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Nice job servicing the indicator. I do some watch work as I guess you do as well which leads me also to working on indicators. I've got several high quality ones like Federal and Helios with cracked jewels. They're the same type as you've shown - large jewels in what a watchmaker would call a chaton, a brass setting. I'm hoping for ideas on where to get replacement jewels, either bare or in a chaton? The jewels are quite a bit larger than you'd usually get for watches. One I have apart at the moment has an ID of 1mm and chaton OD of 3.5mm for example. They also need to be fairly low cost, I don't mind putting time into fixing nice old tools but don't want to spend $60 for a couple of jewels fixing a $50 indicator.I debated making my own jewels, more for the experience as it would be a nice skill to have for watch work. then I smacked myself in the head.....don't need another big time consuming project. I could use bronze, but would rather maintain the original quality. Or maybe getting 100 made through Alibaba...anyway, if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them.
Dave, if you ever need some, let me know. Very generous of you Mike, thanks!
The items arrived, thanks very much Mike!I'll try to get a photo of these compared to an indicator jewel so you non-watch guys can appreciate the size difference.I also got an idea for bearings for my indicator repair. I happen to be looking through an old issue of Horological Times and there was an article on using miniature ball bearings (like 1x3mm) instead rebushing for clock repair. There are issues with authenticity re clocks, but who cares with an indicator repair, provided its an as good or better mechanically. I've got some on order to experiment with