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My mistake they do have pictures, I was thinking of something else.... The set looks suspiciously like the set I got when I was first starting out, compare:

Amazon:

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Cousins:

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To be fair, the set I got is good quality with steel arbour hooks, many/most other cheap sets have brass arbour hooks which I have heard wear out quickly so I assume the Cousins also have the steel arbours. BUT they are calibre specific so there is a good chance you can't get the right combination to work in your watch and is also the reason why mine are collecting dust and I took a deep breath and got a half set of the bergeon ones that are by size not calibre..... shhhhhhhh! don't tell the wife!!! $$$$$

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1 hour ago, Waggy said:

How about a set of dusty calibre specific winders? ha ha

Lol i have enough unused dust gathered tools already. I think the watch repairers code here applies, " I wont tell your wife if you dont tell mine " . What happens in the watchroom  stays in the watchroom, we all need to stick together on this. 😉

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On 4/28/2023 at 3:26 AM, Waggy said:

My mistake they do have pictures, I was thinking of something else.... The set looks suspiciously like the set I got when I was first starting out, compare:

Amazon:

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Cousins:

image.thumb.png.5b3067191028150379a8e059f859d96a.png

To be fair, the set I got is good quality with steel arbour hooks, many/most other cheap sets have brass arbour hooks which I have heard wear out quickly so I assume the Cousins also have the steel arbours. BUT they are calibre specific so there is a good chance you can't get the right combination to work in your watch and is also the reason why mine are collecting dust and I took a deep breath and got a half set of the bergeon ones that are by size not calibre..... shhhhhhhh! don't tell the wife!!! $$$$$

I think that is the route I’ll eventually go, ie proper bergeon units but only the couple of sizes I tend to need. Thanks

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I  really find it interesting that you can find caliber specific Chinese winders, but they don't make the generic one (Size 00 - 15).  I would think there would be quite a bit of demand for the generic ones, so If you know of where to find Chinese or as I like to call it, "Hobbyist class", let me know.

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18 hours ago, kd8tzc said:

I  really find it interesting that you can find caliber specific Chinese winders, but they don't make the generic one (Size 00 - 15).

I spent days scouring the interweb but all I could find was the caliber specific ones, so I had to eventually give up and shell out for the ridiculously priced Bergeon ones

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