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 I need the following for a 16s Waltham #1623

 
4830 Escape Pinion w/ gear or just the pinion
4851 Esc Pinion
4961-V Esc upper endstone
4962-V Esc lower endstone
4973 Esc Hole upper
4963_V Esc hole Lower
 
 Any help is appreciated.
 
Thanks, Jim Haney

 

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Jim, when I started tinkering with watches I chose 16S Walthams to work on - lovely watches.

I found the best place to get parts was the USA. If you look on the NAWCC forum, they have a list of parts suppliers :

https://mb.nawcc.org/threads/watch-parts-and-service-sources.76555/

I found Bob McKnight particularly useful for Waltham parts, also 'Dave's Watch Parts'.

For so many parts,  a cheap donor movement might be the best option.

Good luck

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Yikes!

Those parts must be getting scarce.  There is a person on here who was worked out a way to grind alter jewels to fit a specific purpose, check this out -

https://www.watchrepairtalk.com/topic/4627-altering-jewels/

An I suppose the arbor could be machined, but that would be waaaay beyond my capability :-)

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