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Sorry, I may be an old, grumpy fuddy duddy, but I disagree totally with the concept that fakes are ok under any circumstances. I can understand someone wanting to get a counterfeit movement to practice on before tackling the real thing, however it is still supporting illegal activity which can be used to fund other even more lucrative for the perpetrators of the crime. counterfeiting of any sort is illegal in all western societies as far as I can determine and is being cracked down on but still running rife. I don’t care what anyone says it is not a victimless crime. Tom
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Always best to be careful and go the route you are most comfortable with. To be clear - the word ‘punch’ does sound quite violent however, when working with rollers - and those rollers being made of soft brass - it is best to only exert downwards pressure manually, whilst gently turning it, using an extremely small dome punch or even a pointed punch (in other words - not striking the punch with a hammer). I don't recommend doing this for the first time on a customer owned or otherwise important movement - Its definitely something to practice on though with a donor or scrap movement, it would be a great satisfying skill to learn and add to your arsenal. Gluing is not my favourite way forward, and I won’t recommend it as it is the proverbial kicking the can down the road (hope I don’t sound snobby - I don’t mean to) but I can understand why in certain circumstances this method would be adopted. Absolutely true - this is the biggest risk with attempting to use a staking set to tighten the hole. Very very risky. Spot on!
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By Michalzeszen · Posted
From my perspective it doesn't need to be. In this scenario, I'd love some help identifying the correct parts for a conversion. Oscillating weight, bracelet and crystal are not original, so there is margin for adaptations.