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A few weeks back I spotted a unique display case from Timex history on Ebay. Yes, it was the 1959 display case where a watch is dropped on and anvil to show how good the watches are shock proof. Now what made this even better is that I already had the catalog page showing this case. So of course I had to buy it. Main issue was that the mechanism that raised and lowered the watch was missing perhaps the most important part. Which was the part that would trip the lever. With a little bit of consultation with a my watchmaker friend a plan was drawn up on how to make the missing part. So with a bit of spring wire solder to a hex nut and some chain, the display is back in working order. Now the next one on the grail list is a display that dips a watch in water to show they are water proof. MOV08666Trim.mp4

The balance screws are for the balance poising do not adjust unless you have the correct tools. To poise you need to strip the balance remove the hairspring and use one of these. See vid

I know what you mean, sometimes these things are pretty hard to find. It's probably a bit difficult to do this as each movement has it's own type and it's parts and you won't really find one movement to show all types of parts. Here's a couple of images that should help.