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I don't think the regulator is a problem and I'm sure it is original to that movement, the brass colour is the same as the wheels. Pin the H/S about half an inch in and test, when pinned you can see how close it is to rubbing the regulator and you should be able to bend it away. This is going to be one of those trial and error repairs, only then will you be able to tell if it is the correct H/S

Hi Just to say hi and my name is Simon. Like many of you I suspect have completed all Marks courses.....and what a pleasant way of spending time. Initially the idea was a mixture of real interest and lockdown but I seem to be getting the bug(especially the kit!)-hopefully not to the detriment of my health as the hands are still pretty steady and the eyes are only mild prescription! Probably it will be the wine that stops me in the end! I have a few nice watches one of which, a Rolex perpetual bubbleback 1955 has stopped working. I am about to go to the technical forum to ask a few questions about that. In the meantime I look forward to chewing the cud with you all Cheers Simon

Looks much better

it would be a black seconds hand. any model 24, 25 would be the same.

You need them, is something one cannot do without. As well as a good 200EUR or more of tools.

This is the full sequence: 1st. Quarter: 4,3,2,1. 2nd Quarter: 2,4,3,1. 2,3,4,2. 3rd Quarter: 4,2,3,1. 1;3,4,2. 4,3,2,1. 4th Quarter: 2,4,3,1. 2,3,4,2. 4,2,3,1. 1,3,4,2. More info: The Westminster chimes are the same notes first used on the clock in the University Church tower of St. Mary,Cambridge,England,and in 1859, selected for the St. Stephen,s Clock tower in the Houses of Parliament London..

I tape a one mm thick chipboard on flat glass . I think its called chipboard , not sure, the type of cardbiard shoe boxes are made out of. less chance of the jewel go flying.

Like you, I hold the cap jewel with my finger, spray a bit of lighter fluid on the paper and scrape the jewel over the wet part of the paper, you can press on the cap jewel as hard as you like. this is a lot less risky compared to the pegwood tool. ya taping down paper is good idea I'll try it.

I just received, after ordering it two months ago, one of these microphones with rotating stand, https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002762635294.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.48914c4d5WFIQb It is powered by a 9V battery and has a 1/8" TRRS plug as output. Power draw from the battery is about 11.5 mA, so maybe 40 hours from a typical 9V. The plug is designed for a phone, with four conductors, and the last two, RS, are used as ground and microphone. The tip and first ring would be line out from the phone. This means if you plug in a two or three conductor audio cable it will short the microphone to ground. There is a included a TRRS to TRS cable, but of course, no instructions at all to tell you this. It is 3d printed and glued together. It was not hard to separate the lid with a razor blade along the glue joint. Inside there is a small board glued in place. I see a 100 µF cap, and 8 pin chip, some kind of trimmer, and a few chip resistors and capacitors. It's hard to get a good look. There's a disk piezo in there, but it's encased in expanding foam. It's assembled such that the side of the holder the watch is on is on the bottom part of the holder as one rotates it 180° from DU to DD. This means it passes by the vertical post of the stand and there isn't much clearance. The band hits. After opening it, one gains access to the screw attaching the holder to the stand. I flipped the holder around so now the watch will be on the upper arc of the holder as it rotates and not need to pass by the post. Photo of insides: Example beat. From a Seiko 7S26C. I've turned off the high pass filter to try to show the entire range. To compare, here's the same watch with a USB earbud microphone pod. I had to put in a narrow notch filter at 22.44 kHz to remove a background sound from my monitor that the piezo microphone completely fails to capture. There is a lot more background noise under 1 kHz. But also more of the beat above 20 kHz that is now captured.

Hey friends. I'm posting this not really to show case, but to say thank you to everyone of you who gave me tips and help to finally achieve this. As I mentioned in my very first post, introducing myself, this summer I purchased 3 of watches in a jumble sale. This is one of those 3 watches, fully serviced and restored with the skills I learnt from Mark's courses and this forum. It is named Kowal Ancre, I think it was a Spanish company that bought the name from a old Swiss company, it mounts an As2066 movement. Noting more to add but some pictures. Again, thanks a lot. @Mark @jdm @Plato @Marc @HectorLooi