: Being an amateur, I once tried removing hands with a tiny pair of
: nasal scissors! What a mess I made of the dial and the hands -
: the second sweep flew off, never to be found :)
: Hands sit very firmly on pinions hence the hand tubes generally are
: very snug, so its important really to have the right tools. My
: watchmaker mentor gave me an old pair of hand removing and
: setting tools and sent me away to practice on the junk watches.
: So what I'm saying Mike is you're a better man than me if you do
: this without the right tools and someone looking over your
: shoulder.
Thanks again Desmond. I might leave it to the expert, but I plan to have the dial refinished anyway so I might give it a try on this one. Ill keep you posted. Next item would be the crystal. Any advice on removing/replacing a crystal? I know there are crystal presses for the job but can something like a c clamp be used, assuming I tape up the crystal for protection. My thinking is to mount a c clamp on a vise and just tighten the c clamp down on the crystal, thus pressing it into the case. How does the tension ring get fitted on? If you haven't already noticed, im somewhat of a do it yourself person and hate to know that Ive got to run to the nearest watchmaker to do just case polishing and crystal cleaning/changing.
