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Repair Broken Winding Stem Without New Stem


MAHLER

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The problem :

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Yes the best cure is replace with new Winding Stem but if is necessary to wait for the summer vacations for an exchange and we want to continue wear the watch on wrist?

With some imagination we can resolve the problem and to attend that the watchmakers in vacation reopen.

A solution of Mahler... If you have in more one of these

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and is small to sufficiency you can open it and use for connecting the broken parts...

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measure the necessary length to cut and draw with a pen where to cut

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Use Dremel with tools 409 (Cut-Off Wheels) (http://mytoolstore.com/dremel/brshwhls.html) for remove the part...

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Finish the parts with abrasive stone...

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Take the first part of the broken stem and put the glue in the red-zone...

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Maintain the parts pressed among them in equilibrium and we will get this...

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Now take the other part of the stem... and put the glue in the red-zone...

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The final result is this...

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Regards.

Mahler

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What sort of glue would you use?

I use a cream similar to cement that hardens and seems as metal.

Is contained in two bottles one of white and the other of grey.

The content must be mixed together and applied.

I find it in the markets in Italy calls "liquid steel".

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I use a cream similar to cement that hardens and seems as metal.

Is contained in two bottles one of white and the other of grey.

The content must be mixed together and applied.

I find it in the markets in Italy calls "liquid steel".

Work to do, but apologize in watchmaking, this is not possible, if you see the Swiss six finished .... :bangin:

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