Funny mishap

[clockboy]

I thought I would share my latest mishap. I was repairing a quartz (Ronda 715) which had a faulty date change. The fault was traced to a mis shaped date jumper spring. So I had to make another. I was checking it's size etc. and moved in close to get a closer look & PING straight into my mouth. 

I did not swallow & it did clean it up a bit I suppose. 

[SSTEEL]

LOL, thats not happened to me, yet!

[oldhippy]

You should keep your mouth closed.

[Ishima]

Those mischievous jumper springs. But no I quite like this as a tactic, keep your mouth open in the future, because if it lands in your mouth you know where it is, seems like a best case scenario. 

[WatchMaker]

 That made me chuckle!

My spring pinging experiences have never ended up with such a lucky catch!

[Watchtime]

strange toothpick CB....LOL

[Tmuir]

LOL, well caught.

[sperki77]

I can think of many times I've had a "spring ping" and I would have been elated had it landed in my mouth.  Most of them landed in outer space... in a black hole... in an alternate universe...

[clockboy]

7 hours ago, oldhippy said:

You should keep your mouth closed.

Strange the wife is always saying that too 

[WileyDave]

I was working on Seiko 7t32 chrono and low and behold one of the subdial hands turns up missing, I thought it was a goner and well the usual angst ensued, bench cleaning, cursing and the like, but upon exiting the WC, (two days later), I happened to catch something shiny in the rug, well the picture says it all....Luckily it wasn't damaged, wish I had the good fortune to use my mouth to catch such elusive parts!

[noirrac1j]

Very funny.

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[noirrac1j]

Wow! I once found a watch parts in the mop bucket. I had already found a replacement but parts do end up in the weirdest places.
J

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[oldhippy]

The little people have a lot to do with parts flying and missing, many a time I've had them turn up months later.

[oli]

I find the best way to find a lost part is to order the replacement. I usually find the lost part very shortly after!

[Watchtime]

in this room you can always find everything you drop....

[94marconi]

Being new to the repair game, I spend a disproportionate amount of time on the floor. The room above would still have a black hole...and a spring would still ping into the ceiling...

Ron

Edited January 30, 2017 by 94marconi
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[MilTimeCan]

On 1/25/2017 at 3:27 AM, clockboy said:

I thought I would share my latest mishap. I was repairing a quartz (Ronda 715) which had a faulty date change. The fault was traced to a mis shaped date jumper spring. So I had to make another. I was checking it's size etc. and moved in close to get a closer look & PING straight into my mouth. 

I know this feeling...oh...yes, I do... I have more than a few MIA watch sweep hands that went flying somewhere in the room.

“Improvise, Adapt and Overcome!”
― Clint Eastwood, Heartbreak Ridge   

[MilTimeCan]

On 1/27/2017 at 3:00 AM, Watchtime said:

in this room you can always find everything you drop....

 

[Vich]

On 27 January 2017 at 8:00 AM, Watchtime said:

in this room you can always find everything you drop....

Unless it is white ?

I was going to respond with a phrase using the words "spit" and "swallow" but I am afraid George or another admin would have to censor it - 

either way it was a good catch.

Cheers

Vic

[Deggsie]

On 1/25/2017 at 8:27 AM, clockboy said:

I thought I would share my latest mishap. I was repairing a quartz (Ronda 715) which had a faulty date change. The fault was traced to a mis shaped date jumper spring. So I had to make another. I was checking it's size etc. and moved in close to get a closer look & PING straight into my mouth. 

I did not swallow & it did clean it up a bit I suppose. 

Was working on exactly the same movement today, following an excellent walk through which one of the member posted here.  I got right to the last operation - inserting the date ring detent spring,  and "click"..........   Unfortunately I must have swallowed this one as no sign of it after hunting the lino floor for an hour.    I guess I will have to make something up.

[noirrac1j]

19 hours ago, Deggsy said:

Was working on exactly the same movement today, following an excellent walk through which one of the member posted here.  I got right to the last operation - inserting the date ring detent spring,  and "click"..........   Unfortunately I must have swallowed this one as no sign of it after hunting the lino floor for an hour.    I guess I will have to make something up.

Oh come on!  The chances of two such two similar events occuring under the same circumstances  is a bit hard to swallow....

[Deggsie]

LOL, very witty noirrac.   My movement is the Ronda 715 LI, which is the same but has a plastic full diameter adaptor to take a larger, 10 year battery.   I had another look for the spring today, swept the floor clean, but no sign any where.  How does one go about making a replacement?  Is the special wire available on a reel or do I just reshape from another similar spring? 

[clockboy]

I modified a "Shepherds Hook Spring"  Cousins do a section pack for approx. £2.