WTB IN DIRE NEED OF 1 GEAR ON THE SPRING PART OF THE AUTO WINDING SYSTEM OF A 10BPAC

Submitted by Ellierose on March 2, 2012 - 6:58pm

HELLO IN DIRE NEED OF THIS ONE PART..i really can't buy a whole parts movement to replace this one part..i spent the last 2 hours looking for it with no luck at all..here is the a picture of the part that is lost..will trade i just got in a bunch of 11 series movements with good balances if anyone needs one of them..i am not sure of the exact name of the part but again its on the spring on the 2nd level of an auto winding movement..here is the picture..thanks to anyone who can help..now to eat my cold dinner...

Ellierose
Posted March 2, 2012 - 7:27pm

or if anyone knows what other caliber interchanges with this movement ..i looked but this movt. is newer than what is in the database

Reverend Rob
Posted March 2, 2012 - 7:45pm

10BPAC may interchange with 10BPAD, 10BPA, and possibly 10BOAC, which is the base for it. 

Ellierose
Posted March 2, 2012 - 7:52pm

do you know the name for the part?

Reverend Rob
Posted March 4, 2012 - 7:55am

While I'm not familiar with this exact movt, it looks like the reverser, it has a counterpart and the two sit together and wind one way, slip the other. This particular Bulova movt doesn't have an equivalent, so may be in house? It's from the late fifties, so parts may not be available, you will have to find another movt with interchangeable parts. 

Bulova calls this part 'Mobile d'inversion', or 317D. (Reversing wheel) 

Ellierose
Posted March 4, 2012 - 8:41am

thanks for the info, i found another memeber who can help out but i am glad you gabe me the name of the actually part..i think it maybe time to invest ,instead of a bar magent to and the small metal detector for otto...i am conviced that the magent doesn't pick up everything

 

vintagebulova.com
Posted March 4, 2012 - 8:45am

Small watch parts dropped on the floor will hid from you for a minimum of 6 months.  After that time  they will re-appear when you are looking for something else.

Jay

http://vintagebulova.com

William Smith
Posted March 4, 2012 - 3:23pm

In reply to by vintagebulova.com

..at which time they usually reappear stuck in the bottom of my bare left foot.

vintagebulova.com
Posted March 4, 2012 - 6:56pm

In reply to by William Smith

Some other rules. 

A dropped part will never end up in the canvas shelf of your bench.

If you purchase a replacement for the missing part the 6 month disappearence rule is suspended and the lost part will appear at it's earliest convenience. 

Jay

http://vintagebulova.com

FifthAvenueRes…
Posted March 4, 2012 - 9:09am

lol

true dat!

Ellierose
Posted March 4, 2012 - 9:13am

i even tried vacumming with the dyson the area. then going through all the dirt and dust that was in a small canwith the magent..still didn't find it.

stoddrob
Posted March 4, 2012 - 11:55am

That's a pretty big part to lose....not like it's a click spring, a second hand or small screw! You should be able to find it eventually...it's probably in the most unlikely place you can think of....I can't tell you how many parts have simply disappeared from me in front of my very eyes - there one minute, gone the next! It's like a deceased and frustrated watchmaker playing games with us from beyond!

Ellierose
Posted March 4, 2012 - 7:04pm

thats is exactly what happened there one minute gone the nextand it fell right in front of me..not like it flew across the room like some part that is spring loaded

Gerard
Posted March 4, 2012 - 8:53pm

In reply to by Ellierose

Thank goodness it isn't just me! I thought I was losing it. No pun intended.

William Smith
Posted March 4, 2012 - 8:00pm

Dave do you wear one of those apron thingies (sorry about the technical jargon) which kinda makes a little lap tent around you and your bench to catch flying parts for problems like this? I have caught a few flying gears and hands etc... w one of these.   I don't have a pic of one now, but I made one and they were available on internet.  Someone will know the laymans name for this "tool".  It's not pictured in De Carlo's book, but I think he mentions it in the text somewhere.  I made one out of a sheet w/ some shoelaces, and velcro tape of the edges around my bench/work area walls. Now when I break things, I catch most of the flying parts before I throw the movement away.... :)

Ellierose
Posted March 4, 2012 - 9:04pm

no i haven't

 

William Smith
Posted March 4, 2012 - 9:45pm

In reply to by Ellierose

They are pretty helpful aprons.  I'll see if I can find a link to a pic or something, and PM you so if you want you can make one yourself.  They are great for springing springs etc...  Will

Reverend Rob
Posted March 4, 2012 - 9:55pm

Ah, floorology. 

JP
Posted March 5, 2012 - 1:58am

Will,  please PM me on that little item too if you don't mind. I am forever loosing a part and just never seem to find them.

JP

GVP
Posted March 5, 2012 - 7:16am

Hey, thats not big. I managed to lose a whole dial. there one minute, gone the next. A nice Bulova wrist alarm one too.....i'll wait another few months and it'll turn up if the 6 month rule applies! fingers crossed

Ellierose
Posted March 5, 2012 - 7:42am

i happen to work in my family room,although on a work bench,but its on top of carpet which makes finding things 50times harder..i was thinking about putting somekind of plastic or something under my chair and bench,the stuff for computer chairs to roll on..has anyone seen or used that metal detector..i wonder what rob used to do working for a watch co...can you just go and get another part? i am sure high end watch co.s would get upset if you kept on losing parts for there expensive movements...

GVP
Posted March 5, 2012 - 8:07am

Likewise i have a carpeted floor and it is a nightmare. I have tried plastic covering but they too can be a pain. if you drop a part on that and move slightly the plastic can ping it off anywhere. The best thing i have found so far is a large white towel, soft so when something hits it doesn't bounce, not thick enough to get things stuck deep down in and easy to see things on.

Reverend Rob
Posted March 5, 2012 - 1:54pm

Well, it didn't happen to me, but yes, if you kept losing parts, especially scarce ones, they might have a little talk with you. For example, at Swatch, (Omega, Blancpain, Longines, Tissot, Hamilton, Breguet, etc.)  there is a finite number of old Omega parts available, for the vintage stuff, and once they are gone, they are gone. I hear from my old contacts that they are already restricting intake of vintage Omegas and Tissots. We were very lucky when we were at school, the parts inventory was huge and very unusual. We got millions of parts from various schools in France and Switzerland when they closed down. The school does not sell these parts, but they are available to the students working there. They have the rarest of the rare, and original manuals, too.

Eventually, with practice, you will decrease the number of things you drop. It is critical to use good quality tweezers, and to keep them honed and shaped perfectly. I always use brass or bronze tweezers when handling highly polished parts so they don't get marked in any way. After cleaning, and during reassembly, I always wear finger cots to protect the clean surfaces, and use pegwood to hold down springs while installing them. A pegwood stick, with a sharp point on one end and a chisel tip on the other, is very useful when manipulating yoke springs, etc. If something looks like it can fly up, you can hold it down with the chisel tip while you secure the part with your other hand. (screws, plates, etc) Click springs are especially prone to escaping, as are yoke springs, and the odd ly shaped springs on chronographs.