Extremely Rare Military Watch Restoration - WW2 German Trench Watch 1938

This time I´m restoring an old military watch from the WW2-Era. It´s a Thiel with the Thiel “start“-movement. Based on the movement it should be made between 1938 and 1942. The watch is in a really bad condition. The chrome-plating of the case is severely damaged, the glass is scratched, the movement is rusty and doesn´t work at all. I´m removing the old chrome with my new chrome-stripper (links attached below). After sanding and polishing the case, it´s ready for a new chrome-plating. But I need to add a layer of nickel before. The glass will be polished and the movement cleaned. The rusty movement-parts getting a manual polish by hand. The hour-hand is broken at the arbor but luckily it still works fine and I am able to keep the original one. I´m polishing the hands and re-blue them with my new flame-bluing-kit (links attached below again). There is not much I can do about the dial, a little cleaning of the radium contaminated surface has to be enough, because I don´t want to damage the original painting. After everything is cleaned, polished, re-plated and re-blued, I can re-assemble the movement with some fresh oil. After that, this watch is in a good beat ( 22 seconds per day) again. I hope you liked this restoration, if so, like, comment and subscribe ;) Subscribe to my channel: Music: “Golden Cage“ by Jimena Contreras Link to the Song: Thanks to all my patrons and subscribers! And especially to my gold-patron: - Diego Macias as well as my silver-patrons: - Peter Oetterli - Alessandro - Martti Künnapas - Glenn G Webb - Zachary Forrest y Salazar - John Parker ___________________________________ Follow me on Instagram: Facebook: Patreon: ___________________________________ Chrome-stripper, Degreaser and Electrolytes by @RolandBetzmannRealGold Link to the shop: Flame bluing kit by @DIYWatchClub Link to the shop: Acrylic Glass Polishing Compound: ** Case Polishing Diamond Paste: ** Case Polishing Wadding: ** Thermo-Tape: ** Fiber Glass Pen: ** UV-Lamp: ** UV-Glue: ** Rodico: ** Multi-Purpose Watch-Repair-Kit: ** Multitool: ** Buffing Wheels for Multitool: ** My Camera: ** ** Affiliate Links Disclaimer: This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission. This help support the channel and allows me to continue to make videos like this. Thank you for the support!