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Re: Long service box [message #14879 is a reply to message #14865] Sun, 16 May 2021 22:14 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Jenneke is currently offline  Jenneke
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Bugger that gruens rules wont work anymore. Quite possibly I do grind some of my watches a few days per year.

Whale oil Shocked that is just.. a nono. But very interesting to know. So smelly non running watches contain old animal oil.

Googled a bit. It came from sperm whales, pilot whales (=delphins) or purpoise. I knew these animals have a thick blubber layer, but in addition they also have a reservoir in their heads with case oil. Its more like a liquid wax. One of the suppliers was Ezra Kelley’s, see a box/flask here: https://educators.mysticseaport.org/artifacts/ezra_kelley_wa tch_oil/


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