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I just grabbed this nice Antique French marble portico clock garniture. It strikes on a bell and its of 8days duration. What do you think.

Check the washer under the dial. If there is none or it is not stiff enough, the hour wheel might not engage properly with the intermediary minute wheel (that is turned by the canon pinion) and so it would be left behind. Also make sure the hour hand doesn't slip on the hour wheel. Or maybe it stumbles upon an hour indicator on the dial.

Hi All , The postman delivered this Accutron 2180 today . In good condition and running smooth . The dial fades from dark blue to light blue . I installed a new Bulova strap I had and will install a new crystal soon . The date on the back says N3 , which translates to 1973 . Also on Craigslist here on Oahu , Hawaii I picked up this Tissot Visodate Heritage for an offer under $200 . I had been looking at them on the "Bay" , and at the local Auth. Dealer . I'm Stoked...

For those who have the tool but no manual here is the most important page of the booklet. T

Ok so name your price :D

Just arrived in the post today. Girard perregaux Gyromatic High Frequency (none runner) 17 jewel 36000 bph and I'm finally getting round to my Italian chronostop Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

Hi Geo, Nice Buy. You do not see many of these Japanese jobs around. I only know 3 guys with them you are number 4. I have the manual if you require a copy let me know. Mine is 40 years old in good condition used nearly every day and the steel jaws are still perfect. I have manufactured different lug plates mainly to accommodate TAG cases. It got beat the other day for the fist time :( a Breitling 13 sided 26mm Quartz on so tight it managed to force the jaws back enough to slip the flats. Enjoy. Terry

Hi Nige, Nice work on the Dial and Movement, you have a lovely watch and great piece of history there. If you want the lug and fixed bar repaired professionally I'd recommend Adam Phillips http://www.watchcaseworks.co.uk I've just has this back from him: Before After

I'm with Bogdan on this one. If the hands are going out of sync with each other, it is either a gear issue or one or both hands are too slack on their corresponding arbours. If it was the canon pinion, the would still be in the correct position regarding one another but the watch could lose a lot of time through slippage.

I didn't think of that, Geo! You've saved me a blunt end mill. Thanks for the advice

Me in a Bolero Tux no less... Mid 60's... Just like it was yesterday.....

Just a heads up guys. I to bought one from cousins, but now I find there selling the same lamp on Amazon UK for £84. Last week it was reduced to £75 Amazon.co.uk Daylight Company Natural Light X-Large LED Lamp https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00XTUCIW6/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_jUtUvb3QWB53V Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

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Hi Vich, the other thing the hole is useful for is inserting the blade of a jewellers saw through when you shear of the wire you are trying to thread :-) The most successful technique I've found is to hold the wire in a collet in the watchmakers lathe (put a good chamfer on the end), hold the die plate at 90 degrees to the wire using a tailstock tube to support it. Lubricate the wire with a light oil or cutting fluid turn the headstock by hand whilst putting pressure on the tailstock and die plate, only turn the headstock spindle a quarter turn, back off a half turn, repeat Once you have cut about two whole turns, back the die plate off the wire altogether, clean out the die thread back on and carry on cutting. I started out with brass wire (trying to make a banking pin for a cheap pocket watch) and snapped the wire off in the die more times than I care to admit, with these cheap die plates it trial and error and practice, practise, practise. The main problems I found with the finished result were the thread form was poor and as the die plate has a chamfered lead-in on both sides and so forming a thread up to a shoulder is not possible. I expected the plate to have a chamfer on one side and be flat on the other side, but all the ones I have (you end up buying another whole set when you snap the tap off trying to clean out the die) are chamfered both sides :-) good luck Sean

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