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This forum, IMHO may have the best members of any forum I have ever visited or became a member of. It provides all the information and help you can possibly need. And while some of the questions might seem superfluous to the knowledgeable. Not once have I seen anyone flamed or ridiculed in any way. Special thanks to the Forum Administrator Marc who's YouTube videos first attracted me here and who probably deserves most of the credit, as I feel the people on top set the pace. Marc reminds me of Bob Ross the painter who use to have a show on PBS. Bob had a calm way of explaining his Technique and While I could not even draw a stick figure, I found myself watching what he was doing on many occasions. Also I would like to thank everyone for the help I received so far. Regards Anthony

Hi Adiorio, On most automatic watches, the AutoZone will prevent the barrel from unwinding. On these Seikos, you would need to remove the intermediate winding wheel .. the wheel which is secured by a screw with 3 lines. This is a left-handed screw so you have to turn clockwise to remove. Anil

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I am the one on the left. The guy on the right is my friend Jim. The guitar I am holding is a Rhyne acoustic steel string. I worked with Jay Rhyne from 1971 to 1977 building guitars and designing the machinery we used to make the guitar parts. Jay died a few years ago after a long illness and these guitars are quite rare. david

I also combine the two been playing since i was about 12 but I,m now learing how to play again after my stroke last year it is smashing therapy tho gets your brain working again. luckily it was on the right side so my fingering hand wasnt affected but strumming sometimes is a pain but the pickings ok for lead breaks sort of lost the use of my wrist.

Last night whilst reassembling a Felsa 1560 I fired the Return Bar Spring from the keyless work across the room, 45 minutes of searching failed to find it. I'm now about to spend £5.81 plus £2.88 postage to get another one from Cousins. It was bound to happen to me sooner or later, just hope it doesn't happen too often.

I've been looking for a long time for one of these, and this popped up on the bay without much of a description, it was clearly being sold by someone who didn't know much about it, from the photos, it looked like a 7750 movement holder to me, so I took a gamble, and was pleasantly surprised when it arrived, in perfect working order, but above all, it sure is for the 7750 movement DSC07931 by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr DSC07934 by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr Think I may put it through my ultrasonic bath to remove the staining as its clear its been sitting unused for some time. All the pushers, pivot holders, and screws are free, so will remove those prior to that and grease them. Next movement holder I want to get it the dedicated 7753 holder, probably get that from Boley.

I think what you have with these watches is a bit of a mish mash of parts the case for this one is a model 2416 2 piece cushion oyster, the case is not gold filled it is a english hallmarked 9 ct gold and was imported into Glasgow 1936 and that ties in very neatley with the case serial number, the movement is unrelated to this watch it would have had 10.5 ligne extra prima movement and all examples I can find in my refrence books and online have such fitted. The case its self would have had a screw down oyster crown and looks like someone has removed the case tube. The movement is a Aegler Rebberg 7 jewel 10.5 ligne and could date from 1912 to the mid twenties but certainly not the mid 1930's, it would fit into this case but could have been fron a trench watch, or hinged lug type watch of either a ladies or gents watch, the dial could be original to the movement as the earliest Rolexes where not always signed on the dial. Having reread your post the Aegler calibre 806 10.5 ligne is the same as the gruen 806 10.5 ligne stems are available for this movement but are 51 euros each, http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Rolex-Rebberg-10-1-2-cal-806-by-Aegler-1-Swiss-Made-winding-stem-by-Bergeon-/252814985779?hash=item3adcf28a33:g:ku8AAOSwvg9XaeZE

Europa is one of my favorite songs on the whole planet... oh, and on Jupiter, too. You do it justice...

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Nice to meet you David, your a talented man indeed!

NASA has plans to send a clockwork lander with a mechanical computer to Venus. It's to hot for any electronics on the surface to run for very long. So they are looking using a large clock spring wound by a wind turbine driving a the computer, the legs and a phonograph lathe. The records made on the lathe contain the collected data and then are launched on small balloons to a "balloon satellite" moving above the acidic clouds. They should call it "Tic-Toc" after the Mechanical clock work man in Frank Baum's Oz books. Other that that I think only members of this forum understand what they are doing and think that it is a sane project.

My pen pal , member ramrod , gifted me with a couple of vintage Bulova's recently including this 1957 Bulova Senator . The only things to detract from the looks of this little beauty is brassing of the case and a crown that has seen better days . I will keep my eyes peeled for a better crown . I put some file marks on this one so I could grasp it for winding . The dial and movement are in really great shape . I cleaned and serviced the movement which is an 11 ALAC , cleaned the case and watchband , sanded and polished the crystal , cleaned the hands up a bit and did a re-lume although I have to get a better lume kit soon . ..........Thanks , ramrod,.....as they say here in the islands , "you da best..."

Quality feels good, lets see how it looks once its been washed

This is a good guide to crystals, all available from Gleave and Co.

Yes - I suppose the moc-up looks better than a blank DVD On another note - this is an absolutely fantastic find: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1949-vintage-ESEMBL-O-GRAPH-CHRONOGRAPH-WATCH-COURSE-BOOK-set-27volumes-HOROLOGY-/311808052882?hash=item4899354e92:g:tXwAAOSw~AVYpP5O

My Dad repaired watches for half a century and played lead guitar and mandolin on weekends for just as long. He made both look easy... My sisters and I sometimes helped him pack up his instruments after a gig. One time, my sister put his Les Paul behind the car... he thought she'd put it in the trunk (boot) and he backed over it. Yikes!!! He bought another guitar and gave the broken guitar to his friend, who rebuilt it and played it for years. By some miracle my sister is still alive.

Not exactly combining the two but I did build a custom strat once - it was fun, but i ended up taking it to a pro in order to adjust the neck and frets, he did an amazing job.

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Personally, I'm agin'it. It's a form of vandalism being fobbed off as "art" which term covers a lot these days. Vintage parts--especially jewels and hairsprings--are too hard to come by these days so I hate to see them embedded in resin. Besides, how hard is it? Not half so as the time and skill required to be a watchmaker, I'll bet.