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  1. Since I have a restless brain I today decided it was time to practice on an ETA2824-2 Movement. I pulled the practice 2824-2 movements box out and blindly picked a specimen. But soon I realized the pictures probably are so many it would be hard to upload. So I made it to a two part PDF series instead. Part 1 2824-2 Disassemble.pdf Part 2 2824-2 Assemble.pdf
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  2. How it works: The Grand Seiko spring drive -> https://timelessluxwatches.com/reviews/spring-drive-works/ No angry pixies trapped in batteries anywhere to be seen
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  3. Thank you for your introduction and welcome to this friendly forum.
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  4. Only eight! Then I must have misplaced a bunch of movements somewhere. Like all scientists I suffer from a restless brain, this is nowadays confirmed by genetics. One of the manifestations or symptoms is the urge to quite the voices in the head by manically investigate a claim someone maid (ETA). In this case I probably had to see what really differs between the different ETA 2824-2 movement variants. The conclusion was .. after some tweaking with the simpler model the biggest difference was mostly cosmetic. It’s one of my absolute favourite movements. Simple, robust and with good enough precision.
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  5. hp 1300 in the manual. I use 9504
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  6. seiko fan i take it. i just need a 6138 panda and a 62mas to complete it
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  7. Well the toothed pins did not work so had to resort to superglue. Left it to cure for about 6 hours and it worked no problem. So now I have to take a peek inside and see what horrors there are and remove the nut and superglue from the case back. Thanks everyone for your help.
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  8. All computers have a clock. And since it's usually a CMOS (complimentary metal oxide semiconductor) with no real attempts to make it all that accurate, it usually isn't. The windows operating systems prior to W-10 have the ability to set the time and date as well as choose your time server. However, the frequency of syncing with the time server of your choice, is not a user defined value. Windows sets it by default at 1,036,800 seconds or, 1 week. Your CMOS clock is free to be totally inaccurate in between sync events. The only way to change this is to edit the registry on your computer. Not everyone cares to muddle around in the registry because bad things can happen if you muck it up. However, if you go to www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/ you will find a very small applet that is free to download. It's only 891kb so it's quite painless. It adds the ability of a user, with administrator privileges, to easily set the sync time to a more useful pattern. It will also allow you to connect via the internet to the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Time) in the US and allow your computer to become in essence, a repeater for the Atomic Clock which has an accuracy of -1 second every 400 years. The file you will need is AtomicClockSync V3.5 and it adds absolutely nothing to your computer in the way of programs. It is merely an applet that edits your registry for you. I've tried it out and it is both virus free and correctly written. Further, you can save the applet on your computer. I placed mine in a folder aptly named, Atomic Clock, and set my sync value at 1 hour, or in my case, 3600 seconds. Now, anytime my computer is on and I'm connected to the internet, I'm automatically synchronizing with the NIST every hour and I know the correct time when I'm setting a watch or measuring accuracy. Should I feel the need, I can access my folder and relaunch the applet to change the sync frequency any time I choose. Cheers, Don
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  9. Here it is [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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  10. Hi all an update, after completely stripping the movement it was completely covered in battery gunk so put the parts in the cleaner and new battery and all is well
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  11. Glue a big nut to the back using superglue - let it cure - screw the back of using a wrench - done! I have opened many "stuck" cases this way - works like a charm! When the back is off - just let it sit in acetone for a while or boil it to get rid of the superglue (remember to remove the gasket)
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  12. When i googled I found an informative video about them on youtube:
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