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I too took up this hobby about 2 years ago. I purchased cheap movements from ebay etc but found most were broken and struggled to find the faults then didn't know how to fix them!!. After many old movements and still no working one I tried a different tack! I purchased some low cost NOS movements in pairs or triples. This allowed me to mess about with one but still have a good copy when things went wrong. Try www.globalwatchstraps.com who have an ebay shop [email protected]. They are based in Netherlands but service is good and quick delivery.

Excellent pics and it's nice to see a quality watch treated with the respect it deserves, I look forward to seeing the finished job. I'm afraid Rolex are a bit above my pay grade so it's nice to see one in safe hands.

Excellent photos Legarm. Having found the issue with the guard, it looks like all you need to do is give it a good service and a polish and it will be a cracking watch. Have you any idea what would have caused the guard problem, has the watch been dropped or mechanically abused by someone with little knowledge?

Pics as promised.................. You can see on the above photo the hairspring guard is fouling the hairspring. The photo below shows the hairspring removed and the coils returning (thankfully), to their original state.