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    missing parts, automaton.

    hi, many thanks for information, a great help, i thought about the paper dial, luckily its aluminium with paint, the main body being cast copper, the dial was secured via steel tacks into the copper, gentle manipulation and a few hours later the dial, the main worry , was off. Not a great...
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    missing parts, automaton.

    Hi German , i would presume, charming automanton time piece, the crow on a spring , is supposed to ping in and out i presume, looks like it had bellows at some time, any idea of the missing parts, how it works, cheers
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    400 day clock

    Hi, many thanks reply, not familiar with over swing, great info, will give it a go soon.
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    400 day clock

    Hi, re start stop torsion clock. Can run for a day or 15 mins. All pivots are good, no oval holes, train runs nice when escapement removed, Pin pallet, which works nice when manually operated. I wonder if the fork is situated to high, would this cause aformentioned. If so, what night would be...
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    case dismantle

    hi, your idea, pulling it out, your not far wrong. Never seen this before. the back being very thick gauge re its size allowed for the following, a hollow is pressed in the inside of the back and a small spike is pressed which in turn moves a small spring steel piece away and out of the hollow...
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    case dismantle

    hi, after many more hours studying, crystal removal was the considered option, this dam thing is so over the top
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    case dismantle

    hi, i have removed screw, would seem to be of no function, cheers
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    case dismantle

    hi, good thinking, i thought of that to, the section you talk of is very thin, as you observed, the back is of a very thick gauge in relation to the movements size and would not compress, also the dial is the same diameter as the back case, wont come through the rear of the bezel. As...
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    case dismantle

    hi, great info, after many and many more hours of studying it , i have the opinion , with your opinion as well, that this may be the way forward, i shall get prepared and very methodically go for it, i may study it for a few more hours yet, good to hear you have performed this before, many thanks
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    case dismantle

    hi, have thought , examined that avenue, it really seems to be one casting, the knurled bezel turns without resistance in both directions, it has what appears to be silvered sight ring which also seems to a part of the knurled bezel, also turns with the knurled bezel as one, the sight ring also...
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    case dismantle

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    case dismantle

    hi, here is the the diagram, not to scale, of its visible method of construction, many thanks, sorry forgot to add diagram. see next post, many thanks
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    case dismantle

    hi, yes it has a slight gap, your eyes are good, under examination with a 20 times mag it would seem to be cast as one, a 0.07mm feeler gauge, automotive type will not fit in the gap, i have glued a ice pole stick to the crystal re attempt to unscrew the bezel, bezel dont move , crystal turns...
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    case dismantle

    hi, yes, well observed, the small hole does have small screw, which i didnt mention because it seems to have no function, as you say, peering into the hole with a mag glass and a torch, the back is a very thick gauge for the movements size, i can see that it has a thread, the screw has a...
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    case dismantle

    hi, it wont pull out, hard to explain. holding bezel and inserting movement through front of bezel it would go right through, the top hat section stops it going through due it is stopped via a collar machined in the bezel, like a front wheel drive vehicle hub wheel bearing, the bearing is...
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    case dismantle

    hi, the back of the case is of a top hat design , where it meets with bezel, the back case turns with mechanism attached ie the dial turns when turning the back case, how the mechanism is fixed to the back case is mystery, no fixing is to been seen on back of case, the knurled bezel turn both...
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    case dismantle

    hi, as pics, a small good quality case, lives with a solid silver small travel clock, dating 1912, i am trying to remove its mechanism re a service and repair. the only way , after hours of studying it, is for the mechanism to exit through the front, the bezel that the crystal seats in is very...
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    longcase gathering pallet

    hi, we think alike, i hve found a pallet from a 20th century haller movement, which looks like it can be reinvented, shame i cant find a original, but i can live with my reinvented job, at least it should work, cheers
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    longcase gathering pallet

    cheers, great bit of info, history.
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    longcase gathering pallet

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