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Hi Floyd, welcome to WRT! I'm also pretty new so take everything I say with a grain of salt. You ought to be able to measure the case ID to determine the crystal size and then purchase one of either side of the diameter you think ought to work. As to other parts, there are a couple of resources that will help. One is a website in Germany that will help with information on the movement. The other is a book (that I don't yet have) that seems to have a lot of information. Many of the vendors have this database available online and there are pdf versions that you can get on CD. Looking here will give you a list of domestic (USA) resources for parts and tools if you haven't already found some.
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I think relying on the "stripes" on the screw head is the issue. If they're there, great but don't think that a normal screw head can't be left-handed and don't assume that the ratchet wheel can't have a left-handed screw either.
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My apologies for the necropost, but what book is that?
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By LittleWatchShop · Posted
I have some A-11 and A-17 watches that served in WWII and Korean conflict. A couple are still in the restoration phase...so many projects! -
By ChrisRobinson · Posted
Actually, they did. This from the service manual for the 23 movement: That was the advice given, in 1960 something. The "cleaning fluid" was Naptha, lighter fluid. These were watches you bought at convenience stores or the paper stand. They were worth less new than a watchmaker would charge to service them. So, it depends on what Timex you are talking about but the poster didn't say, hence my throw away comment. Pre-quartz timex were a disposable that no watchmaker would consider working on. Now of course, those same mechanical movements have a keen following. There's a bunch of really old Timex manuals, including this one available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-IKHN7WFKiwLVFQRjQyUUV0bmM?resourcekey=0-nzqewOfKSXbY8z5cFBWx7w&usp=sharing A really awful URL but it still works, rather slowly.
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Lawson
We had a very interesting discussion at work today about Dial Feet.
Here's the back story...
A 'Fashion' brand watch came in, with a tiny quartz movement attached to a HUGE dial: you know that ones I'm talking about. The client must have dropped the watch, as both the dial feet had broken off.
Upon inspecting the dial, it appears that the manufacturing process they have now adopted, in order to save a few pennies, it to arrange the batons on the dial, then affix them by using a thin clear lacquer coating! The client was informed that soldiering new Dial Feet may not be possible; but before the expense of purchasing a new dial, we would give it a try with their permission. As expected, it ended with the lacquer liquefying for a few seconds, due to the heat, and batons swimming out of place ... hence the discussion.
Surely in the 21st century, we have epoxy resins that can be used to attach Dial Feet and avoid this issue of damaging dials from soldering. I've even heard that car panels are now glued in place; instead of spot welding .... so surely there is someone we can use. Some parties in the conversion disagreed; whilst others (including myself) agreed that there must be something, but none of us knew of anything off hand.
So the floor is open my fellow watch nutteroonies ... I would greatly value your thoughts, advise, and information on any epoxy type product that might do the job.
As the good Book says:
Proverbs 11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
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