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Last month I posted for some assistance on an issue regarding to having to remove balance to get movement working ? Well I believe I owe it to all you guys, especially to those replying with possible solutions. Upon going through it with a fine tooth comb, I found the culprit! It was the bent base of the pallet fork as seen in this image. I have circled it in a fine blue circle, I straightened it and it now works good! Just thought it would be something to watch out for, if ever one is a similar situation as it wasn’t so obvious at first Thanks for your help guys!

Nos SMP, 12 or 15 years old... Two more still in plastic wrap... The San Luis Obispo County road map is from the early 1940s when my father was in artillery training at Fort Ord, Monterey Bay CA. He landed at Utah Beach August 1944 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge in Patton's Third Army (Lt. Colonel). Have a picture he took of a wooden road sign shaped like an arrow out in the middle of nowhere with 'LEMANS' painted on it. He also visited the first concentration camp liberated by the Americans...rough going for all involved. One of the guys under his command made the deepest incursion on foot into enemy territory during WW II and returned safely. The same guy used to come to cook-out parties at our place when I was a kid. I remember they had some he!! raising parties. The old B-B-Q fireplace from back then is still standing in our back yard...full of nicks from gunshots. There was a three door chicken house behind it that caught most of the stray bullets. We tore it down, it was shot full of holes. Learned to drive out back on our Ford 8N tractor. No chickens, no cows, no goats, no horses...just neighbors now. We got rid of the goats because they climbed on top of Mom's Jeep. We got rid of my horse because it kicked a Zippo lighter out of my Dad's shirt pocket. We ate most of the chickens. The rest got away. Can't eat the neighbors...I heard it's against the law. Pics taken 2-24-24. Did not put them in the Omega section because it is not very busy.

"I would disagree somewhat with your description of the 23-300 as being delicate. I have overhauled 2-3 of them (1 sitting on my bench now) &, while not in the tool watch class, I would have no qualms wearing 1 as a daily driver. " You are right of course, but I have never liked Patek Philippe watches and will admit to having a strong bias against the brand. Why is that? Because they are vastly overrated and overpriced, much like many other 'high grade' brands today. Imho. I never thought of Rolex being a 'high grade' watch because I can remember when they were the same price as a nice Omega or Longines. During the 'quartz crisis' they were one of few brands to survive and not long after they got over the crisis, it seems they decided to go upscale and advertise to Watch Elites (Ha!) instead of 'Watch Knaves' like me. Imho again. Any Rolex watches I have left are mostly older models with cal. 15xx movements because that is what I started with and have stayed with. I traded in later models but never did care much for them although I will admit to having three sapphire crystal models left. I dropped out of the Rolex Race quite a while back and will buy one now and then only if it is an absolute bargain. I am basically just an observer now.