Grrrrrrrrrrr! A Tudor with ETA 1080 butchered by poor quality watchmaker in the past

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I'm servicing a 1947 Tudor with an ETA 1080 in it.

Inspecting the tiny parts after cleaning and found this 🤬.

Not surprising actually. Some of the previous work must have been done by a blacksmith.

Evidence……….. the mainspring.

One of the symptoms the owner reported was "it's difficult to wind and set the time.

I know why.

In the pic above, the setting lever spring looks OK, but when I was hand washing the parts in a dish…

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