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Thanks I just bought some for about $17 shipped from China. Then realized the next listing could ship from the USA instead. Here's hoping they don't ask me for another $30 when mine arrive. -
Hi, Would anybody be able to offer some insight as to a possible solution here? When I first opened this watch a while back I thought it was just the end of the ridge and the 'chrome' that had worn away, but taking a look today I see it's worn away the brass to a reasonable extent. Torque comes on the crown wheel, it lifts up and separates from the winding pinion. Is this just a case of replace the mainplate if I want to keep the watch? All the best, John -
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Can you not remove the pin from the existing spring and just use that? I think if you did something like this you'd need to make sure the piece you cut off was long enough so the thickness didn't interfere with the stud staying in the hole. -
Hmm ... I can't find anything with a pin like this. I guess with a lathe I could make the pin, then drill a hole in a regular mainspring and rivet the pin to it. Can't really see me doing that without a watchmaker's lathe, though. Am I going to have to shelve the watch because I can't replace the mainspring? There has to be another way. I wonder if I could cut off the end of the existing spring and use it as a catch for a modern manual-wind spring to hook on to?
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