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Broken staff question on a Waltham model 1883 This watch is my first attempt at learning pocket watch repair. Got it pretty cheap at a farm auction and it looked pretty nice and appeared complete. Replaced the broken "dumbell" spring thanks to Dave Abbe for the part. Since the balance wheel seemed too wobbly, I was thinking it had a broken staff. Bought some movements on e-bay and tried to use the parts, but they all seem to bind up in some way or another. Are these staffs made to fit the individual watch? Where do I go from here ? I'd be completely lost without the help of this group. Thanks, Don | |||
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Until the more knowledgeable appear, the best I can tell from information to hand, is that the 1883 seems to utilise either #1364 or #1365 Staff which is ~5.85mm and available in pivot sizes 10 - 15. The #1365 has a small waist. ![]() | ||||
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Thanks for your help Gareth. Don | ||||
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Finally got home and checked Swigart which states #1365 for U, A & P Grades but no pivot size info. Hope you manage to get it sorted out. | ||||
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Donald, The Model 1883 seems to have had many "small" changes during it's 40 odd years of production. Many of these confound us in their little inexplicable "deviations". ![]() | |||
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Thanks Gareth and Dave. I'm finding out that the mod. 1883 does have it's quirks. Thanks for the help. Don | ||||
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What area of this balance staff is considered the "waist"? | |||
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