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I have been working with 2 watches with chatons that hold jewels. I am not sure how to deal with them.

Even so, I have loosened a couple of the 1 screw chaton screws to move over the spring and remove the jewel for cleaning. 

I'm reticent to remove the screws entirely.

Any ideas?

Dave

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It's a very small wrist watch movement. I'm going to get the movement back from the customer next week some time; I need to take a photo of it for the people at ETA as well.

Thank you for your interest. I will post a photo as soon as I can.

Dave

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