swdivad Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 Hi guys! First, I'd like to say Merry Christmas to you, and hope you and Yours have a (much) Happy New Year! I've recently acquired a few Noob and HF Panerai (026, 056, 177, 390) models... Two of them have pretty crappy center pin polish jobs on them, mostly a rough conical shape as opposed to the properly done slightly domed and highly polished center pin. To fix this, I thought to initially send one to my watchmaker to dome and polish... He's come back saying that the pins seem to be chrome plated over some red (possibly brass) metal. Has anyone experienced this, or even better, do any of you have a solution to these poorly manufactured center pins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAMman Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 Buy the Swiss ETA cannon pinion and swap them over. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swdivad Posted August 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 21 hours ago, PAMman said: Buy the Swiss ETA cannon pinion and swap them over. Thanks man... do you have a source? a part number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAMman Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Swiss ETA parts The 3.15mm cannon pinion # 00240.6497.03 - 134017 The 2.15mm matching hour wheel ~ 00250.6497.03 - 134014 Do make sure that you get the parts ending .03. The same part ending 02 is not tall enough to allow for the thickness of the dial in these watches. While you may only need the cannon pinion (it's the one that appears in the centre of the min hand) getting the corresponding hour wheel will ensure that you have the 1mm for the min hand to mount. These should be readily available from any material house, e.g. Cousins UK, Borel, Ofrei etc. Do not be fooled into paying the ridiculous prices on eBay. These are not expensive parts. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swdivad Posted September 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 Wow! Thanks PamMan! That is very useful information... I'm onto it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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