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Source for 6497 bevelled ratchet / crown wheels?


rmcsherry

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I have looked for them as well without any success Ross. Maybe Cousins would order them if there was a demand. After all, they didn't previously stock the higher cannon pinions until 'we' started ordering them. These ETA wheels should be wanted by everyone who has a Swiss ETA PAM036 etc. It really would be the finishing touch.

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The ETA technical documents for the 6497/8-2 movements show them as bevelled gears but give them the same part number as the -1 version.

Theoretically anyone with an ETA customer account should be able to order them as spares, but ETA tend to be very protective about all of the Mecaline Sp

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Just compared the 415 & 420 wheels from a std 6497 (Cousins list these as UT 285 415 & UT 285 420) with the beveled wheels from a Soprod 6497-2.

The decorated wheel is just that, a modified version of the standard wheel, so putting a bevel and polish on existing wheels is possibly the simplest way.

As the basic wheels are

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I butchered a 6498 to get mine ...not the way to go on price

I also manged (once) to modify the hole on an cheap asian gear to fit a Swiss - not pretty as I only used a swiss file

Is it worth swapping out the whole winding gear/ barrel from a good Asian 6497 copy ?

I wish some CN manufacturer would make OPII engraved bridges instead of those foil plates as well

FGD

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