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  1. If you are in an uncarpeted room (most working on watches would want to be!) you will find that adding a small carpet away from the bench helps with dust surprisingly well. At one place I worked there was an about 2.5 meter long removable carpet in the hall outside the clean workshop; the boss decided it must go, "it's a dust magnet!!"... well, it was- immediately our benches were dustier. Put it back and it was 10x better. I experienced the same in a workshop I had for a while which had a tight weave industrial carpet; at first I hated it (and couldn't change it), then I realized after several months that nothing, anywhere had dust on it.
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  2. To answer my own question. I found some black spring bars for over $10.00 a pair. So instead I used shrink wrap and it works perfectly.
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  3. Hello, everybody. I wanted to share my restoration stories that I have done for a long time and thrown into my archive. First I discussed the Atomic Mars 71 Brand using Valjoux 7734. As it was seen, scratch and dial is broken. To begin with, I tried to brush the Case as Brushed and make it the first day. If it is decorated, I polished and re-painted the indexes (with acrylic paint). I usually do this in three layers so that the paint is not deleted in a short time. I replaced the case buttons and tubes with aftermarket buttons. Since the condition of the dial was in very poor condition, I had it re-painted. The quality is not so good. In Turkey, unfortunately, not doing the job well. Caliber 7734 (Valjoux) is a special and robust mechanism for me. With good maintenance and lubrication, you can reduce deflection values up to 3-4 seconds per day. I added a short timelapse video about it :) As a result, such a result came before us. Thank you Taskin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKH6yTKUfpM
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  4. My pleasure, it's a really nice watch and the service cost a mere fraction of its value.
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  5. This is too clean and new for me but at least the second hand stuck in the mainspring.
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  6. Nice... I was going to suggest these... but you say no snowflake.. so maybe... .. but the yellow lumed ones above looks good. I'm quite taken with these, but I think they wont match your dial.
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  7. Don't ever listen to them! Put your hammer out of sight for time being, however when you have parts broken or/and lost and the movement is a complete mess take it out again and smash the bugger. It's advised to use swear words too, if nothing else it will give you some satisfaction!
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  8. Do I need therapy? I would say you sure need some form of help
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  9. The last time I needed to reattached a pallet stone, there was enough shellac left on the fork around the stone, that I just held the fork with my tweezers and put a flame about two inches above the end under the tweezers and it melted the shellac perfectly without needing any more equipment.
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  10. I am new here and keep seeing 404 club.. what is it? Thanks
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  11. Hi Jthing You might find this tech sheet handy in the future. Cheers 8391_Ronda 1223.pdf
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  12. Very cool, is there an equivalent Seiko caliber to this? At first I thought it was a 66B
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  13. Hi Yankeedog A nice clean and simple movement. lovely to look at
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  14. Hi At My age and dexterity levels I dont do as much as you Guys so I spend the in between times rooting round the web and piling up on my PC lots useful data If you are looking for a sheet let me know and I will search from this end, I am not always sucessful but will always try.
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  15. It's probably a quick fix for someone versed on chronographs but I doubt anyone will touch it without doing a full service. A competent full service will be between 3-600 dollars (give or give a hundred or two depending on locale).
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  16. That would be a sensible idea as although a very rugged movement the one found in the amphibia has a habit of being very inaccurate.
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  17. in my experence with pocket watches. there is - glass flat ( and domed) AND plastic ( acrilic ? ) vin
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  18. > Ps: you could always learn to fix it yourself? Yeah, I could, but I think re-setting the pallet stones might be a bit advanced for me at this point in time.
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  19. There is no secret place for parts, all you can do is search the Internet, Ebay, just like any other member here. A possibility could be to contact an official service center to know if the part is available from the manufacturers, and its price. Personally I would fit a generic crown so the watch can be worn while searching for the original.
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  20. Thank you, Anilv. You and Nucejoe have been a great help. I will post the completed work after I get the new mainspring from Cousins and get it back together. I genuinely appreciate the help and added learning you provided. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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  21. The simple answer is no. Best to try and find a replacement.
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  22. I will do when I get to it. It’ll mean taking it off and dismantling it first and I’m working during the day at my new job. I’m now an apprentice saddler! At 54! Working in a proper old school type workshop
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  23. That is only when you buy from a private person . If it's a company you have to pay from first SEK . That would be great if it was like that. Pay only from €45 . Seldom i order from AliX and other china companies. . But i think AliX and Wish have a special agreement. You pay a little more when you buy. And you won't have to pay VAT when it arrives to Sweden. China parts from Ebay we have to pay VAT for . And all other outside the EU.
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  24. If you're hobbyist living within the EU, J Borel is essentially and unfortunately not an option as the EU (not the US) punishes anyone and everyone who wants to extend their business beyond the EU. For example, now that the British are leaving the EU (good for them) it will affect Swedish companies negatively as the EU will punish these companies when they do business with Great Britain and prohibit bilateral agreements. In Swedish media, the Brits are portrayed as the villains hurting Swedish business. What a joke! Oh, well, sorry for the rant! I can, first hand, report that it is very expensive to buy from J Borel as long as you're unfortunate to live within the EU, so in most cases I personally do not consider it an option unless it is my only option and perhaps not even then. I live in Sweden (within the EU abomination) and I bought an oscillating weight bearing from them in December 2019. The part itself was $17.53 and shipping (USPS First-Class Mail) $16.55. Add to that, import charges, local VAT, and administrative fees and we're getting close to $50. Just insane if ask me, so that's not something I'll be doing soon again. Anyway, what happens is that once you've placed your order and have registered your PayPal/charge card they will get back to you with an email with an offer for the shipping cost. If you want to go ahead you simply reply to the email stating that you accept the offer. At that point they charge your Paypal/charge card and send you the part(s). Pretty smooth actually, but of course very expensive. And no, you cannot decide the method of shipping yourself.
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  25. Use that page a lot . Almost every day . Not always right but 90% of the time it helps finding parts . I looked for a arbor for a Omega 601 pallet fork. Jules said a Zodiac 72 arbor would work . but it's not the same . Had one i tried .
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  26. Sorry for the late reply. I had this sheet.
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