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I purchased this little trench watch from ebay the other day, the case is silver and in good condition, however the workings are not fairing so well.

 

I started to strip it down today, as I am fairly new to repairing watches I may never get it back together again but I will try, my question is, what sort of movement is it, who made it (no makers mark) can I get replacement parts?

 

The balance spring has broken, and I could not find a pallet? the pallet wheel is different from anything I have seen before, I will try and get a photo tomorrow but i wondered if it needs a pallet?

 

Anyway I have taken images along the way so I can look at them in reverse to try and put it back together, so heres the first image more to follow later.

 

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You won't find a pallet in that one, it's a cylinder escapement which is why the escape wheel looks so unusual.

Replacing the hair spring is likely to be quite a tricky job as you are unlikely to find one that just drops in, you will need to fit and vibrate a generic one which is a fairly advanced processes.

 

If you can identify the movement then your best bet is to go for a donor movement with a viable balance and hair spring.

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