Er....i Seem To Have Just Repaired A Watch Using My Guitar...

[Profundus]

Well...not so much a repair as made a spare part...and not so much a spare part as a part to replace one I lost due to my hamfisted buffoonery during a restoration!

During reassemby, the tiny ratchet click spring living under the barrel ratchet click flew off & is now probably orbiting one of Saturn's moons. I'll certainly never see it again and it was so small, I didn't even bother to look for it.

So what to do? It struck me that the spring was made of click wire not unlike that of my guitar strings so I snipped a bit of excess off above the tuning peg (for those interested it was the top E string, Adagio light-gauge, I tried the B string first but it was too thick).

Anyway, I was able to fashion it into shape & it works. I doubt if George Daniels would have approved but the watch is an antique Swiss made pocket watch so buying spares was not an option.

So, when you change your guitar strings keep them, you never know when they'll come in useful!

[Marc]

Nice solution to your missing click spring, I will bear that in mind next time I change my strings.

Now that you have sorted out a replacement you will of course find the original, and it will probably be in plain view as well.

[Geo]

That's a nice movement and a good bit of improvisation Dave, Will our resident guitarist will be proud of you. :)

[Geo]

I meant to ask, can you play a five stringed guitar? :)

[Profundus]

Probably better than I play a 6 string! :)

[WillFly]

The E string would be .010 gauge? Or perhaps .011?

[bobm12]

Nice, musical solution profundus, congratulations on the fix and creativity! Regretfully I play classical so my strings are useless (silk/nylon)!

[Andyclient]

Excellent tip wish i had thought of this when i needed a click spring for a twin barreled Sekonda , i tried to fabricate one but nothing was suitable , ended up buying a donor movement , i will know what to use next time cheers