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Good sleuthing George - It has a small pivot. Case closed. I shall dimple.

Thanks for the pat on the back, I think I earned it but I would not have been able to cross the line without the help from our members. The dial is enamel in very nice condition and the watch is a nice size, not too small and not too big, but just right ;)

well, here's an update. i finally got the bezel from old blighty tonight. it's installed and looking right. it's quite a beauty.

o.k., maybe i'm overstating. this seiko 6106 DX was bought on fleabay a while back. it arrived and sat uncerimoniously in it's very nasty, battered gold case. but, i knew it had a face worth revealing. the dial is a cross between maroon and root beer. lovely. so, i purchased a case from fleabay, but when it arrived i realized it was missing it's bezel - an oversite on my part. a forum member on another site is supplying an NOS bezel for this watch. it will be here in a few weeks. it is a stainless bezel with a black insert. i'll post pictures when it arrives. i love this one because it's a hacking movement. and also because it is so clean. i don't know the service record, but this watch is from sept.,1970 and it keeps very good time .anyway, here's my DX. apologies for the soft focus.

Just picked this up on Craigslist for $25.00...and added to my work bench, fits right in! Sent from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk

Doesn't work. I have the same thing but my carpet still eats parts like crazy.

It should only need the tabs and screws to secure the movement.

The watch that I pulled the pinion off of yesterday pre-dates 1900 and has the the same dimple ground out of the side. The trench watch that I worked on a while ago was from 1913 and has the type of bent pin system that I'm talking about, hence my concern about you damaging your watch. http://www.watchrepairtalk.com/topic/1520-trench-watch-help/?hl=%2Btrench+%2Bwatch Having said all of the above, if as you say you cannot turn the pin using a pin vice it suggests otherwise. Is it possible to have a look at the lower end of the centre wheel to see if it has a small pivot, or a through going pivot with the pin that I describe, just to make sure?

Hello bobm12; Option 1) was to do nothing, wear & enjoy it until it falls apart........whenever that may be? You could be right in that "letting it done", may be equal £££ / $$$ to the investment it requires to do it yourself. However, by "letting it done" you face the same problem in 8-10 years time again, and again and again. It's the famous "providing them with fish or teach them how to fish". As for the equipment, maybe just like you, I have to take my time. Also, with time, maybe alternative, cheaper methods can be found? I like to think; "If you haven't got time, you have to have lots of money. If you haven't got the money, you have to have lots of time". I'm now in the last category........ so I have to take my time.......

Colin, it is not a canon pinion as you used to. The pinion has has a precision taper and don't compress it as you would a modern canon pinion. When fitted this pinion is not meant to slip at all. To tighten the setting operation of the hands, you have to remove the whole shaft that goes through the centre wheel. You will have to put a slight bend in the middle of of this so that it increases the friction fit inside the tube of the centre wheel. To re-fit the geared pinion with the internal taper, you have to support the other end of the shaft that you have just bent slightly, and tap the pinion onto it with a ounce and very lightweight hammer. It is the same as fitting a morse taper. Once you have that reassembled, fit the minute and hour wheel then the dial and hands. The hands will press on fairly easily. There is a possibility someone has been working on the watch before that didn't know how the system works. The first time I came across it and saw a bent shaft I thought there was a problem and straightened it. Guess what, the hands were so slack the movement wouldn't drive them and they turned like propellers when I tried to set the time!

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I've just checked, and pulled one from a movement I had lying around. The hand has a square hole in the middle. Pull it off the square, them pull off the hour hand. That leaves what looks like a canon pinion with a square. Remove the dial, and the hour wheel will slide over the pinion and square. You will now be able to pull off the pinion with the square. It is fitted on a taper, and requires a good pull or a bit of leverage. Here's a photo to help.

Be careful what you wish for Will :D

You can, if you wish, donate watches that are too small for you, to the Watchitis Research Fund. Just drop an email to [email protected] for the address... :D

Thanks for the warm welcome as it really seem like there's a cooler vibe in this Forum compared to others. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Update on the mainspring repair done, de Carle's method. Cheers. [emoji3]

Todays choice is a 1968 Timex, this surprisingly is very accurate.