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I could not find a plate to attach my Pivot Polisher to my lathe cross slide, so i made one. Flattened the head of a brass screw to fit the slot then measures and drilled accurate holes. Cut the screw down and used a wing nut to tighten it down. Works perfectly and can be driven from a collet and wheel or from the rear pulleys . Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

A french watch, not russian

The set lever would certainly be easy to lift if it was the sprung type, but it could potentially be impossible if it’s screwed down from the other side. I’m interested to know what those two large screws are for outside the dial. May just be for the set lever spring, but seems quite far away and quite large.

Big thanks for your responses. I'll make a drift of some sort and get it out. Was really interested on what the pro's do, and what the actual correct tool is. Make a drift on the lathe, harden it, use a stake block seems to be the answer. I could probably just source another, but then it wouldn't be the original worth a modicum of effort as I'm not getting paid by the hour, or at all for that matter.

le Carles book has a page and verse on this very subject. vin

I agree with you, I figured out what was in the various versions of One Dip, and saved a bunch of money buying a bottle of Trichloroethylene. Nasty stuff. Over the pond it's just plain ol' perc. (dry cleaning fluid).

Listen to JDM. it's staring you right in the face. for extra clarification, I've circled where you need to focus your attention. At least I think that's right anyway, it looks as if it might be on a setting lever screw, which would mean it wouldn't lift up, but I can think of no other way this would be de-cased if it been designed to fully expose the setting lever with the front of the case removed.

I have been avidly watching mark for years...just found this!!!! happy to be onboard

Stunning you can’t beat old school Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Cousins reviewed my situation, verified that their data table did show that this part was interchangeable between the AS1240 and AS1193. They were therefore kind enough to issue a refund. I feel for them, as I know how difficult is must be to keep such things 100% accurate. And again, mine may be an export variant that was used in the US and not the UK. Case closed. All's well that ends well. All in all, this was a good experience. Thanks, Cousins, UK. Cheers.

Seiko "BB 36 tribute" built on a SNK805. Essentially just put on hands+dial and polished top+side.

One note on those blue demagnetizers, dont just set the movement on them and push the button, that will actually magnetize your part. Hold the object above the unit, press the button and slowly draw it away with a slight twisting motion, repeat a few times and you should be good to go.

Here's a link to the pdf.... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YjWLDcnsv0TVHg4r6dRq5MKiUU6EtAO3/view?usp=sharing

You know you have caught the bug when you seek out broken timepieces, rather than working ones. Also, you own more watches that anyone could wear in a lifetime ha-ha.

That's a really really nice bench. Says the fellow who has a small table top bench and is happy to have that. :))

Cool - the third in the upper row is a 24h-watch. Quite tricky to auickly grasp the right time... I got the same in blue/turquoise.

And so after more than a year later, I am finally done with this project. And this is the finished project. Honestly, I still don't like how it looks overall. But I'll be wearing this one proudly for sure. Sent from my ASUS_Z010D using Tapatalk

I use VM&P (Varnish Makers and Painters) Naptha for cleaner, and anhydrous(no water) isopropyl alcohol for rinse. Generally a light petroleum distillate will work as a solvent on the oils and dirt in a watch. Something like Naptha or what we call "White Gas" (Coleman, or camp stove, fuel) here in the states. Just be careful with alcohol, it can dissolve the shellac that holds pallet and roller jewels in place. Also, a little bit of heat is good when drying the parts, I use a hair dryer. The idea is to keep water from condensing on the parts as the alcohol dries and the parts cool.