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I just returned from Canton Ohio, (birthplace of Dueber Hampden) and had an opportunity to visit Wm. McKinley museum for some extended research. Lo and behold, there was the clock movement from one of the towers at the factory. It's a E. Howard & Co. and refreshed with a John Deere tractor green colored paint! As the locals say after the factory was demolished in 1958, it was stored for several years at somebody's home. I don't know who did the restoration, but it looks brand new. (and it works)

Or maybe i could buy from Jules borel? Tried and it seems to work? And the shipping cost wasn't that bad either? Thanks StuartBaker104

Rogart, I see original part here http://www.thewatchsite.com/8-seiko-citizen-trading-post/250138-f-s-seiko-lord-marvel-36-000-restore-set-nos-50-a.html or here http://stsupplyonline.com/catalog/5740c-main-spring-p-27145.html or here http://www.julesborel.com/s.nl/it.A/id.22222/.f

Here https://www.cousinsuk.com/category/seiko-movement-parts

Pictures would help folk understand exactly what your problem is and advise on what you require.

Hi guys, I just fitted a new dial to the Seiko 6105 diver I re-surrected a while back, see this post below. While it was on my desk, there was one more thing which I wanted to address. In the pic below you can see the rusted out original 6105 movement. The 6119 is basically a drop in replacement for the 6105. Looking at the backside of the movement you can see that the layout of the wheels and bridges are identical. The first thing you would notice is there are more jewels in the 6119 (21) compared to the 6105 (17) which is a good thing in my opinion. A not so visible difference is that on the 6105 the bridge and balance cock are chamfered at the edges compared to the squared-off edges you can see on the 6119. The 6119 is the cased movement in the picture below. The 6105 is on the right. While the 6119 size matches the 6105, in this instance you will loose the quickset for the day function as the 6119 quicksets by pushing in the crown. For this to work in the 6105 diver you would need a gap between the crown and case. I preferred not to do so. This is another reason the 6106 will not work as the quickset for day works the same as the 6119. The three small rings at the top of the picture are parts of the bearing assembly from the 6105. Here we see the 6119 movement with its correct autowind bridge. And here we see the 6119 bridge sans bearing.. The bearing pushes in from behind and is staked to hold it in place. Here the bearing has been fitted into the 6105 bridge and the autowind assembly has been installed back onto the 6119 movement. The balance cock seems to be a bit different colour but is actually identical to the naked eye. The rotor is reinstalled, now all thats needed is to case it up. So that's the final chapter on the resurrection of the 6105 diver. My intent in doing this was to retain as much of the original watch as possible. I realise that what I have done here is sort of like a ' how to counterfeit a Seiko 6105 diver' type of post but to balance this I hope it also raises awareness for those looking to buy a similar watch that a lot of things are possible and to be cautious when buying these watches. I don't plan to sell this watch as this is probably the closest I can get to a 6105 diver within a price thats acceptable to me, but in the event that I do I will direct the buyer to this site to see for himself what has been done. Cheers Anilv

Today I fixed up an old vintage watch from the Elba Watch Company; a Swiss firm that used movements made by A. Michel, in this case the caliber 270 (10 1/2 lignes). Not much available information. Bestfit has it listed in their catalog. Some of the web information says that A. Michel combined with A. Schild and FHF to form Ebauches SA. Taking a major hit from the quartz revolution, A. Schild merged with ETA in the late 70s. Too bad! Am learning what a fatal blow that was to all the watch industry. The quartz revolution reminds me of an incident I experienced nearly 40 years ago. I was living in NYC at the time. Quartz watches were big; swallowing the watch market almost as fast as you could think. Something inside me resisted these futuristic baubles, with their digital readouts (though I like the red LED), souped up cases and funky bands, and I conceived the idea of getting an traditional mechanical watch like my dad had. So I started going to jewelry stores in Manhattan to find one--one that I could afford. Mechanical watches could be still be obtained for a high price, way beyond what I could afford. Anyway, I went to store after store (easy to do in Manhattan) and was told that no moderate priced mechanicals were available--why didn't I want a quartz watch which everybody but me wanted? Eventually I found a small shop staffed by an elderly, hunched over old man (probably long gone!). I asked him what he had in mechanical watches. He said why did I want one? I gave him a spiel about craftsmanship, tradition, etc. and he said, to wait while he check in back. After a few minutes he came out with a box and said this was basically the last mechanical watch he had and that I could have it for $150. It turned out to be an Omega. Not knowing much about watches I bought it and still have it to this day. Now I know what a treasure it is. I think he probably sold it at cost or below cost. I suspect, though, Omega wasn't quite as prestigious as it is today. At any rate it was a good deal. Back to my Elba watch. Is there a connection with Napoleon? Who knows. Anybody out there have one or know anything about them? The watch has a nice hinged case that I shined up. You can see that I've used a metal bracelet; not my first choice but something that was laying around. Actually black or brown leather would probably complement the case nicely. The crystal is probably a replacement as it has no scratches to speak of. I stripped the movement down and, cleaned it, and put it back together. Keeping good time so far. Good strong tick, haven't needed to do any adjustment yet. I really like the dial which is almost certainly painted with radium. I'm gonna die! Or at least grow an extra finger! Actually, I took the dial off and put it in an envelope away from my work area until needed, so I'm not really worried about it. The dial could use some cleaning but because I didn't want to disturb the radium or ruin it I just put it as is in the watch. But I'd welcome any advice/tips on how to clean it up. Haven't learned much about cleaning dials and I definitely want to learn more.

I just received the balance for the A10. I mounted it in the movement and regulated the watch. Everything OK now! H. Sens