How To: Polishing And Bluing Watch Screws

Polishing And Bluing Watch Screws

Today I will show you the traditional procedure of polishing and thermal bluing of wristwatch/pocket watch screws.

These particular screws belong to a pocket watch which I am restoring currently. The video for the restoration of the pocket watch will follow soon.

For polishing the screw heads I am using an old Lorch Schmidt & Co. polishing machine. It is more a tool than a machine, but this is the original naming in German: Schraubenkopfpoliermaschine, meaning screw head polishing machine. This machine was released at the beginning of the 1900s.

After polishing and cleaning I am going to thermally treat the screws in different shades. Purple, blue and grey. I for myself like the purple color best 😊

Enjoy watching the video!

Time stamps:

00:00 Start
00:40 Show off polishing machine
01:15 Setup
01:51 Mixing diamentine polishing powder
03:06 Start polishing screw
03:25 Iron disc
04:13 First result
04:19 Brass disc
05:02 Lether file
05:34 Mirror finished screw
06:03 Cleaning
07:40 Thermal bluing
09:10 Final result

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