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I had nothing better to do today, so I thought I'd make a pair of watch hand levers. I had some 3 mm tool steel rod and cut off two pieces 80 mm long. I then reduced the diameter to 2.2 mm at one end of both. One end of each was ground flat and level to just about 1/3rd of the diameter. Then, on the side that goes up against the dial, I ground the ends flat again to about 1/13rd but tapered them down to 0.2 mm at the tip. Using the round file handle as a mandrel, I heated up the ends and gently hammered the tapered side over to make them slightly rounded and also cut in a small 'V' notch, then left them to cool. When they had cooled down, I heated them up again slightly to temper them. I'll put some heat shrink tubing over the handles to finish them off.

Another saved pocket watch

Easier to find a 7005 movement? It's the same movement without the day ring. Check our friend on ebay Mr thewatchcollector. http://www.ebay.com/sch/thewatchcollector/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

You should be able to see if the stem is missing, that's the part that holds the crown. A new stem can normally be obtained and replaced. There is a video by Mark about that.

Snap mine has the pedestal still and since I took the pic I've re-polished the base. I've used it a few times since I purchased it and it works very well.

Very good and looks nice.

It is the life span of the watch...in seconds!!

Oldhippy is perfectly correct. A jewelling tool is a must. The old waltham movements don't require a jewelling tool for the balance jewels because the "Setting" sits on an internal shoulder in the balance cock and main plate and can be removed and replaced with a piece of pegwood. Some can be quite tight to remove and can be, gently, tapped out with pegwood. When placing back, lightly push back in with pegwood until it stops on the internal shoulder (giving correct end shake ) then refit end stone. Tony Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Very nice Seiko 6309-7040 slightly modified, with shark mesh...

Agree. I am the type that will take the effort to better technique. Like bottom dealing cards (also an amateur magicians) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk