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    Japanese Is a replacement available for a Seiko Y716A?

    Upon opening the back, there is a note posted "Y716A Japan", but I've not been able to find a source for replacement on line. The Face calls it a Pulsar. Any thoughts on finding a working replacement movement? Thanks, Dan
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    American American Waltham KW Staff

    Thanks very much Dave. I'll check to see if I have one of those. Much appreciated.
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    American American Waltham KW Staff

    I'm basically stumped. This Waltham KW movement had a bad staff, so I found one to replace it. Only to find out the staff that was in it was not the correct one in the first place. One of my fears about diving into these is what the handlers before me did to it. It's a P. S. Bartlett, serial...
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    19th c Gilding restoration

    Here are before and after of the minute wheel
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    19th c Gilding restoration

    Now I've treated the underneath of the mainspring bridge. Did a nice job.
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    19th c Gilding restoration

    Having seen that the acid was listed in some content as a rust remover, I tried some that I have had for a long time from X-Rusto. It did a great job of taking the darkness away. I then washed the part with soap and water and you can see the inside of the dial plate looks very nice. The main...
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    19th c Gilding restoration

    I don't have any of the oxalic acid, but found this on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Oxalic-Acid-Bleaching-Wood-Net/dp/B001F2US4U. Wonder if this would work?
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    19th c Gilding restoration

    This is what I used in my ultrasonic bath. 4 minutes in the wash, 3 minutes in the rinse. The parts came out pretty much the same way they went in.
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    19th c Gilding restoration

    I'm working on this Waltham key wind pocket watch, and was wondering if there was a cost-effective way to bring back the luster to the gilding on the plates? Any thoughts would be appreciated. BTW, this has already been through the washing and rinsing cycles just now.
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    American PW Repair of Broken PW Hand

    I've been trying to put this back together using Super Glue, but haven't had much success. The hand is from a 16S Elgin. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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    American Rockford 18S PW Balance Jewel Replace

    I'm having trouble getting the balance jewel out of this Rockford movement. The jewel is not retained by screws, but by a slotted retainer of sorts. My question: is this retainer threaded, or is it friction fit? Don't want to wreck it in trying to fix it.
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    Coin PW Case Repair

    Got it, thanks Dave.
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    Coin PW Case Repair

    I have this otherwise nice 18S Coin PW case with wear where the carry ring/loop meets the case. I can see perhaps trying to reform some of the material, but is there a more or less standard way to repair this damage?
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    Amateur vs Professional Amateur

    Priceless advice.
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    Lubricate under minute wheel?

    Just a bit of light oil. We're to lubricate the cannon pinion...metal on metal...so this is in line with that thinking. I agree that groove was made by something that shouldn't have been there, so removing that should resolve the grove-creating. I do lubricate the post the wheel sits on...again...
  16. fijidad

    Lubricate under minute wheel?

    I do Roger. Just a tad, but my thought, like yours, is that this is a wear point, metal on metal. Best, Dan
  17. fijidad

    Cleaning Hairspring cleaner replacement for One Dip

    I've not tried this on everything horological but have used electrical parts cleaner found in auto parts stores to clean most everything. It is very effective at removing all sorts of crud; I use it to wipe down the electrical contacts of PCB's on quartz watches and have had great...
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    Electric WW Seiko WW Bracelet Refinishing/Restoration

    I have a few Seiko 7T32-6M69 cases and bands that I'd like to put back together... But the bands have fairly heavy wear to what I presume is black anodizing. Is there a practical way to restore these, and by practical I mean affordable.
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    My first roller jewel repair

    You will learn at least as much from your failures as your successes, I've found.
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    My first roller jewel repair

    I, too, was concerned about working on higher jeweled watches...afraid that I'd screw them up. A (then) old-timer encouraged me by saying "don't be afraid of those...the higher quality movements tend to assemble themselves." I found his words to be true for the most part. They are better made...
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