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Hello everyone, I found myself in a really embarrassing situation. A member of our distant family had an accident many years ago and has since lost his sight. Until now, he used a watch with braille. Well, they broke, and as the first reason, since it's a quartz watch, I evaluated that it was the battery, it was replaced, but it still didn't work. So I said to myself that I will take them apart, clean them as much as I can and I will see. And here the problem arose. I lost a small screw during assembly. I mean a really small one and I have no idea how to buy such a screw or if it can be bought at all. The movement in question is eta 955.112 and it is divided into two-hand and three-hand movement. I have the two-hand movement, the one without the second hand, and the lost screw goes in place of the second hand. Its purpose is to hold the hands in place as people with visual impairments have to feel them. Could someone please advise me on what kind of log goes into it and where I could buy it? It is a very unpleasant situation for me because the guy has been through a lot and I would not like to return an even more broken watch to him. I was still thinking about having them repaired by a watchmaker, but when I inquired, it would be quite expensive, I would rather solve it with the screw if possible. Thank you in advance for your advice

Hi, After about 30 minutes of trying to install the seconds hand on an ETA 2834-2, I took a closer look and realized that both the seconds hand and the pinion are "male" type. All the hand sets available on ebay / amazon have the seconds hand with a solid post; can't seem to find a tube type one. I"m new to this hobby. Am I doing something wrong ? Is my ebay sourced eta movement a copy? Thank you for your help! WatchManApprentice.