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For 60 I bought this. And I do travel a lot, in Australia right now, from Canada Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

When you put the datering on make a quick check so it's correctly aligned. And then carefully put the date guard back and it should work just fine.

I think the "fake chatons" and general attempts to show off generally dates to earlier in the century when customers were more likely to see the watch movement in the shops, especially if it was a shop-built watch made to order. It was common back then to choose a particular movement and have it mounted in a standard caselike a Dennison model, for example. One other thing you sometimes see is an enlarged cap jewel which is visible when looking at the balance cock, yet the cap jewel fitted to the plate is much smaller. Purely cosmetics to "wow" the customer. Then in the 1970's we have the fight for maximum jewel count, with superfluous cap jewels everywhere.

I'd use Nickelsilver's suggestion of closing using a domed pusher in your jewelling set.

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Welcome enjoy the forum. Plenty of help here on this friendly forum when required.

Have you checked staffs axial end play? Check for Worn short staff pivot. Pivot coming to rest on pivot shoulder impedes balance wheel's motion ( amplitute). Which at this point sounds to be the case with your watch.

Can you post a pic of the other side? Sometimes on normal grade pieces they were retouched around the jewel hole after plating to show the brass and give the impression that the jewels were set in chatons. Hard to tell if a previous attempt was made to close the hole. You can try a domed (convex) punch to close it a little. Try a punch where the round face is about 50% bigger than the hole. I like to do a little from both sides.

You’re most welcome! I enjoy the challenge. There’s one here too http://www.oltenwatch.com/product.php?productid=18862 One day I will write a list of how to find watch parts!!

I bought some from Horotec a few weeks ago and it's great, and I'm pretty critical of pegwood. Just their standard stuff.

CousinsUK sell a German orangewood grade which is very good indeed.

I have the same watch Will but this one is genuine, it was owned by my uncle who was evacuated wounded at Dunkirk: