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Hi CB & Will.I fully assembled the movement less the broken parts to work out exactly what was required. So I now know where everything goes including all the screws. I have it in bits again, and today will clean all the parts to allow assembly as soon as the new bits arrive. Watch this space!

Mikrolisk would be the place to look but you'd be there for hours trawling the 000's of entries.

Finally fixed! [emoji16] Old Tcon Partly disassembled Replacement Tcon No pic of a working TV cos you all know what that looks like and it'd be boring daytime TV [emoji12]

Agree with Oldhippy I am not the best at making balance staffs and so I normally modify one of my many stock/unfinished staffs on my lathe. You can get unfinished staffs from Cousins & on the bay also there are staffs (in packs of 100) on the bay & you could get lucky & get a match. You could modify one using a jacot tool but it would be a long process. The main point is this is a learning piece and adjusting the hairspring is a skill in itself. So my advise is just tinker & learn from this piece before spending to much money

Or, in my case, instead of raising the table top I lowered the chair. I sit on a footstool with a pillow on top, which puts the work right at shoulder height. Not the most comfortable position in the world, sitting with legs stretched out in front of me, but I just pretend I'm in a formula 1 car. David S - who's occasionally furious but not very fast.

Hello, Edmund, and welcome. I've been participating in this forum for several weeks now. I can't always tell who's a hobbyist (like me) and who's a professional, but everyone has been helpful, kind, or (when the situation called for it) commiserating. You can buy a replacement roller jewel at Cousins. You'll need to measure the gap in the pallet fork to get the right size. Look up my previous recent posting, in which I learned how to do that. I'm now working up the courage, and looking for the time, to do the impulse jewel implantation. I am told it is challenging.