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Cheers chaps,

 

Funny you should mention pacemakers George, every time someone mentions big magnets to find little bits I think its alright for some but I have to keep big magnets at arms length.  My wife would not let me get an induction hob because she read somewhere that they could affect a pacemaker - must mean she likes me around.  Makes your tag line quite prophetic except time could "stand still" permanently if I decide to cuddle a magnet so I'll stick with the Mrs.

 

I have actually "fixed" a watch already Will, it had been in a drawer for ? years and new batteries did not work so at the time I just ditched it into a placcy bag with about 5 others. It was another of those infamous knock offs this time from Fuertoventura. There must of  been something gumming up the train as I put it on the "Mechanic Line Free" pad and after an initial dance back and forth the pointers all started whizzing around - most peculiar.  Anyway I put a battery in and to my surprise it is working !  There were several others in the drawer so I will play with them but I had to order some AG11's which seem to be flavour of the month for this stuff - 99p for 10, expiry 2016, Eunicell.  Well I was not going to buy good ones for these watches so they can take their chances.

 

Also came across this for $4.99:-

 

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Bulova ABC Interchangeable Parts Catalog

for Bulova, Caravelle, & Accutron Parts

Printed July 1971

Cover of book has some creases and wear. Inside pages are in good condition.

 

I am sure it is in the public Domain but I could not find a free PDF as the sites that offered a free download wanted a bit too much info for my liking, in fact my software intercepted two vicious bits of malware.  At that point I decided to buy the original and get it shipped to my son in LA - hell of a difference in postage price.  I may make it into a searchable PDF and put it on the site once I confirm its status but that would really be a labour of love as there are quite a few pages.

 

Anyway I found a problem with my Accutron test set (broken wires and wrong VR settings) so it is bits on the dining room table - not popular even with the table protector on.

 

I think I might adopt this for my tag line "Whuy whea  sed theres nowt te dee when yu retiar like, yer bugga ahm knackered."

 

Cheers

 

Vic

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