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I saw this technique on you tube a while ago and decided to give it a try today. Old lume is certainly something you do not want to be breathing in, so the safest way is to remove it under water. All you require is an ultrasonic cleaner, a piece of pith wood and a couple of matchsticks. Trim the matchsticks to fit the hole in the hand and delicately press them into the centre of the hands. I find the best way is to lay the hands on the pith wood face up and then press the matchsticks into the hands. Once you have done that, press the matchsticks into the pith wood as in the pictures below. Now take the pith wood complete with hands and float in the top of the water in the ultrasonic tank. The lume on the hands will be facing downwards as in the following pictures. Give the hands a blast for three minutes in the tank, and all the lume will be safely removed leaving spotlessly clean hands ready for the new lume. See below. :)

Working on a nice vintage Tudor prince at the moment - good old fashioned timing screws lol. Ken Bruce in the background and a hot cuppa tea. I love this job!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dear Jim, Thank you for the reference. Whether it is saved and ready to share. Here I share a link that might be useful. http://hiro.alliancehorlogere.com/en/Under_the_Loupe/An_overview_of_Modern_Lubricants_Used_in_Watchmaking#Keeping_Up_To_Date Also a valuable letter on moebius lubricants. Thanks for the contribution. Yours Faithfully, Guido moebius_general_recom (2).pdf

Found a lost cap jewel with 'gaffa' tape (duct tape) which is very very sticky! Once area has been 'wiped' inspect tape with loupe. Found mine but didn't recognise it at first as had similar colour bits on the tape, only after a 'last chance' relook at the tape did I see it, how happy was I !!!!

based on the case model , this is how it should look , quite nice actually (pic stolen from the site in the watermark) not the inne bezel (showing markers) layer on the dial

Welcome Profundus. New here as well You'll enjoy yourself, I'm sure :)