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PaulnKC

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All,

I recently acquired a beautiful 1954 Omega with a near-mint 266 movement.

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Which I have posted about in another question regarding broken screw extraction.

You can't tell from this photo - but one of the movement case mounting screws is broken in half.

I believe I should be able to extract the broken part of the screw - thanks to the help of members input on that other post.

BUT - now my question is, where to find replacement screw(s) [specifically the case movement mounting screws]?

My preference would be to find something that looks correct - but if that's not possible, then something that looks good and works.

I didn't think it would be that difficult - but I haven't been able to find anything thus far.

Any ideas or source would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

-Paul

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Welcome to the frustrating world of hunting parts

You could also try Ofrei to save the international postage as they have assorted sizes here http://www.ofrei.com/page1009.html

Jules Borel lists them by movement type so for this movement you need their stock number 5101/92

http://cgi.julesborel.com/cgi-bin/matcgi2?ref=Y]ZFVMU

They say the are $3.80 which sounds great until you try to buy one and then the stock code comes back as “not found”. They may be able to supply if you call them.

But... that page on Jules Borel does tell you that the Omega part number is 2704. If you go to Cousins, they do list the original Omega part on their page for cal 266, but nowhere does it tell you what screw 2704 is used for, and they are £10 each.

There is a seller on eBay selling them for €4 each - not sure what your postage from Belgium will be though (search “Omega screw 2704”)

You can find other suppliers in the “resources” page on this site. 

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34 minutes ago, StuartBaker104 said:

Welcome to the frustrating world of hunting parts

You could also try Ofrei to save the international postage as they have assorted sizes here http://www.ofrei.com/page1009.html

Jules Borel lists them by movement type so for this movement you need their stock number 5101/92

http://cgi.julesborel.com/cgi-bin/matcgi2?ref=Y]ZFVMU

They say the are $3.80 which sounds great until you try to buy one and then the stock code comes back as “not found”. They may be able to supply if you call them.

But... that page on Jules Borel does tell you that the Omega part number is 2704. If you go to Cousins, they do list the original Omega part on their page for cal 266, but nowhere does it tell you what screw 2704 is used for, and they are £10 each.

There is a seller on eBay selling them for €4 each - not sure what your postage from Belgium will be though (search “Omega screw 2704”)

You can find other suppliers in the “resources” page on this site. 

Thanks for the tips - that additional detail will make a big difference, I'm sure.

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56 minutes ago, StuartBaker104 said:

Welcome to the frustrating world of hunting parts

You could also try Ofrei to save the international postage as they have assorted sizes here http://www.ofrei.com/page1009.html

Jules Borel lists them by movement type so for this movement you need their stock number 5101/92

http://cgi.julesborel.com/cgi-bin/matcgi2?ref=Y]ZFVMU

They say the are $3.80 which sounds great until you try to buy one and then the stock code comes back as “not found”. They may be able to supply if you call them.

But... that page on Jules Borel does tell you that the Omega part number is 2704. If you go to Cousins, they do list the original Omega part on their page for cal 266, but nowhere does it tell you what screw 2704 is used for, and they are £10 each.

There is a seller on eBay selling them for €4 each - not sure what your postage from Belgium will be though (search “Omega screw 2704”)

You can find other suppliers in the “resources” page on this site. 

I went ahead and ordered from Cousins. Probably not the cheapest option, but I may want/need to order other items from them in the future, so now I have an account set up.

By weight, those two screws (I ordered a pair) - with shipping - have a price tag that would make NASA blush.

-Paul

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