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Is there anyone here that reads Clocks Magazine. http://www.clocksmagazine.com/ A week or so I ordered the latest copy from their website and although not a very large magazine its an interesting read. I am contemplating subscribing to it as I do not know of anything else like it and its price is quiet reasonable compared to what other magazines cost today. Just wondering if anyone else here reads it.

My own opinion is that dial is fine.

Today I practiced using a dremel to buff the top of my watch and nail filer (carefully) to give the sides a brushed matte effect.

Maybe something is blocking it after it went to 7h for a last time.

I would first check the movement without the hour wheel to eliminate the cannon pinion C that looks possibly damaged jamming on the hour wheel somehow. If it stops again I would remove the minute wheel A and see if the movement runs without stopping. Last thing to check would be is the cannon pinion too tight. Oh and maybe you need to lubricate the minute wheel A were it touches the spring

anilv, Good idea, it is beginning to sound like a train gear problem. Check the going barrel teeth as well. I wonder if the teeth are free and undamaged in the train area. Your test would be a good one !. I did have an old JLC pocket watch in for repair with teeth damage where someone had tried to make it GO pushing the train round with a screwdriver !! Needless to say I begged to be excused. One does wonder how that tooth got bent? Good wishes Chopin.

DId you check for free moment of the train with balance wheel and pallet fork out? They should wind down smoothly and once stopped they should not much much further if helped along with an oiler or pointed tool. You also need to check why the hour wheel got bent in the first place. Check the interaction with the minute-wheel and the intermediate winding wheel.. if this is sticky then the watch will stop. Anil

Well Chopin, you have me beat, having checked it all it is a mystery. You may be able to clean that bent tooth up a little with care and some 1500 paper to make sure the teeth mesh smoothly. There are well experienced people here so perhaps they can help.

Difficult for me to be specific but I do not like the bent tooth on the hour hand gear wheel. Tooth damage can be a real problem. Make Sure it is quite Free to mesh. Damaged dial train teeth etc: ? Is the minute wheel in good condition ? Would not be something as simple as a dial washer required to keep the hour hand wheel from rising up too much out of mesh with the minute wheel pinion would it ? Check the canon pinion. I am not a watchmaker, just a jobber but I hope this is of help. Best regards, Mike.

Thank you, yes, tell me about it. I don`t like HS work either I am usually successful but not in this case. Good wishes, Mike.

Finally i found a crystal, and here ar the result. Thanks for your help.

Sorry to keep popping up! I saw the video linked above. It’s pretty good with the exception that no sandpaper is typically used. Buffing is instead of sanding and then polishing is the finishing step. I learnt quite a bit from this video from the Lititz Technicum: Cheers! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I also like how this one turned out: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There are many ways to skin the cat.... but You can get excellent results using a felt wheel, high quality like Bergeron using a heavy cutting compound. Buffing should remove MINIMAL amount of material but the combo of 1. Felt + 2. Heat + 3. The compound will actually move material from taller sites into deeper (nicks) ones. This is where a case can lose its form and symmetry. Buffing alone won’t get you there... this has to be followed by polishing. For a nice polish a non braided cotton wheel with white followed by yellow compound really bring up the shine. I have a couple examples: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk