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38 minutes ago, mikepilk said:

What's the movement? Do you have pics?

Sorry, yes…Universal Geneve 260…

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…I live in a Mac world and Mac doesn’t play nice with the microscope cams so a quick try- the regulator is with the twisty boot style and riveted…

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…the boot wobbles such that the spring could slip out the bottom. I’m wondering about manipulating the rivet but being so small and delicate…no room for a punch on top, but perhaps inverted on a narrow flat stump with a tap on the bottom of the boot?

...after a service I can tell amplitude is already decent even with the defect but the spring is favoring the inner pin...

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Lovely watch.  I have a 267 - similar movement with sweep seconds. (Wish it wasn't radium dial!)

If you know you can source a new part* (where from?), then I guess have a go flattening the rivet. As you say, it's going to be tricky supporting it. 

*I know parts are hard to find for these movements. I managed to trash the hairspring on mine whilst adjusting the overcoil. I waited a long time before I found a replacement.

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