Broken movement holder screw. Options?

Recently won a 1971 IWC #2400 Cal. 403 on a yahoo auction, noticed it was making a clanking sound when I got it and also noticed the dial was moving slightly, so I opened it up and found that one of the movement holder screws broke and is stuck inside the hole

Am I totally screwed? I’m assuming my only options are sending it directly to IWC for a probably very expensive repair, or finding a watchmaker who has experience removing broken screws.

I’d greatly appreciate any advice…

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Was 162.046 available in gold filled?

I’m having difficulty finding this information.

scouring the Internet has only shown solid gold and gold cap models.

I’m specifically trying to find out if there was ever a gold filled version (gold filled case & gold filled caseback)

Any info would be extremely helpful!

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