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  1. It finally came! I snatched this beauty off Ebay (for my sins) not long after I received my income tax refund. Generally I do not bother with getting a watch there if the seller does not post pics of the movement, but being a grade 339 I knew I already had a number of good spare parts if it needed any. Seller mentioned it "needed service". As a result, the price was not that dear. But I am a total sucker for a 3-finger bridge, so I took the risk and bid. And got it. Aside from a thorough cleaning I can't really tell what other "service" she may need as yet. I wound her and set her, had her on a shelf dial-up, then dial-down, then carried her around for a few hours today. She keeps excellent time! The sound she makes is flawless. She's in beat. So just cleaning and fresh oil, which I'd have done anyway. She's just a beauty inside and out.
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  2. Its the journey...never forget...enjoy!!
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  3. Me too...Nice find. 1919 BURLINGTON
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  4. It's a dust proof button
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  5. You need to replace the crown as its in pieces. They just screw on and off. I see you are a new member we like new members to introduce themselves before making a post.
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  6. Not much to add apart from I bet the movement is in a case the style of a Vienna. Bad repairs all round poor job of the suspension which clockboy has pointed you to the replacements. The hole which I have marked which is on the going side needs to be looked at. When I see a clock where the pinions look clean It always points me to the pivots and the holes and teeth. Not bad movements this one has a count wheel strike.
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  7. The key in the bore? Just remove the shank if possible and drill/fit a new piece of rod to suit the key slot on your collets. If you study the outside then you may see filing marks where the original key was made flush with the shank.
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  8. I will post the setup, I have to take the pickup apart to take pics.
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  9. This is what is required https://www.cousinsuk.com/product/suspension-spring-steel
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  10. That's kinda like printing your map directions rather than just using any of the myriad phone apps. Better would be to use a browser like chrome with an account feature that syncs bookmarks. You can have access to your bookmarks on any machine that can run a chrome browser.
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  11. The hole jewel should be of a size that allows the pivot to pass through freely, with perhaps 0.005 to 0.01mm of freedom. The balance pivot end should absolutely touch the cap jewel. If your hole jewel is too small then the pivot is resting on the outside of the hole; this can be the case and the balance still spin as in your vid. Then it will bind when tightened. American watches typically had a range of pivot sizes and corresponding jewel sizes. Take it all back apart and try the hole jewel on the pivot, see that it fits.
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  12. Working on a Tissot cal. 802 and discovered the broken jewel. Had a replacement on hand shown in the photo next to the old one. Also there was a gob of shellac on the arbor to clean up. Next photo after reassembly.
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  13. Ok, a lot of good thoughts. The end shake of the balance was ok. That's what baffled me. The cause of the problem is the very end of the cock pivot is broken off. I missed it during examination of the wheels and pivots. Too complacent! With a high power loupe you can see the pivot is broken. the end shake was good because the remaining part of the pivot would fit into the hole jewel far enough to limit the shake. It also was long enough to allow good amplitude and timing when the balance was running on the other pivot (dial down). When I inverted the movement, the pivot would bind because it is too short to reach the cap jewel. This problem is somewhat rare, but I thought I would pass it along as a lesson for others. We never stop learning in this business.
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