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My experience with ETA 24xx stem removal is that after several times needing to remove hands and dial to reset the keyless works, I read somewhere that the cause was due to the stem release lever being pressed in too far and that the pusher should have a stop to prevent that. Since then I have always used a pusher turned out of a piece of 2 mm brass with a tip turned down to 1.4 mm diameter to rest on the ledge A in the photo ( ETA 2892 in this case) and an extension of 0.5mm to push the release lever B. The length of the 0.5mm extension is best set by trial and error on a movement with no dial ! It should just be long enough to release the stem. I suppose that there already exists a tool to do this but I have not been able to find a source.

latest dial into the watches , i wait your comments please thanks alessandro

Not strictly a walk through but just a few notes & pics on my latest rebuild, this being a Smiths Streamline, C60 calibre with date from 1966. As received non running minus the knackered strap & badly scratched crystal: Note the the damage to the lugs, probably caused by a poorly fitting metal strap some time in its life. Just something we will have to live with. Out of the case: Under the dial: & turn it over: The mucky mainspring: Cleaning, oiling & re-assembly was fairly straightforward although the pivots proved a bit of a pain to line up and the cap jewels were not the easiest, but all went well in the end. The dial was in particularly good nick, after the Rodico + spit & cotton bud treatment. With a new strap and crystal this is what we get: Keeping time within +/- 5 seconds a day, a low 206 degrees amplitude (original mainspring) & amazingly no beat error. Probably the best movement to come out of Smiths Anglo Celtic Factory at Ystradgynlais (the quality stuff being built at Cheltenham), quite sophisticated in design & general build quality, unfortunately let down by a lack of jewels, but in their defence they were trying to produce an Everyman watch at a reasonable price.