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Where to buy bezel type (rub in) jewels


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I've got a Unicorn 1920s watch that I'm treating as a long term project as it has numerous issues and after cleaning the movement yesterday I discovered I had 3 cracked jewels that will need to be replaced and they are the bezel (rub in) type.

It is one train jewel and the two balance end stones, its even possible the cover stones are chipped too as I haven't removed them yet to check they are ok.

I've got the tools for opening up the bezel and still chasing a set of closing tools, but if needs be I could always make something to close the bezels.

Looking at Cousins they only seem to sell the modern friction fit jewels, is there anywhere that sells the bezel fit jewels or is it a matter of trawling Ebay for New Old Stock?

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I buy most of my supplies from Cousins UK, they only sell friction fit jewels, and yes they are expensive.

Guess I will trawl ebay for NOS rub in jewels, no rush on this project

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