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Hi all,

I am trying to restore a unitas 146 movement which I picked up years ago and decided to restore a few weeks ago. The movement is almost complete but I am having an extremely difficult time finding the correct barrel arbor and screw as these parts were damaged when purchased. Can anyone direct me to a resource for parts or have any suggestion as to how to proceed. I have been reding that these parts were interchangable with other Unitas movements but have not fould this to be the case so far. Before further investments in to scrap movements which have not proved to be interchangable, any advice would help a great deal.

Thanks,

Alan

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Welcome to the forum.

What screw are you missing?

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According to Emmy these movements share the same Arbour.

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Don't know where in the world you are but Cousins are showing them in stock so worth a message to see if they can assist.

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Thank you for your useful feedback. After searching just about everywhere on the planet, I found the Ofrei.com had them in stock. Parts shipped quicky and the watch has been sharing time on my wrist ever since. 

The forum ROCKS!

Alan

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