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Jpgilmar

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Hi,

This may be a really simple answer for someone but I can't find what I need.

My wife's watch just lost a pin and I need to replace it. I can find20211224_084015.thumb.jpg.1d684fb309d0a550b64f0c5b556c804b.jpg knurled pins a plenty but not any with the knurls in the middle. Any ideas where I can source this? Diameter is 0.9mm and the length is 9.5mm.

Thanks. 

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1 hour ago, Jpgilmar said:

I can find knurled pins a plenty but not any with the knurls in the middle.

Even a pin with ended knurls should hold fine. Other alternatives are split pins, or a straight into which you make sort of knurling with chisel and hammer.

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On 12/24/2021 at 10:26 AM, LittleWatchShop said:

post a picture of the watch. was this pin on the bracelet?

Hi. Thanks all for the responses. I've added some pics of the watch and bracelet but let me know if other angles are needed. It's the pin which attaches the bracelet to the watch.

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On 12/24/2021 at 8:19 AM, watchweasol said:

A blank pin of the same lenght can be knurrled using the edge of a file and rolling it on a wood block. So in essecence you could fabricate a pin fron some rod of the requied size.

Yes. I have done this with two files, rolling the pin between the files while pressing very hard.  Does a decent job.

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