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Help me identify this broken part - Elgin 313


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Circled in this picture.  It's the lever for switching between setting and winding the watch, but it appears to be broken and I'm not sure what it looks when complete, or what it's called/what to search for for a replacement.

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Searching for "lever-set" or "setting lever" only comes up with the more common slide-out mechanism.

There's a list of parts on the pocketwatch database page, but I'm not sure what I'm looking for:

https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/search/result/elgin/17434215

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