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Have this old Hampden gladiator pocket watch from my grandfather . It was working  when i was a child. But  when i moved someone dropped it to the floor. Not me that time :)  Breaking something. Probably the balance staff. I have been wanting to repair it but don't know if it's possible. What do you think.  Looks like some parts are missing also.  Is it even possible? 

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Found this on youtube. 

 

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I love Hampden 18s pocket watches & have four that I have restored & probably that many as parts movements. I don't want to know how much time & money I have invested in this beautiful coin silver favorite of mine

If it is very important to you for sentimental reasons I would say go for it.

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Time i have . Is it even possible to do? It would be very cool to get it running again. What shall i look for. I have search for Hampden Gladiator . But there is a lot of different movements out there. Not sure where to start looking. I can service watches but have worked on pocket watches. 

Balance is toast . So is the pallet fork. Some  screws are missing. And the regulator arm is missing to. 

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I think you need to start at the Pocket watch data base to get all the information about your watch. Go there and type your watch serial number into it . The site will tell you model, jewel count etc.From there you can search Ebay for the correct model , jewel count & with all the information you have.

I'm sorry if I am repeating things you know but I am just assuming, correct me if I'm wrong.

Here is a link to the data base. https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/

Now you can begin :)

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