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Hi all, many thanks for allowing me to join this forum. I have learned much from Mark's vids on repair and have applied techniques to my own repairs. I have been avidly/(rabidly) collecting for the past seven years, started with pocketwatches and has advanced to anything auto. I do quartz repairs, movement replacement for family and friends, (for much too cheap!). Anyway, having located a few qualified reasonably priced service repair persons for my personal collection, these are for now out of my level of skill, (my father always said 'don't muck with stuff you know nothing about') sound words, especially when it come to more complicated watches. I look forward to corresponding and sharing some of my adventures. Right now working on AS 1916  17j auto which came with a "Crawford" dial, but Mido marked winding rotor. You never know what your going to find, until you look inside. CHEERS!

Dave

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Thanks for the warm welcome, I was mistaken about my current project, the AS 1916 cal was in a Croton 17j auto, which came in an auction lot I won last week, it appears to be virgin,(no case scratchings on inside), upon examination, turned out really decent, removed mvt from case, cleaned and polished, set about trying to find  any trouble, but nothing worth mentioning. I did recall having difficulty with stem detent screw, then I watched one of Mark's vids warning against unscrewing too far, sadly too late, but on the upside, I was able to hold detent with fine tweezer while tightening from below, really  a "three handed" job, but it tightened  back up and it's running fine, and looking well.

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