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I was not hoping that it will turn out good but it did so no video of this only some bad pictures. Komandirskie crystal was mounted on the spindle chuck nut with hot glue. Sandpapers and diamond paste up to 10000 grit were used to polish the crystal. It was full of scratches, deep dents and there is also a crack. The latter is of course still there but this was my experimenting pice. The whole project took only 15 minutes !

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Thanks all. And no I am not that Ian Anderson!

Not something I've seen or heard about before. I routinely work on 4 figure watches but this is really something else, don't think I'd have even considered trying. I will say it's a very interesting piece and just as a technician, on both a personal and professional level I'd love to be able to do...anything at all with this. My curiosity is peaked. But for better or for worse the cautious voice in me is the louder one, and it agrees with WLS.

I remember looking at these quite a few years ago they where and still are incredibly expensive watches I think the watch contains 2 batterys or some of the movement photos I have seen show two and changing requires partial dismantling of the movement in some cases, its is a incredibly complicated movement I would not even think of replacing a battery on one myself so to answer your question take it to a authorised service agent and let them do it these retail at about £15,000 new and £7,000 secondhand why risk it if a battery change is £200.00 I would say money well spent on a watch like this, Poor video quality but it gives you a idea of the movement

There is lots on this subject on this forum or the internet but basically "Swatch" who own ETA no longer supply parts to independents. There are pending court proceedings regarding this Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks CB i have looked at Marks video , my movement was a brand new out the packet movement and capacitor , thats why i wonder if its something I've done . Bit of a nuisance if the movements faulty as i can't send it back

In my experience although eBay seems pricey it is still the best to sell or buy. The reason is it has a massive amount of followers. I have tried other sellers such as "preloved"etc but I found them poor to say the least.