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Old 26 November 2021, 06:48 AM   #1
titan430
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hi all , newbie here today so be kind. reading thru this section have found that the old watch i have now is simply not as good as i thought it was. just the usual old trench watch. but. i am going to stick with it and hope to get it up and working so i can wear it at least. i am trying to upload images but mine are too big, cant get them less than the 295kb. need hands, glass and 835 silver back case to start off with, then someone to repair hairspring.
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Old 26 November 2021, 09:38 AM   #2
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hi all , newbie here today so be kind. reading thru this section have found that the old watch i have now is simply not as good as i thought it was. just the usual old trench watch. but. i am going to stick with it and hope to get it up and working so i can wear it at least. i am trying to upload images but mine are too big, cant get them less than the 295kb. need hands, glass and 835 silver back case to start off with, then someone to repair hairspring.
Try this for uploading

https://postimages.org/
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Old 26 November 2021, 12:22 PM   #3
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Repairing a hair spring (or finding a replacement) on one of those old ones can be a real problem. You need to have that repaired first before spending any money on the other parts.


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