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By nickelsilver · Posted
Hmm, the arm is half of the awesomeness of the tool. Definitely reduces to about 0% any risk when working on balance screws. -
No excuses here was my first rep and i really desired that particular model could you recommend a movement i can aim for in the future? Or a website that has those japanese/swiss movements -
By KarlvonKoln · Posted
Bumping this post because I am going to add a picture in a while. While I'd never seen a "moustache lever" before, I just KNEW I'd worked on some form of movement a few years back that had a counterpoised pallet fork before. So this post was in the back of my mind. Boy does my memory suck sometimes; the watch with the counterpoised pallet fork is my own old Elgin. It just has a basic, round counterweight projecting out over the forks. Not cut like a crescent as in the Hampden. But I do recall it took a bit of finagling to get it back in place after cleaning. I was poking about online and saw a lot of different varieties of counterpoised pallet forks, some even with decorative crossed hammers or crossed spears. (That's a tough thing to get a good photograph of; I didn't want to pull it out if I didn't have to though, since it's tricky going in as well as out. If you know what to look for, you'll see the little dark disc-like projection.) -
The next issue which I have, which was possibly predictable is excess end-shake on the balance which I believe is causing the balance spokes rub slightly. I was hoping the lower chaton would seat itself with the same distance from the jewel hole, but evidently not. This may be since the chaton is cone-shaped, so it’s not sitting any closer than prior to being polished. -
Pretty much the synthetic version of D5. I think it uses the same formulation as 9010, but is much thicker.
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Bill3 6
I am working on an Eterna wristwatch and accidentally unscrewed the bolt that holds the setting lever in place. I have been struggling for about three weeks now to reinstall the setting lever. I would REALLY appreciate any and all help. The problem can be divided into two parts.
1. How to orient the setting lever into the proper position.
2. How to hold the setting lever in that position while I turn the movement to the point that I can get to the screw with a screwdriver.
I have tried using Rodico, but that failed miserably and left me with hours of work removing shreds of Rodico.
I have attached two pictures, one without the setting lever and the other with the setting lever in place (perhaps not oriented properly).
The screwdriver points to the place where the setting lever goes.
As stated above all help will be deeply appreciated.
Bill3
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