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Tag heuer carrera calibre 5 repair9/11/2023 Then minor little problem escape wheels have different pivots depending upon your plate configuration straight shoulder would be the normal type but if you have a end stone like you have their conical pivots it looks like from the parts list it's either or both of them are conical or both of them are straight. Here's a website where you can look up the parts and cross reference and possibly find out if they have it in stock unfortunately for the second link it looks like it's out of stock. But, I'm not throwing the watch in my junk drawer as I love the watch, so time to solve the issues I created. some are not all that expensive, but it's impossible to tell if the balance is complete and does it work (most are non working watches, so who knows, the balance staff may be broken). Tough part is there are not too many donor movements out there that look good. Regardless though, Fried's language in his how to makes it sound like I shouldn't hold my breath on this, so I think I should try and find a replacement to the complete balance wheel and hairspring. I have a few other books so I will take a look at those and see what they recommend. I was told that it is attached to the collet which looks to be just a friction fit. When he says needle though, am I to assume he is talking just a regular sewing needle? He also says the back of a rounded tweezers may be used. I'm not actually sure I even have any glass period that I could use, but I will look for something smooth, flat and level. Well, I don't have any white glass, so I will have to figure that out. He talks about using a needle on a piece of white glass. Someone sent me a couple of pages from one of Fried's book that shows how he recommends trying to fix this, so I will give that a try. Thanks for the kind words I'm really embarrassed at how I buggered the spring up, but, I'm going to make sure I learn from it, and possibly learn a few other things that are related to the balance since this one is most likely junk now.
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