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Sorry for the delay with the progress report, but this has been one of these three steps forward and two steps backward jobs. It transpired that there were more issues than I first thought. To reiterate the obvious problems:- Centre Second Fourth Wheel - The gear wheel was off the shaft. Escape Wheel - The wheel was off the shaft. Auto Reversing Wheel - In bits. Oscillating Weight Bearing - In bits. Intermediate Ratchet Wheel - Separated. Intermediate Date Wheel - Separated. Lume on minute hand damaged Lume on dial stained with oil. The watch as received. I eventually worked out how so many components were in bits that come assembled from Omega. The watchmaker before me had tried to clean surface rust off virtually everything except the balance assembly, by soaking in rust remover which is phosphoric acid. This resulted in not only rust, but steel being eaten away allowing the wheels to fall off the shafts and pivots having a rough finish and being reduced in size. I had two attempts at assembling the watch, but unfortunately kept finding other damage. The eventual parts list required was:- Escape Wheel Centre Seconds Fourth Wheel Auto Reverser Wheel Bearing For Oscilating Weight Intermediate Ratchet Wheel Intermediate Wheel Escapement Lever Barrel Arbour Intermediate Date Wheel Ratchet Driving Wheel Third Wheel Cannon Pinion With Driving Wheel Mainspring Total Cost £320 (not helped by postage on multiple orders) THE ASSEMBLY. Starting point, the bare main plate. Keyless work assembled. Barrel bridge with wheels and click spring in place. Click plate fitted. Barrel, ratchet wheel, intermediate wheel, and barrel bridge assembly fitted. Escape wheel, third wheel and fourth centre second wheel positioned. Wheel train bridge fitted. Pallet fork and pallet bridge fitted. Date mechanism and cannon pinion with driving wheel in place. Date jumper located. Date ring retaining plates fitted. Wheel train and revering wheel located in the automatic device framework. Automatic device lower bridge fitted. Auxiliary reverser fitted. Oscillating weight bearing fitted. (I had to make a tool to tighten the nut) Oscillating weight fitted to automatic device framework, held by the three screws in the centre. Completed automatic device ready for fitting to movement. Balance assembly and oscillating weight assembly fitted to movement. Dial and re- lumed hands fitted. The new lume certainly works! Movement cased and running strongly. The scrap. The result! That's All Folks!

Hi Ali! You've spotted just what makes this forum great and sets it apart from some others - the welcome that complete newbies get. The guys and gals here have some fabulous watches but don't look down their noses at a Timex with a pin-lever movement. The breadth and depth of knowledge and experience here is vast and, whatever your problem or query, someone will offer help and advice. The thing that we all like is photos! Easy to upload straight from your computer. Have fun! John

I am trying to find as may different kinds of springs system as i can .Please list some if you find any new or old system .

Russian balance spring .It's a incabloc copy i have seen in Cornavin and Strela movements . Other types of springs used in Russian watches are the parashock system used by Citizen This type can be used in Luch,Poljot,Vympel and Slava

It's a corner computer desk for me, with a small movable raised work table on top. This is an old photo, it's a good bit tidier just now.

I have been following your work on the Seiko s and the "7A38 - by the numbers" forum for a while..good Info to be gained....Thanks for that.

Here's a link to more Anti-Shock information:- https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Kategorie:Picture_gallery_archive_shock_absorber

Not quite, but thanks anyway!It's good to have you back Bob, the place is that bit quieter without you. :)

This may help out with Accutron 2185 problems Bulova-Accutron-2185- Pages 58 to 71 Supplement for Hour and Date Settings Manual.pdf Cheers, Vic