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usually on the newer watches the banking pins are fixed and this looks like it has fixed banking pins. But they did at one time make tools for bending the banking pins which you don't want to do unless you understand why you're doing this. Why didn't you take everything out except the pallet fork and escape wheel so you can really see these well and manually rotate the escape wheel to look at how it meshes with the pallet fork. You can check the end shake at the same time you might have to adjust the end shake of one or the other. That is once you've identified the problem adjusting things without identifying the problem usually generates a new problem that'll have to be dealt with in addition to the original problem whatever that may be. in any case putting in the parts where you perceive the problem is without anything else makes it easier to see them. They put the balance wheel in and see how everything compares with that. new old stock is an interesting term? Are these assembled running watches or these just watches assembled out of parts? In the factory were these the problem movements or the movements destined to go out? then a course was this just a bad design in the first place which is why they didn't sell at all?

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Thanks for the welcome and good luck with the Roamer

I,ll get your neck checked out, absolute priority. Regards

The Witschi representatives in Hong Kong are really nice people, today I visited their booth at the Hong Kong Watch & Clock fair and they gladly showed my the first ever analyzer using optical data acquisition (as well acoustic), the Wisioscope S. The balance wheel movement is captured by a lens ans sendors, that works even the movement is in a plastic case. After processing it's displayed together with the audio in an "overlapped" format using different colors for the two channels. In an another display mode (I suppose there are even more) the display shows frame-by-frame images from the high-speed camera for visual analysis, I suppose to diagnose issue like pallets depth, lift angle. The machine is hence able to accurately display the latter for any watch mov.t. The apparatus is meant for manufacturer's R&D centers, and cost in excess of 10,000 CHF. The other new product is their PC-based timegrapher, called CronoMaster. Sorry, no pictures for this one, physically it consist of a nice multi-position mic with USB interface for a Windows PC or tablet. I haven't played much it but it looked nice enough. Full specs and screenshots on their websites. Cost is about 2,000 CHF.

Could I use something like these?

You can always the the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors. That group seems to be pocket watch central in the US. They have a business directory that is located here - https://net.nawcc.org/nawcc/businesssearch/ They also have forums etc.

Husband does not want to learn computer, has me do the looking. Saw one on eBay, too, he says does not need other items and doesn't want to pay $100 for the wires he is looking for. Thanks for responding.