I dropped the small little part that holds the movement in the case its like a solid U shape and I have looked for 3 hours and can't find it, now what???
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Droped a part now what?
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Is the floor carpet/ I dropped a 2892 part and after 1 hour i gave up, called Borel, and ordered a new one. What's your time worth>? I ended up findin the lil summmabitch gear 3 weeks later by chance from sitting in a chair, it caught the suns rays and voila! If the part is not expensive just order another, the frustration of the search will detract from the positivr of the project.
The part is 0.005 Cents lol its a few millimeters of sheet metal. I cut another one out of a tin can lid to see if I can secure the watch movement temporarily, once I screw the crown on how will I get it off if I want to take the watch apart again there are no threads exposed on the movement. I am a total noob to this but its went well up until I lost the part.
The watch is amazing much better then the crappy replica I bought online.
The watch is amazing much better then the crappy replica I bought online.
If it makes you feel any better I lost one of those the first time I took apart a sub. I put it back together with one and it's worked fine ever since. Not that I recommend it, but you might just forget it and keep moving.
yeah i've lost a good part or two like that. i try to keep my work area clear now... lots of space to drop stuff. I've had SPRINGBARS shoot out and get lost 
hardwood floors, thankgod.
hardwood floors, thankgod.
1. Take dirty old bag out of vacuum. (Wife will drop dead of surprise).
2. Vacuum entire area.
3. Open vacuum, rip bag, dump contents onto table.
4. Retrieve part, walk away, (which will bring your wife back to reality).
5. Run like smokin' oakum!
2. Vacuum entire area.
3. Open vacuum, rip bag, dump contents onto table.
4. Retrieve part, walk away, (which will bring your wife back to reality).
5. Run like smokin' oakum!
very frustrating to lose parts. I've had my nose buried in the carpet more than once with a 10X loupe
looking for screws that squirt of the screwdriver, eventually I find the parts. I guess it's all a part of playing with watches.
looking for screws that squirt of the screwdriver, eventually I find the parts. I guess it's all a part of playing with watches.
ive never had much luck with magnets.. but you can get really strong ones that should pull anything within a large radius.
fridge magnets dont do squat
fridge magnets dont do squat
Don´t expect too much help from magnets. For some technical reason it is desireable to use amagnetic materials inside a watch. Guess why some watches have soft iron shield protection against magnetism and why there are devices on the market to degauss a movement. Watchmanufacturers try to avoid magnetic metals where ever possible, except for the springs.
The pros use a metal detector. A magnet isn't much good at picking up gold. I have been looking for a month for two gold screws from a bracelet. I can get 90 Chinese made steel screws in an assortment box for $30. One screw from Rolex costs about $50 but they won't sell them to the public.