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tafari wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 9:19 am soldering dial feets for a cortebert 616

dial feets soldering easy make:

1. tools require

2. copy the holes to the dial plate and drill the holes inside
3. cut the head of some brass nails and sand them to diameter
4. copy the holes of the dial plate to a wood and hammer the brass nails inside

5. take something to put under the dial plate, so the dial plate align with the feets

6. take some solder paste and solder wire and solder the dial feets

7. cut the dial feets to length and control fitting to the movement plate

8. in case another watch smith will do a service one day in the feature make everything look shiny and beauty

finish

This should really be re-posted as it's own thread on the tutorial section. Really great post, but it will get buried in here.

thelonedoc wrote:

tafari wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 9:19 am soldering dial feets for a cortebert 616

dial feets soldering easy make:

1. tools require

2. copy the holes to the dial plate and drill the holes inside
3. cut the head of some brass nails and sand them to diameter
4. copy the holes of the dial plate to a wood and hammer the brass nails inside

5. take something to put under the dial plate, so the dial plate align with the feets

6. take some solder paste and solder wire and solder the dial feets

7. cut the dial feets to length and control fitting to the movement plate

8. in case another watch smith will do a service one day in the feature make everything look shiny and beauty

finish

This should really be re-posted as it's own thread on the tutorial section. Really great post, but it will get buried in here.

thx, I can make it later if I have some free time

Ask Emilio to move the whole post to the DIY section.

Yoda wrote:Ask Emilio to move the whole post to the DIY section.

That would be easy.

I am going to do that!

Emilio wrote:

Yoda wrote:Ask Emilio to move the whole post to the DIY section.

That would be easy.

I am going to do that!

thx Emilio

Today is the day!

I was going to wind the watch and set the time a few days ago when I felt that the setting friction was a bit too hard, AND I noticed something under the crystal....
I thought live and let live, but my OCD kicked in a day later and I tore the whole thing apart again. Replaced the cannon pinion and located the speck on the inside of the crystal, damn....it was IN the crystal! I searched my cabinets and fortunately there was a crystal with the correct dimensions and curve.

It is not the finest presentation box the world has seen, but it is all about the watch and later on I will suggest that we can drink a little wine and burn the box.

Just finished repair of some old Brookstone winding quad box...

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