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Hi everyone. I'm proud to share with you my new tabletop workbench and desktop organizer. I have it made by a friend who is a carpenter by using design of Ofrei's product.

Wonder if someone has done this movement before? And if there is any walk trough help somewhere? Am a little scared of doing wrong . This is kind of rare movement i think ? This are some pictures of the keyless work and that side of the movement . Lot of springs and lefthanded screws . The big black screw is lefthand tread .Two screw marked with arrows are left handed !

I genuinely appreciate all your comments. My conclusion is that stripping down this watch and diagnosing its faults was a great lesson, even though the repair will have to be delayed indefinitely. At least now I know that if this watch has any chance of running ever again without major disbursement it must be through a donor movement. Following this experience I have disassembled/reassembled successfully a working 17 jewel Tavannes. P.S.: The photos that I added to my previous post seem to have disappeared. (I wonder why?)

Yes as above never worked on this movement so interested in its construction.

Like Bob, I'm looking forward to seeing this one Roger! :)

Being watchmaking not my main osurce of income, but a hobby, I can wait a couple of weeks more to get the part I need... but patience is not eternal...

Very interesting movement. I'm following this thread with lots of interest! Cheers, Bob

Sorry again for the delay with the pictures, not enough hours in the day and all that. Forgive me if I am stating the obvious at times. So this is what you get with the movement dropped out of the case. The movement holder is far right with the notch for the stem. Of all the ones I have done so far I have only come across one that had screws securing the movement to the holder. I found that when everything was in place and the back screwed down it did not move around at all anyway so I did not worry too much about that. Now the case is dismantled. Fairly obvious where everything goes. Resting on the caseback is the little spring washer that fits onto the movement holder and butts against the caseback when it is screwed down. If I am reading your question correctly it seems that you are having difficulty fitting the crystal into the case and then getting the retaining ring on. Maybe I was just lucky but mine was not so bad actually. With everything cleaned and a little silicone grease around the gasket I pushed the crystal in as far as I could with my fingers, I did not use a press as it only seems to sit in the gasket and relies on the retaining ring to hold it in place. As for the retaining ring, again I did not use the press as it was a bit of a three handed sort of job and with it being such a small watch there is not a lot of room. I positioned the ring over the crystal and while holding the glass in position with one finger I was able to squeeze the ring so far onto the case and start it off. The next step might be a bit unorthodox but it was the only way I could hold the glass in place and apply pressure at the same time to the ring. Using a really solid object with a nice edge, maybe a bench vice jaw or something that you can get your weight over. With the watch held face down and holding the glass and everything in position I placed the edge of the ring as close as I could without catching the glass onto the solid support and put all of my weight on it, turned it around a bit and did the same working my way slowly around the circumference of the ring and eased it on a bit at a time. Maybe once it has started and everything seems to be held in place you could use a press but mine went on all the way like this and so have the others that I have had apart. Try pressing the ring on and off a few times without the glass to get a feel for it. The movement back in place and the movement holder fitted. It is a good fit and a bit of a wriggle to get into place sometimes. Leave the rotor off until you get it in. Hope some of this helps. It is hard to put things like this into words and make the meaning clear. If I can answer any questions I would be only too glad to help. Good luck.

And here it is: The basket now fits perfectly: This is the original basket holder: As you can see from the picture below, it is probably a newer model compared to what DJT2 sent me: But I do prefer it like that: it looks more the part with the age of the cleaning machine... Again, thanks DJT2 ;) And now, only the lids for the jars are missing...

Dear Saleen, New old stock watches may have problems with old oil. What happens when oil gets old is that it takes greater energy to keep things moving.. so you may have a watch with full wind but somewhere at the half-way point between fully wound and unwound it stops, possibly because the 'resisitance' in the train is more than the residual power in the mainspring. One way to check this is once the watch stops (without hand-winding mind) , release the mainspring keeping track of how many turns of the crown, or ratchet wheel screw until it is fully unwound (you need to remove the winding rotor and bridge first),. typically you should have less than half a turn. If you have only half a turn then then the fault is in the automatic winding. If you have more than one full turn of the ratchet wheel you have a problem in the train. one thing to consider is that the watch may have been faulty in the first place...someone bought it but found it didn't work well and brought it in for a replacement...dealer was lazy sending it off and then it was too late! Anil

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If you could find a nail that is a close push fit in the tube, you might be able to pull it out with pliers or grips. The nail will prevent the tube from collapsing. This is assuming the tube hasn't been broken off flush with the case.

No, Paul Bunyan's watch, he needed it repaired because Babe the Blue Ox stepped on it.

I don't think so George, but I may be wrong. The Poljot 3133 is virtually the same, but not identical, although the part you require may be the same. The problem is Poljot 3133 parts are very hard to come by.