7750 Plate Re-Jeweling for New Ratchet

[jdrichard]

In this video I use my new Seitz Jeweling tool to replace a jewel on one of the plates. The reason for this is I purchased a new ratchet wheel and the pivots were too big for the existing jewel. This watch is a very nice Chinese Clone so not all the parts are to ETA spec. Grinding down the pivots was not an option so I mined 50 Russian watch movements for the right jewels. Found the first one in 20 min and replaced the jewel. The second one on the main plate took two hours to find as I looked at and disassembled many watches. Here is my video for anyone who try this out. First time using this tool as well.

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[matabog]

Thank you for the video and the time you spent doing it. I realy appreciate it!

 

Do you have a higher resolution version?

 

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[jdrichard]

Perhaps the YouTube version is better? Or does it look the same as when linked?


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[jdrichard]

Had to strip down the movement again to get the plate out with the other jewel to replace
Here is the plate with the old (too small) jewel on the upper left and the new (Russian watch) jewel on the left. Next step is to clean the jewel and plate hole and then press in the jewel.



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[jdrichard]

In the picture of the movement, the small red marker dot on the movement is the jewel that needs replacement. I pushed it out with a 65 size pusher.


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[jdrichard]

Update, Jewel now in plate


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[jdrichard]

What I find amazing is that a Russian jewel would fit perfectly into an Swiss watch design, copies by the Chinese


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[jdrichard]

Russian watch parts


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