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UNIVERSAL GENEVE movement 219.  Built in the 40's.  My wife was given a beautiful 18 caret gold watch(the case is actually 22-24 carets) from her grandmother.  I am attempting to repair it and my question as a hobbyist is:  Are there other movements with basically interchangeable parts?  It is very difficult getting  a healthy hairspring-balance wheel with a balance staff in good working order..I have watched Mark's excellent videos on the subject of repairing this area of the watch but frankly it's a little beyond my level of experience.  Most of the movements on ebay have bent hairsprings or broken balance staffs.   I was thinking I could expand my search if there was a generic or ETA movement somewhere.  Thanks, Jim 

 

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From : eBay.co.uk.   Just ordered a "balance complete" for the Universal Geneva 219.  So hopefully I can surprise my wife.  One more question:  the bank is linked 18 caret gold and I need a few more links.  It doesn't matter if it's gold plated or not.  Maybe it will be in the Bestfit catalogue I just ordered?  Any other suggestion would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks again

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