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And behold the TOP CLOP DE LUXE flies again. But I still don't know what the 21 stands for but at least it now has a 17 jewel movement.. Tha folks is everything I can contribute with for Easter Fun...

Yes, it really works great. I've tried various soaps, borax, Brownell's proprietary concoction- this is definitely the best I've seen. It's kind of messy, and you need wood charcoal and a good espresso grinder, but worth it. I harden something probably once a day on average. I guess the alimentary charcoal powder you can get in health food stores would be ok for occasional use.

One I restored for a lume-rot. I will be reluming it at some point to mount in this restored model as my eyes can't easily make out the hands on the gold dial.

So far as I recall, you press the silver button to the right of the stem in the picture. I can't be certain which position you need to be in, but I think it was the wind position. The hairspring... 5 minutes and you will have that sorted It does look unfankleable but you will have your work cut out. The real question is why is it mangled in the first place. Has something jammed up and "bounced" the spring out of the side of the balance, or is this simply the result of fat thumb trouble on the part of the previous owner?

Not even that much expensive, the two more costly tools I have are a 5700 bench case opener and a pressure tester (both Chinese knock-off), they are like $200 each, guess what I rarely use them now. That doesn't buy a good camera body, or a medium-high smartphone, or 5 dinners for 2.

Oop's

Oh and you might want to reconsider your title..... we could end up with fetish weirdos finding your post through dodgy search engines

I tried a lot of of different tweezers as I pinged parts much too often. This was before I fully realized the importance of holding the parts as gently as you can without dropping them. After trying steel, titanium and brass I came across bronze tweezers from Boley and I have never looked back. Bronze is so soft and nice with a great feel. Just perfect for me for most anything apart from hairspring adjustment where it's Dumont #5. Stian

Don’t beat yourself up about it I’m always hear to tell you what to do.......... ha ha ha ha ha