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

I've posted new versions of Kendrick & Davis's "Staking Tools and How To Use Them" (1910) and "Book of Tools" (ca. 1908). These new versions are full text searchable. They are improved from the previous searchable versions via use of professional OCR tools and manual verification of the OCR on every page. (The previous searchable versions created with Acrobat were just too full of junk to be useful...and there was no way to edit the OCR text!?!) The previous high resolution version of Staking Tools and How To Use Them is also still available for those primarily interested in the illustrations. Enjoy!

Two for £15 has to be good. They both look like they will clean up nicely!

The GR spec for these springs is as follows. 2784: H1.45 S 0.13 L420 Dia. 11 2824: H1.25 S 0.125 L420 Dia. 12 The big difference is the height which might cause fitting issues with the barrel arbour & also there is a reduction in the real force given. A GR 4011 or GR 4013-1 would be far better matches or the one Cousins suggests GR3149X. Personally I only go away from the correct spec spring if I have no other option. For a cost of £7 odd I don,t think it,s really worth the risk.

Seiko crystal is 300T20ANS0 which is domed with a steel tension ring. Doubt you will find original but Cousins have Sternkreus XAC301.598 as replacement (Cosuins Ref S15486). I have used these crystals before in Seiko watches and they seem to fit fine. The hand hole diams are 1.5mm (H), 0.9mm (M) and 0.2m. Again doubt you will find Seiko replacements but close matches are available, you will also need lengths. Maybe easier for the watchrepairer to source these locally.

I was repairing an Asian ETA28xx today and I've decided to investigate and took a couple of video shots to show why and how the keyless problem occurred. It's also to visual compare and understand the difference between the two methods, winding position and setting position. The winding position video, http://youtu.be/YbiZ4qtgDWw The setting position video, http://youtu.be/bIaS4tiG7q8 In the experiment, in winding position, I press the indented portion a little more but not too much. In the setting position, I did the same. In fact, after the video recording, I press all the way in but it did not cause any problem. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

And just one more...

Thanks all I've found the problem, it seems there is significant space that the clutch wheel falls out of place as soon as the stem ispulled out. `pulling it out with tweezers whilst inserting works wonders! Thanks all again

These dials are really cool Alessandro, I'm sure a lot of folk will like them, I certainly do! :) I kept thinking they reminded me of something..........decorated Dremel cut off disks. (Just my weird sense of humour)

new dial next week (I hope..) do you like ?

Crown made and dial markings put on. Glad to be getting close to the finish line!!