The perpetual wrist shot thread

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Re: The perpetual wrist shot thread

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Emilio wrote: July 16th, 2019, 12:49 pm
tafari wrote:
Emilio wrote:Thanks!

Yes, a D 6152 but unfortunately the movement is not in working order Image

That's why there's no wrist shot.
ohhh sorry, which movement working inside?
A regular 6497. The ratchet wheel screw snapped inside Image
Wasn't it the screw for the click?
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Re: The perpetual wrist shot thread

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Yoda wrote:
Emilio wrote: July 16th, 2019, 12:49 pm
tafari wrote:
ohhh sorry, which movement working inside?
A regular 6497. The ratchet wheel screw snapped inside Image
Wasn't it the screw for the click?
Yes! My watch related vocabulary is reduced Image

The click screw indeed (to me it works as part of the ratchet)
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Re: The perpetual wrist shot thread

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Emilio wrote:
Yoda wrote:
Emilio wrote: July 16th, 2019, 12:49 pm A regular 6497. The ratchet wheel screw snapped inside Image
Wasn't it the screw for the click?
Yes! My watch related vocabulary is reduced Image

The click screw indeed (to me it works as part of the ratchet)
sounds bad but I guess there will be a way for repair.
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Re: The perpetual wrist shot thread

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Emilio wrote: July 16th, 2019, 1:00 pm
Yoda wrote:
Emilio wrote: July 16th, 2019, 12:49 pm A regular 6497. The ratchet wheel screw snapped inside Image
Wasn't it the screw for the click?
Yes! My watch related vocabulary is reduced Image

The click screw indeed (to me it works as part of the ratchet)
Everything is a part of something! LOL!
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Re: The perpetual wrist shot thread

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tafari wrote: July 16th, 2019, 1:10 pm
Emilio wrote:
Yoda wrote:
Wasn't it the screw for the click?
Yes! My watch related vocabulary is reduced Image

The click screw indeed (to me it works as part of the ratchet)
sounds bad but I guess there will be a way for repair.
There is no way around this, other than removing the barrel bridge and all steel parts before emerging the plate in a alumn solution.
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Re: The perpetual wrist shot thread

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Yoda wrote:
tafari wrote: July 16th, 2019, 1:10 pm
Emilio wrote:Yes! My watch related vocabulary is reduced Image

The click screw indeed (to me it works as part of the ratchet)
sounds bad but I guess there will be a way for repair.
There is no way around this, other than removing the barrel bridge and all steel parts before emerging the plate in a alumn solution.
OMG a lot work, better to look for a new one or a new used barrel bridge
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Re: The perpetual wrist shot thread

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tafari wrote:
Emilio wrote:Image
nice one E is it a 6152 ?
Such an excellent color on this dial E!


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Re: The perpetual wrist shot thread

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civic4982 wrote:
tafari wrote:
Emilio wrote:Image
nice one E is it a 6152 ?
Such an excellent color on this dial E!


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Thanks! I was aiming for a NOS look.
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Re: The perpetual wrist shot thread

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tafari wrote: July 16th, 2019, 1:52 pm
Yoda wrote:
tafari wrote: July 16th, 2019, 1:10 pm
sounds bad but I guess there will be a way for repair.
There is no way around this, other than removing the barrel bridge and all steel parts before emerging the plate in a alumn solution.
OMG a lot work, better to look for a new one or a new used barrel bridge
Welcome to my world! :mrgreen:

It's not a big deal, a few hours in a solution and the screw is gone. Rather pleasant work in my opinion.
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Re: The perpetual wrist shot thread

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Yoda wrote: July 16th, 2019, 2:59 pm
tafari wrote: July 16th, 2019, 1:52 pm
Yoda wrote:
There is no way around this, other than removing the barrel bridge and all steel parts before emerging the plate in a alumn solution.
OMG a lot work, better to look for a new one or a new used barrel bridge
Welcome to my world! :mrgreen:

It's not a big deal, a few hours in a solution and the screw is gone. Rather pleasant work in my opinion.
Indeed, and it is rather intriguing to remove the screw.
Here my experience with some experimental data:

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Da builds: http://homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=59#p101
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