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Just getting into the world of watch service/repair.  Been watching YouTube videos for a year or so.  Picked up a non-working grade 291 Elgin from 1919.  Have it completely disassembled and cleaned.  Stud was broken off the hairspring so I ordered a complete balance replacement.  Managed to lose the screw for the click spring but was able to find a replacement for that and a new mainspring.  Waiting on some lubricants and a digital microscope to arrive this week so I can reassemble and see if it will be usable.  Already have a friend in mind to gift it to.  

Recently stumbled upon Elgin society dials.  I'm a Freemason and very interested in those to create antique Masonic pocket watches since Masonic Dudley's are so expensive.  Haven't found any so far from the published catalog of those but there are other versions listed as NOS.

Learned during disassembly that cheap tools are not worth starting out with.  The cheap service kit from Amazon did not have the correct size screwdrivers so I have already invested in a set of Bergeon ones.  So far, really enjoying this and already hunting for my next project on eBay.  

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i've just enrolled, I'm a absolute beginner, I've just changed  batteries up to now. I want to do more, I've got a Seiko 7T59-7A20 that I paid £100 for in a pub about 10 years ago. The 1/10 and !/100second hands have stopped turning but still oscillate The rest of the watch still runs.

I've also a Citizen Aqualand CO22 that has a similar fault, the analog second hand pulses but the others don't run. The digitals are O.K.

If I could rectify either of these I would be very pleased.

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