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What an oddysey. I'm glad you finally have your answer. These old school watch smiths are a marvel to work with. I have a 62 year old Submariner and it was running poorly so walking home one day I popped into a jewelers shop with a small Rolex sign in the window. The old guy behind the counter perked up his ears when he overheard me describing it to his pretty salesgirl, and asked to see it. He listened for a moment and handed it back "the beat is all wrong and it badly needs a service". I thought shenanigans so I challenged him "how can you tell?" and he gave me a withering stare "just listen to it man!" That was the start of a long friendship. We talked Submariners for an hour and as I was leaving I asked how old the thing was? He popped off the band, looked at the serial number and said "April, 1958". I thought shenanigans again so again I challenged him. It was then he took me into the Holy of Holys, his workshop. My God. He opened the thickest book I ever saw, rummaged around and found the page. Ran his finger down a column and poked it. I looked, and sure enough ... my serial number was late first quarter, 1958. Tom Nesbit. Genius. After we moved back to Alaska many years later I popped into a jewelers shop, again for my old Sub, and the kid behind the counter struck me as a bit wonkish, geeky, uncomfortable around people but friendly with watches and ... he wore a lab coat. Just like someone else I know. He listened to it and diagnosed it in a moment. I thought "there's no way....." and I called shenanigans. "Where did you learn to do that, Mister Lab Coat?" He told me "I apprenticed under an old school watchmaker..." and I smiled and completed his sentence for him. He was shocked that I knew Tom, but there are certain skills and traits that identify us. When you've seen enough of how something is supposed to look and supposed to run, you recognize it immediately. And you also know immediately when it's not quite right.

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Sorry to hear of the issue but happy you finally have an answer!

An Update! i thought I owe this forum especially members that took the time to help me with some feedback as to what I found! As I had to go out of town today for unavoidable duties, I also took my little nightmare with me to stop by an elderly 93 year old watch maker Luigi who was once close friends with my late parents. I was pleasantly surprised to find that he is still with us and as active as I remembered him enjoying his sip of Strega liqueur and a short black! After a short chat on old times( excuse the pun) he looked at my movement and pointed out that there was a slight bend on one of the regulator pins even though hairy spring was breathing evenly between the two pins which somehow latched the spring on sway. How the hell he saw that at his age with a 2.5x loupe made me feel as if I was a total idiot! He also pointed out that the staff was a tad taller but did not have one to replace it as he is obviously retired and did not expect my sudden request! The moral to the story is that somehow prior to service the watch must have been running well with the regulator pin problem and since I did not buy this movement new, someone must have propped up the balance bridge to get it working! Lesson learnt! If it ain't broke do not try to fix if as if was running well! I thought of doing the right thing by servicing it, but it bit me hard in the @$!

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So you've got the QC images or your brand new best replica, like, ever, with that incabloc you always dreamed of, as swiss as cheese, but what about your timegrapher results? What dahell are those? Presets Beat Number Frequency, the vibration of a movement. The number of balance wheel swings per hour or how many times the watch ticks per hour. This is a preset, depends on the watch you order. 14,400 bph = 4 beats per second 18,000 bph = 5 beats per second 21,600 bph = 6 beats per second 28,800 bph = 8 beats per second etc Lift Angle The angle the balance passes through while interacting with the pallet fork. Important to be set correctly in order to calculate the Amplitude. This preset is per caliber specs. Most modern watches have a lift angle of 50 - 52 degrees. Generally lift angles range from 44 to 58 degrees. Some other settings are present, for instance Gen co-axials angle is 30 degrees. Results Rate How fast / slow the movement runs (in seconds per day) great : +/- 5 s/d acceptable : +/- 12 s/d If higher / lower? It is possible to adjust this yourself or ask your dealer to nudge it a bit. Amplitude The measure of the amount of rotation in the swing of the balance wheel, in either direction. Amplitude is higher when a watch is lying flat and usually falls when the watch is in a vertical position, due to increased friction. Amplitude can also fall as the watch winds down and the mainspring delivers less power. Amplitude is a good indicator of the movements health and if is too high or too low, or that changes too much in different positions, can indicate a problem with the movement. great : 270-310 acceptable : 250-270 If higher / lower? Ask for a different watch or have your watch serviced Beat Error The amount of time by which the duration of swing differs from one side to the other in the oscillation of a balance wheel. Generally speaking to get a beat error of zero, the roller jewel in the pallet fork must be perfectly centered. great : 0.0-0.5 ms acceptable : 0.6-1 ms If higher? Ask for a different watch or have your watch serviced. * Please note that if you are reading your QC from the dealer, you will generally receive only the results of the watch lying flat. All the above recommended measurements are from that position. The measurements in other positions may vary