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Ok guys, just finished cleaning stripping etc (the watch not me) anyway after spending far too long trying to reform the balance spring it only runs for a couple of seconds dial side down. its a cylinder escapement and as of yet I haven't had the pleasure of setting one of these in beat as you would with a lebt type escapement, so I'm unsure of how to do so, will here's some pictures of the movement, if anyone can shed some light that would be great as I can then start looking for a new balance. In the first photo attached to the mainspring barrel there is what is like a cross shape screwed to it, it spins round quite easily but I have no idea what it does as it doesn't seem to marry up to anything else. well as you can see it has a cross shape with 646 next to it, and an ornate L with a bird on it, these are the only marks on the movement, I've again looked in all the usual places but again my places aren't coming up zither the goods yet again. Cheers guys