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The funny thing is I had a partial 344 movement but gave it to a friend a long while ago so he could finish his uncle's watch for his anniversary. I emailed him this morning but he has since passed on the reminder of the movement to another collector.I've got one of those somewhere. Trying to think. Sure it is still in the packet. Probably got a couple of old ones but they were probably worn out or I wouldn't have got them in bits.
I found a couple of old assortments with a number of different raw spring material (each some 5cm long) available on a local auction site. They come in very handy at times! Since you don't have this you could look for another spring from a spare part movement and re-shape. At least you would get it running again and can replace the spring at a later date, should you find the proper piece.Unfortunately I don't have any wire thin enough to do the job.
I was thinking more in the terms of a click spring.Would a piece of stout hairspring work?
I haven't counted them. I had a quick look found one box that might have Omega bits and there it was. There could be ten or a dozen of them in that packet.Well there you go. I have a packet full and unopened of the spring in question.
.. and I really haven't been able to look hard because I am neck deep in boxes and boxes of all this stuff at the moment. Don't even know who Martha is or whether she is even related to Arthur.
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I am sure given time to look, I'll also find one or three of the transmission wheels.
The hole in the post that holds the spring is narrow so I think a length of hairspring would work and still have room for a taper pin. I don't have a spring I can sacrifice to try it though.Would a piece of stout hairspring work?
Do the springs come with taper pins or just the springs alone?I haven't counted them. I had a quick look found one box that might have Omega bits and there it was. There could be ten or a dozen of them in that packet.
The springs in the packet are all pinned to a stud.The hole in the post that holds the spring is narrow so I think a length of hairspring would work and still have room for a taper pin. I don't have a spring I can sacrifice to try it though.
Do the springs come with taper pins or just the springs alone?
Thanks for the update roughbarked. This makes sense since trying to pin that spring to the stud would be all kinds of infuriating.The springs in the packet are all pinned to a stud.
Well yes. I have to admit that hand filing the tapered pins would be the extra layers of infuriating.Thanks for the update roughbarked. This makes sense since trying to pin that spring to the stud would be all kinds of infuriating.