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Hi, Hi, this is a watch hand press, I always want to have a more sturdy way to install watch hands, but I already own a nice set of Horotec watch hand installing tools, so I don't want to buy a watch hand press if I can just design one using the nice tools I have. So I design one, the dimensions are for Horotec watch hand tools, enjoy. Watchmaker Tools - Watch Hand Press Inserting Tool https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3977411

hello folks, new here but i hope you guys can answer a question for me. i picked up an expedition watch that indiglo didn't work on ... the watch runs, you can set it, but when you press the button in, you don't feel a spring of resistance, you just hear a mechanical click and the stem bottoms out. so i thought, ok, let's see what's keeping this from happening. sorry i don't have pictures of what i found, but can go back and take the thing apart again if need be. the indiglo switch is on the wind side of the mechanism, and it's easy to actuate with the watch apart. in fact, i can get the stem to do it, but only with the watch apart. there is a plastic spacer between the case and the mechanism, which means the crown doesn't directly touch the indiglo switch. now the interesting part is when i took it apart, i found what looks like the world's smallest e-clip just floating around the stem, stuck to some grease on the stem o-ring. is it possible that this e-clip is supposed to fit around the stem at the switch contact, and this is what's preventing the stem from working normally? what makes it harder is that though i have a magnifier, it's really hard for me to actually see what's going on (aging and all). and if what i'm thinking is true, the next challenge will be to somehow get that clip where it should be. any help you can provide would be great, thanks in advance!

Check out 'Mystery Movement 1' at https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/movements.php. The layout and bridge shapes look the same!

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For starters you will need a clock mainspring winder to remove the three springs. The chiming spring will be very powerful so you need to take care. The tool will not be cheap, I see second hand ones on ebay and they fetch over £100, there are youtube videos that show how to make your own, I don't know how good they are. I can talk you through in a complete repair, but you need to send good clear photos so I know what the movement is like.

Omega forum is the market place of Omega parts. Good luck.

Just as a reminder on modern balance wheels the hairspring is vibrated to the individual balance wheel. That's why when you look at spare parts list for modern watches the hairspring is not considered a separate component. In the days of American pocket watches the hairspring was separate but that's because they had timing screws to allow you to match the balance wheel to the hairspring. Then if moving the regulator and it has zero effect that is because the hairspring is still touching something it's not supposed to be touching.

I think you can get surprisingly strong joints with loctite when it is prepared correctly. Some of the formulas have a sheer strength greater than that of Araldite. A good example of that sheer strength (over a massively greater surface area) for me was when I managed to rotate my entire watchmaking bench when twisting a 1cm brass bar glued with Araldite to a seized case back. My loaded bench probably weighs around 100Kg. Another thing worth mentioning, when you come to re-fit this hand, I would use a flat-ended punch/pusher rather than one with a hole in it. That may seem obvious, but I sometimes use the same punch/pusher that I use for the minute hand as I do for the sweep seconds hand, where applicable.

Yikes - bagpuss. Now that's a blast from the past! Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Success! Oil diamond paste landed, had a session on the Dremel with felt pad, took a while but managed to get the scratches out, to leave a light blemish that can just be seen at the wrong angle. I was going to do a bit more to flatten the glass further but didn’t want to compromise the glass. Time to practice some more [emoji846] Thanks all! Carl Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Just finished a vintage build with correct working seconds at the six position. Hard to find a good reissue so I made my own with a aftermarket case and a dial made by me from scratch. logo is also my logo. Looks very professional maybe I could get some opinions from you guys. I have 25 more dials with different designs from single sub seconds to 2 and 3 eye chronographs. Its hard to find the cases I want. I guess I will settle with aftermarket cases for now and modify them.

Great that it worked out! Anilv

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Welcome Michael. Enjoy the forums there’s a lot of knowledge here so ask questions

Thank you for your introduction and welcome to this friendly forum.

Hi and welcome to the happy factory Michael

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