Can anyone see what I just wasted 2 hours of my life looking for?

This photo is of the automatic-ratchet-wheel thing from a 563. I was attempting to assemble the crown wheel, and realized the little bronze shim-thing was missing! I SEARCHED everything. All my cleaning baskets, 3x over. All my NOT USED cleaning baskets, in case I lost track. My floor, my desk, even all my organizers. OTHER movements that I have, in case it escaped.

I even searched the cleaning machine jars. But that little bronze washer was just GONE.

I was going to skip ahead and do this part next, and order the washer later, and during my microscope inspection, I saw that washer, and I did a double-take. I went and checked my pictures, and of course, this was NOT there when it went into the cleaning machine!

My little sticky-sticks things didn't pick it up well enough, so I had to resort to Rodico, but this guy was pretty well tucked in here!

I can explain exactly how it happened.
Weird watch magic!
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Hah! I was actually thinking about that thread right after posting this 😁

I still have not found the ratchet screws. They bilocated like in Poltergeist. I found an incabloc spring on my chair. How many times have I swept the chair. These parts move through 4D space in the 5th dimension.

Or as Buckaroo Banzai said. "No mater where they go there they are."

Did you ask your wife/partner to help?

We are just completing a 6-month remodel and I have a huge pile of surplus things. Most are not so small.

So interesting update!

This is the Omega Cosmic Cal 563 a while back I mentioned that would lose HOURS a day (and in fact, an hour every few hours). Timegrapher results showed low amplitude, but otherwise within ~30s/d.

I was sure it was a loose cannon pinion. I re-assembled last night/during breaks today. I had ordered a replacement cannon pinion (even though I was going to use my tightening tool, but I had to replace the barrel as I'm... dumb), but figured I'd try the original one.

I snapped it on, and it worked GREAT. It was nice and tight, with no problems. It took a few minutes of trial/error before I realized: the problem was NOT a loose-cannon-pinion, it was a TIGHT hour wheel!

Examining closer, there is a touch of rust on the top lobe of the cannon pinion (the ONLY rust on this whole thing, and the kind that is only visible from certain angles?) that I think was causing friction with the hour wheel and freezing up the movement, and would occasionally un-stick itself and keep ticking.

I replaced the cannon pinion anyway, but definitely interesting.

Sadly, this is the ONLY mechanical watch I was ever able to get my wife to wear. We did an Omega Boutique event and I got her to wear this one. At one point she asked what time it is and said, "oh wait, I can finally answer that myself!" and gave a horribly wrong time. It was that moment I realized it was running slow. sigh, perhaps ruined the mechanical watch wearing for her :/

I really need to get the rust rats in shape to use the timegrapher.

Mostly I think that I like playing with the movements like mix and match lego bricks. So once the watch is oiled and sealed, with a fragile hairsping installed. I am pretty much done with it as long as it ticks, The Idea of taking it apart again and spending more time is ...

I have several trays (containers) of bilocated parts. Have posted several photographs of them under the title 'sacrifices to the watch gods.' Interesting enough, I may have found some parts thought lost before I moved. One a Tissot/Lemania 863 hour hammer lever I spent months combing the carpet literally. Always ran the vaccum cleaner dust through a sifter or, gold washing pan. Eventually moved the watch benches into the kitchen with the linoleum floor (and the kitchen table to the bedroom with the carpet.) Even when I left the place for the last time the last thing I did was search every foot of that carpet for it. Never did find it.

Recently when I went sorting through all of the chronograph parts there is a part that looks exactly like the missing lever. Along with one listed on eBay so I actually found out there is a part number for it.

My main fear for things like the pawl screws is that they got into my hair, then washed down the drain when I showered.

Amateur here with the same issue. Took a photo with a jiffy-pak ring to give perspective.