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Does anyone have any views on the best oil to use for winding arbor pinions and center wheel pinions for clocks?
I know that mobius D5 is recommended but it is ridiculously expensive and is really designed for use in watches.
I would be very interested to know what everyone uses and what kinds of results they get.
Best wishes, Brian

Hi Brian
I finally gave up on the expensive clock oils and switched to using Mobile 1 full synthetic oils on all clocks. I'm very happy with the results.
I use 3 different weights depending on the load need. For heavy loads like the winding arbors I use 15-50. For lesser load upper train pivots 5-30 and for
light load 0-20. That covers just about everything at very reasonable costs aside from levers where I tend to use a heavy clock grease.
I've noticed that more and more clockmakers are now using Synthetic motor oils and Mobile 1 appears to be one of the favorites now.

Hope this is helpful Brian,
Vern

Thanks Vern. That is very useful information. Regards, Brian