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Hello All; I managed to get the little booklet originally supplied with a Boley's staking set. It shows where the punches belong, their numbers & sizes and a cross-section of the tool. Minor detail; it's in German, but that's to keep the excitement going I scanned and converted it to a PDF file. Perhaps it has been uploaded before but better one time too much than nothing at all Boley set.pdf

and now a new one to the collection an all stainless steel case with original bracelet. had crack in crystal and crown had snapped off the stem. I replacement crown with a longer tube did the trick and I swapped the crystal from a non-runner. Need a little more cosmetic touch up but for now it is an awesome addition.

It's a roller table remover.

The crown did indeed have a spring assembly, it was just stuck and I didn’t push hard enough to break it loose at first. I finely did get a stem cut correctly and it now works great. Here’s a photo of the finished watch. Thanks for the help everyone.

I gave up buying finger cots when I discovered that I could pick up a box of 100 powder free vinyl gloves for £2.50 to £3 at car boot sales. Cut the fingers off the gloves and you've got 500 assorted cots @ <0.7p each. It almost doesn't matter what size glove you get since the main variation in size seems to be across the palm, although if you get the correct size for your hands you have the option to use as whole gloves too.

There are (were) special pliers for punching the hook. Frank

As per the dimensions I posted the holes are 3mm, the depth of the concave surface on mine is approximately 1.3mm. Gary has posted his measurements and the depth of his concave surface measures to be 1mm Tom

Well here's the situation, I'm as stubborn as an old mule so if I put something in my mind it's going to be done somehow. I also was planning to give this watch to my mum but I got her another one so I told my fiance that I have a nice vintage watch for her and you know women she has been nagging me about it for a while so I had no other choice.

My collection of electronic watches has grown this past year. Here is what I have that has been given new life so far! Most are ESA 9154 movements that were used in makers such as Elgin, Waltham, Caravelle, Benrus just to name a few.

Hello everybody, I was servicing a Seiko 6309 and I thought to my self will the spread of this hobby in the past five years eventually lead to the extinction of those retro Seikos, Orients, Citizens etc... that newbies like to tinker with and most likely destroy a couple before getting used to watch parts? I certainly have destroyed a couple myself. I know there're millions of these watches but I can't help thinking will a day come where we find our selves calling those watches rare and collectables? it's kinda sad actually.

Very nice Andy they all look great on display, rather jealous mate. I need to stop faffing around with a ridiculous amount of balance staffs and a mangled hairspring and get back to mine. I couldnt resist and gave it an hour then another hour with some tweezer shaping and tool making. All i can say is the hairspring is round but not perfectly consent, consentricit, concentrickery, not perfectly equal coils and centered but its getting there. Little bugger was almost turned in on itself, getting it back to flat is not easy. With nearly each twist i take out it creates a new horizontal bend, i think ive been around it a hundred times now. Ignore the shadows it looks worse than it actually is. Todays 404s . Got the price wrong it was actually 39.11. Strangely enough all the balance staffs seem good.the Ingersol in the middle is my favourite.

Whoa! I didn't think *anyone* new how to do that anymore. One of my early jobs was working for Sheldon Machine Corp, an old manufacturer of engine lathes. I worked close to a pair of old Polish guys, who hand scraped every lathe bed and croslide saddle that went through the factory. They were amazing.

Sounds familiar. Here is that much maligned Sekonda Ракета (on the right) with its many injuries addressed and all cased up and ready to wear. The one on the left is my current daily driver. .. and here, it joins a few others in one of the USSR display cases. I think I'll need to purchase another watch display case for the USSR branch of the 404 club. There are some others in another display case. That one is mix of mechanical and a few interesting USSR era jewelled quartz watches from the likes of Bostok and Luch.

Welcome! We are approximately the same vintage. In the early 70s, I was doing clock repair for my Dad's business. He was my inspiration to return to watchmaking many! Years later. This is a great forum with some brilliant horologists. Stick around and share your journey!

Welcome to the forum, H! Happy to have you here. This is a great place to get answers to your questions. Great group of people here.

Haha the same horses that stampede through the middle of it. No at 55 I'm past all that now, patience of a Saint, nerves of steel and hands as steady as a rock. A cup of char and a piece of cake will have it sorted. #The hairspring hero of horology #. I'm only giving it ten mins though as I'm still busy going through the balance staffs. Its one of 11 art deco tank watches that arrived this afternoon that all qualify here 36 quid for the lot. I always have to have the back off them as soon as they arrive, this is what no. 8 greeted me with. I felt so sorry for it i had to set to and at least relieve it of a little pain. I'll post them up later when ive had a play.

Thats where the " HOT SPOT " comes into action, actually when the fault faces & engages with the adjacent component of the train including the yoke/springs. for all we know the rough spot can be on tip of a yoke spring. Good luck

Well on the plus side, it does appear to be all there, and not cracked. It still looks pretty "interesting" though. A "five minute job" if ever there was one... so we may see you in a week or two. No swearing now.. you'll frighten the horses.

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Thanks Andy. I will have a good read of all that later. Did you use the shellac straight from the jar and let dry out ? No heat ? Would you say that this may have a slight kink in the hairspring or a slight hairspring in the kink.

You will need to take the movement out and take a few photos before we can give any info.

I remember seeing someone with the same problem on youtube but I can't remember who they were or how they solved it. I think it was Mike from My Retro Watches.

Haha bless you Ammar, she will be over the moon with it when its finally finished. Finally.

Welcome H! Thanks for the background information. It's always good to hear a bit about the person behind the username. Head over to the tools section and look up the posts on home-made timing machines if you want to apply your programming skills.

Welcome to the WRT forum.

Haha. If thats true then I'm having Bergeon tattooed on my forehead this weekend.

This latest one has pretty much everything wrong with it. I'll post a few pics once I have it running. It turns out what I assumed was paint, is actually evidence of some kind of liquid damage. It is probably saveable, but it has turned out to have a few more problems than I had expected. Currently I have the pallet fork sitting waiting for the new shellac to dry. I hope to get it all back together tomorrow.

But the word bergeon is what makes it a REAL tool! I have plans to model and 3d print a tool for setting diashock springs. I"m going to model the word bergeon into it so it works better. Oh fantastic! I'll pass it along!

Haha. No mate i dont think so. Doigt is finger, finger on the staff . Yours has an impulse jewel. Maybe getting confused here , so lets go through it again. There are 2 fingers, a guard finger on the lever and a staff finger instead of a roller and impulse jewel. You want a roller = plateau. . This is what avec doigt looks like.

It would help to have a model number I'm sure it's on the plate somewhere

Pull the crown out one stop. Does the head of the screw with the blue line move at all? If so, that's the one you need to loosen (only 1 or 2 turns). You might have to push it down as well.

get two screw drivers (flat blade ) I use two car mechanic ones, place them either side of the arbor and twist them, dont try to pry them upwards youll only bend the arbor.

This is a cylinder escapement watch, not recommended as a first watch project. It also appears to be missing the minute wheel and hour wheel, which on a movement like this will be next to impossible to find, certainly not something you can order, so you would need to make them, which is really not for beginners, haha.

"Каталог часов, 1972 - А.И. Токмаков.pdf" from -> here <- ( page 10 onwards ) shows the newer HA variant of the movement(s). Page 23 even shows a tuning fork movement similar to the Bulova. The first actual picture of this dial style is in the 1985 Catalogue (around page 97). I'm pretty sure there are a large number of styles that were available but not shown in the earlier catalogues however, so I'm still not sure if this proves anything. https://www.dropbox.com/s/k7x3sqhjzv8wau1/Каталог часов Ракета%2C 1985 - Vremeks.pdf?dl=0

Those little buggers were definitely brewed up in the devils kitchen. I get its not a good idea to leave them as is without cleaning. Right now I leave them alone given my limitations at this point in this hobby. I think I successfully put one back in after a ton of practice. Matt

+1 Exactly

You use braking grease on the barrel walls if mainspring has a bridle! - http://forums.watchuseek.com/f6/two-mainspring-questions-one-about-inserting-mainspring-barrel-one-about-lubrication-703959.html

I replaced the chrono wheel for another one and... the same. Movement stucks but in the other seconds hand position. I have no idea. When chrono is off and clutch is on everythings is ok. It's strange - usually it is going other way - stops when chrono off. I inspected all wheels, cleaned them one more time by rodico and got them bath in aceton. No result