I spent a lot of time today working on the Elgin serial number database
website, so I went to this watch because I thought I could get through
it relatively quickly. It didn't seem to have any problems.
No so fast...
The
setting lever spring rubs on the main wheel, causing rough winding and
setting. It would probably eventually lead to a broken tooth on the
gear too. I spent some time checking that these parts were correct for
this grade. There are other Elgin grades with the same mechanism, but
it's possible that the parts are not exactly the same. These
seem to be right. What to do?
I put a tiny, very thin, washer under
the spring to raise it up just a few thousands of an inch. Problem
solved!
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