 beats per hour. The seconds are direct centre at 5th of a second jumps. This particular movement has been adjusted to positions. The case is stainless steel screw bottom with snap on bezel. The bezel rotates loosely with no spring locks and is held in place by a clamp system at the four oclock position. The crowns appear to be original although not cross hatched. A part of the case/watch interface is the hacking mechanism. This particular mechanism does not stop the balance wheel as in many other designs, but relies on a small wire that protrudes through a hole between the 2 and the 4 at the 24 hr mark on the dial. The wire height is controlled by the set/wind position of the stem. When the stem is pulled to the setting position the hack wire extends further through the