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Yes it all looks wrong, I checked out the movement on Ranft and the jewel on the watch is held down by a right dogs breakfast. The symmetry is wrong and as you said there is a screw head there, Definitely giving that one a miss.

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I see what you mean George, there is a resemblance after all. I think I may have mistaken reflections in the jewel as additional pieces of the retaining fingers. Well spotted. The movement is advertised as a Helvetia 830 and the jewel retainer on the Ranft pic is totally different but that is not unusual really, I may have a punt after all but I have eyes on some other stuff as well - we will see !

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It does look like the sort of screw that I would lose with monotonous regularity. 

 

I recently bought a variety box of 250 recycled watch screws some of which need viewing under the microscope to see them properly, actually pretty handy and reasonable quality. 

 

I reckon it is a replacement but the head is too big.  Trouble is you never know about these things till they are in your hands.  The watch is working but if for instance the original got lost, and someone retapped the hole for a more common screw size and that is what we are seeing I could never sell it on in case someone thought I had done it.  Anyway I will steer clear I think there are loads more Helvetia watches in the sea - or should that be fishes ?

 

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