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So, dial arrived and I fitted and cased the movement to discover that the minute hand was a bit long and needed trimming. This case is a little on the small side for this dial. It's a generic dial so has no maker logo and looks a bit strange when the hands are low down. I have a couple of options for that. This is the only display back I have and it's quite interesting. It's a big watch, here next to my Chronostop. I'm going to do something with the dial but it was an interesting exercise and a bit different to what I normally do. I think now that this would have been a good way to start. A nice big simple movement where you end up with your own watch and are not risking anything much or trying to make some movement with a problem work. Will post the final dial when I work out what to do with it. Cheers, Chris

This set-up should work...... 7X-45X Trinocular LED Boom Stand Stereo Zoom Microscope with 1.3MP Camera

OK, its not like my problem. If you try Geo's ingenious solution with iron filings, you should use soft iron. Steel filings could become themselves magnetic by work hardening. But I suppose in that case the filings would fall off the hairspring when both were demagnetized!

I'd send a copy of these photos to the company and see what they say. They are not cheap tools, and should be tested to forces greater than you could apply with one hand without breaking. Looking at the slightly fuzzy picture of the break in the last photo, the grain structure looks a bit odd. It looks like it has been case hardened. Is there any evidence of a pre-fracture stress crack in the grain structure? This is usually evident by an area that is slightly darker in colour.