Job Number 180054, Part 2

One thing I didn't mention in the part one post for this project, is this little piece of metal.

One removing the movement from the case, this fell out of someplace. I found it on the bench. I would guess that it was either in the crown as a spacer to make the crown sit further out when screwed down "fully", it it was in the movement, in the winding arbor, to make the stem press in further. Either way, it's a kludge.

There is a barely perceptible flaw in the hour hand - a slight bend right at the boss. These are the riskiest to fix so I am leaving it. These hands are extremely soft, fragile and scarce.

Now to test the rate for a few days...

I am still not sure what's up with the case. The crown seems a little on the small side given the thickness of the neck of the case. That makes it a little hard to snap out.

On the other hand, if the crown were larger then the bow would have to be larger too.

In any event, replacing this crown would be hard due to the large thread size on the stem. Last time I needed one that large, it had to be custom made. On yet another hand, is the stem "original"? Probably not, or at least it is not one that would work as found with this movement given that it's clearly been altered, and still didn't work. Who knows. There is no right answer. Antique watches have been through countless changes by this time.

See the entire album for this watch here.