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You know when Rodico is no longer effective when it starts leaving smears on watch plates. Every time you use it you should massage it like putty and mix it up. Then if it is not effective then keep it on a big blob on your bench - its still useful when its dirty for going round a dirty case or holding a part in place while you go over it with a scratch brush, you get the idea. And Rodico that is not clean enough for movements but too clean for really dirty work - its great for using as an oiler/tweezer cleaner. I used to use pithwood for this but I prefer now to use slightly older Rodico. Before I put the oiler in to draw oil, I will first push the oiler in some rodico - every time as a habit. Also useful for pressing the tips of your tweezers in to remove stickiness. On a slightly different note - I tried the premium Rodico once, didn't see any added benefit. The regular Rodico is perfect.

A very gentle tap with a round nose stake should do the trick.

Just a quick video to show my method of re-aligning the hairspring on the balance staff correctly after prior removal, just in case you have not marked or noted where the stud is before removal. Hope it's helpful to someone :) Watch here...

So instead of squeaking it now goes tick tock.........a far better sound!

I didn't like it! Well, actually I really did like it ... but just wanted to be different and special ^_^

Thank you very much! These three clips (so far) are the single most comprehensive videos I've seen on internet free content. Stuff like that I think you usually have to pay for. This is why I am so gratefull for them and so proud, as a watch enthusiast, to be a member of this forum! Bogdan

Geo got it right, a light tap on the mandrel with the handle removed from the jeweling tool, using one of the above punches or similar will do it.

On a proper staking set you will find several hole reducing punches. The five blued punches with round polished ends are the ones I use to re-size hands. Smaller seconds hands as found on sub-seconds dials with tiny tubes I do with my set of pin vises. There are also other ways to accomplish this task, but I find these punches work well for me. I will post a photo shortly.

LOL!

You should call your watch James!

I'm with Geo on this one. It's quite possible that some of the screws are decorative and that others hold down the bezel. Worth a gentle try, perhaps.

I think that's a ring holding down the movement. It may be pulled out to disengage and free the movement but you might need to remove the screws mentined before, the 2 on the very edge (maybe at 11 and 5?). The "indentation" on the ring (12 oclock ?) is to pull it out or so it seems. Once the ring is removed, the opening will be wide enough for the movement + dial to come out. Again, I'm speculating here, proceed with caution.