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Discussed at lenght below. It's a shame that one now has to research even before buying so called quality tools.

Its a really cool watch. No shitter here

Hi Khang Here are two documents you might find interesting regarding terminology and repair. TZIllustratedGlossary.pdf Witschi Training Course.pdf

Good Afternoon,I hope you are all keeping safe and well during this tough time.I wonder if anyone can help me with a small problem I have.I have just purchased a new Bergeon Cannon Pinion Remover and it will not remove any cannon pinion's from wristwatch movements as when the lever is fully depressed the collet will not close enough to grip the pinion it just is too big for watch pinion's.It works on large pocket watch movements but not on wristwatch movements of various sizes as I have tried 5 different movements with all the same results.I enclose photos of the new tool as received from H Walsh I await any replies before I send this back for a full refund. Regards,Seth.

I love this forum! A canon pinion remover was going to be one of my future purchases. Always research tools - got it.

I was surprised to see it pinned together, but I’ve never worked on one of these American clocks. I like the anchor which is possibly made out of an old beer can (joke!).

Hi everyone, I needed a dictionary to learn about part names and everything in general, so when I was searching I found this website: https://www.fhs.swiss/berner/?l=en The dictionary app is available for both Android and iOS or you can use the website. I hope it will be useful, especially for beginners like myself. Also, I'd like to ask is it possible to create our own library, under a main title, or a document sharing title with freeware apps, free sources? I know this can be a sensitive topic, cause without intention, some may add copyrighted material but I'm sure it will help a lot in many ways. Cheers.

The marks were the cause. I rubbed them down and now it spins freely and has a healthy bit of end shake. Perhaps, years ago, someone tried to compensate for worn pivots by making those marks to the balance cock. When I got it, the pivots were so worn that it wasn't enough anymore...

Which perfectly describes the standard IT support process, as you, I and everybody else in IT knows. Yes sir, I refrained from whining about that just because I could live without emoticons. Thanks!

On D, it’s the open mainsprings which are the first clue, plus the shoddy plates!

I think I have a spare cal 1002 which I could send you parts for, but I’m guessing you are not in the UK.

Well I did a test today, dial down on the Timegrapher, fully wound then I clicked the barrel tooth by tooth. The amplitude built up and then the rate shot through the roof. I think this is rebanking and why my watch gained so much time on my brisk walk. I will open the barrel and clean and lube the mainspring again, this time with the proper stuff (8217). VID_20200926_124234485.mp4

Variants of AS1002 often have different bridge layout, but regul arm interchanges beteewn them, I am sure a used one can be found. This odd shape of the end stone plate wouldn't change regul arms adaptability.

Thank you Mark! Your efforts and dedication to this forum do not go unnoticed. If you were a few thousand miles closer, I’d buy you a beer.

Danke sehr!

Same problem happens in other fields. The expertise and time required to do a repair or modification can often be way higher than the price of the item itself. Happens all the time in the computer field. Computer repair is generally a joke as true repair would be much too expensive. I just recently repaired a computer motherboard where the time and parts involved were way more expensive than the board itself but it was really satisfying to see it work. I have had a watch repaired where the cost of the repair was higher than the value of the watch. The repairer was very hesitant to give it a try but we went ahead with it with the understanding it was a best-effort kind of thing. Even if a repair appears simple, there is always the risk of the repairer causing damage and turning into something complicated. I'm learning watch repair but I wouldn't touch someone else's watch unless I knew things were totally fine should it turn to scrap. While a beginner may be able to help for cheap, it is risky for a beginner to help you too.

Have a look at some places where they change batteries. Some are good and able to do that as well.

Thank you Mark.

Thanks for putting in the work.

It’s a different model of balance wheel.

Another USSR Poljot/Sekonda joins the 404 club today. This time its a 2614.2H which is the date only version of the 2628.H from yesterday. These are relatively easy to work on, so long as you take your time with the keyless works and the day/date complications. They lack the date quickset of some of the other USSR movements, but this makes them a lot simpler and more robust. I'm slowly working my way through the Sokonda pile so there may be a couple more before too long.

So, I got the escapement and going train in. Also the refurbished barrel. Train bridge, pallet bridge in; barrel bridge not in. train wheels were nasty. Whatever this oil was, don’t use it. It’s like glue and soaking in lighter fluid just makes it angry.

Always bad when the company that made the watch can't even fix it. Casually it look like your dial is the solar panel norm with a dial it have feet that could get bent. But maybe somebody was just sloppy putting the solar panel/dialback on C is have to make sure it's aligned correctly. Secondhand placement on a quartz watches obtain. Ideally depends on the watch show at the look in the manual lot at times you want to support the backside because we put a lot of pressure it's bad. Then getting a hand where it's supposed to be can be quite a challenge. If you pull the stem out it's hacked but just because it's hacked doesn't necessarily mean it will be stopped where the hand is supposed to be. So you can try putting the hand where it's supposed to be when the stem is out if it's always in a different position you may be a link guess where you should put it to get it to be where it's supposed to be when the hand is moving. Not sure if that makes any sense but putting hands on quartz watches are a pain which is why they aren't always aligned. Then for some quartz watches if you follow hand all the way around its never aligned 100% of the time. Depends on how much slop there was in manufacturing of the gears.