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Help ETA 7750 broken kif spring


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As you can see from the pic I have broken the kif spring on the balance I have looked on cousins and they have a pack of five springs but they say it is for lower jewel so is mine upper or lower cos I’m not sure and then they do a upper or lower Inca bloc and the picture shows a spring in it but is the spring in it or is it just the bloc and is it the right part for mine I just don’t know, this is an early movement 1987 and some of the parts are different from later ones as I found out when I ordered a 30 minute drive wheel and got a jewelled version when mine is pinned to the plate and you can just see it in the picture so that was £12 wasted,any help really appreciated.

thanks tony

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