Another one from Wales!

[Linz]

Hi all,

thank you for the warm welcome. Engineer by trade, I thought I had some achievements tucked under my belt until trying something new & going to pick up a sliding pinion without tweezers...

That was a few weeks ago, so bought a book, read it, bought another book, bought some tweezers..

When I was knee high to a grasshopper, my grandad gave me his Tissot T12 auto and it is still my pride and joy 40+ years on. I think this was the seed. So when all this lockdown happened I started to learn the theory and tried some practice. So far I've fixed an ETA 2481 with a dislodged click spring and dodgy calendar wheel, sorted out a quartz ETA 955.412 movement (thank you Mark!), stripped down and 'cleaned' an AS 1002 984 (still needs some escapement work, balance wheel stops at vertical) whilst all the while trying to source parts for the infamous 1337 quartz seamaster, my other grandad's watch. This last one is enough to test the patience of many saints...

Sorry for the essay! Oh, and by the way. How does one get a flush broken stem out of an expensive crown?

Thanks again, Linz

[Nucejoe]

Hi Linz, Welcome to the forum.

[AndyHull]

20 hours ago, Linz said:

Oh, and by the way. How does one get a flush broken stem out of an expensive crown?

Welcome to the Forum. Alum may solve your crown problems. See the post I linked above.

Edited June 7, 2020 by AndyHull