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: https://www.youtube.com/c/RedDeadRestoration?sub_confirmation=1 Music: "Golden Cage" by Jimena Contreras Link to the Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzLussnJK_g 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: https://www.instagram.com/reddeadrestoration Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YTRedDeadRestoration Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Reddeadrestoration ___________________________________ Chrome-stripper, Degreaser and Electrolytes by @Betzmann-Galvanik Link to the shop: https://www.real-gold.de/en/produkte Flame bluing kit by @DIYWatchClub Link to the shop: https://shop.diywatch.club/collections/flame-bluing/products/diy-watch-club-flame-bluing-kit Acrylic Glass Polishing Compound: https://amzn.to/2XIP8vF ** Case Polishing Diamond Paste: https://amzn.to/2Ye1MSo ** Case Polishing Wadding: https://amzn.to/2UlNfme ** Thermo-Tape: https://amzn.to/30YktME ** Fiber Glass Pen: https://amzn.to/2AQfpzi ** UV-Lamp: https://amzn.to/3iuOSJ8 ** UV-Glue: https://amzn.to/3ghGSZK ** Rodico: https://amzn.to/3eWtTN2 ** Multi-Purpose Watch-Repair-Kit: https://amzn.to/2XIQ7Mn ** Multitool: https://amzn.to/2BNryW9 ** Buffing Wheels for Multitool: https://amzn.to/30gJCSF ** My Camera: https://amzn.to/32er4BJ ** ** 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!