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I purchased a new balance complete with cock for my 7S27A.

I came across an excellent free pdf by Nicolas Hacko called, “Seiko 7S26 for Novice Horologists”

He has you assembling and disassembling pieces like 20 times each until you master it.


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On 8/3/2018 at 7:03 PM, mlfloyd1 said:

I purchased a new balance complete with cock for my 7S27A.

I came across an excellent free pdf by Nicolas Hacko called, “Seiko 7S26 for Novice Horologists”

He has you assembling and disassembling pieces like 20 times each until you master it.


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Yep. I did that, going through that exercise was very much worth it.  With repetition, hat seemed impossible at first eventually became just difficult. :-)

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Have you worked on the NH36?
I upgraded my SKX 007 and 009 so that they can now wind and hack.

I also upgraded the the crystal to flat sapphire.

The bands were replaced with a Miltat Super Jubilee on the 009, and a Super Oyster on the 007.




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