Looking for some help/ideas/thoughts:
I have a B&R 01-92 that is clearly a rep, so I started messing around with it. Needless to say, after about a half-day and two movements later, while the date functions no longer work, I was able to at least get the time on one movement working. Unfortunately, it was the low-beat. I couldn't get the seconds hand on, so low beat, high beat, who cares when you can't see the second hand anyway.
Anyway, since the dial is so far off, I thought I would try something new. So, I've bought a couple of Colombian coins that are approximately 35.5 mm in diameter. I believe that is about the correct size for the B&R dial. My question is has anyone attempted to use a coin as a dial. The problems as I currently see them are: (1) the coin is way to thick; and, (2) no pins on the back of the coin to hold the movement.
I think I can handle the thickness issue by putting it on a grinder taking off small amounts until I get it to about the right size. A lot of trial and error. The drilling of the hole will be done on my drill press, no problem. So what about the pins? The movement is crap, so I'm not above installing in "permanently" with glue or some other adhesive. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Also, any other problems that you can think off to help me head them off now would be helpful.
CDV