Cyma..need some help please!!

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Hey there I'm a new member and also just got into watches 3 days ago I was never really one for watches..but I'm currently away living with my uncle and a few days ago he came home from work and he came over to me and said here I want you to have it and it was a cyma watch he said it needs to be restored but it would be a nice watch if you get it done by someone that knows how to do it...when he gave it to me I thought it was really nice and was kinda excited to restore it back to new but after spending 3 days and many hours on the internet I cant really find anything out about it all I had to go on was the name on the face cyma so I decided to take the back off it and that's when I saw that the watch dosen't take batterys I thought that was different then I looked inside and said wtf theres alot going on in there like mind blowing..so I wasn't really sure what I was doing but I just kinda figured maybe try and turn the crown to see if it would do anything and that's when I saw everything moving and it looked so cool to see it all working I love the cyma watches so much now I cant wait to restore it and start collecting them... what I need help with the most is information about the watch if anyone can help me I would really appreciate it I'm trying to figure out the year it was made a ruff idea of what I would pay to restore it back to new but keep it with original parts if it needs anything because the only thing I saw broken was the second hand inside the face it's just sitting in there unfortunately...maybe a website to get the part because I cant find much online mainly because I'm new to this and do not have a clue...I took a few pictures hopefully someone here could help me out all I could make out inside the watch was 15 or 18 jewels.the word swiss..and on a gear it says cyma with two x on it.. there looks like a 5 or 6 numbers maybe the SN but cant make it out need to get a better picture..I know its gonna probably cost alot and probably not worth it but I would like to keep it because my uncle gave it to me looking forward to getting this fixed soon hou
 
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Welcome and nice to hear you are excited about your new watch.

You need to post clear close op pictures of the front, back and insides of the watch if you want any chance of receiving meaningful advice.
 
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STOP, put the back on and add the pictures here then someone will help.

Your enthusiasm is good but slow down!😉

Oh, and welcome.
 
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Better formatting (i.e. paragraphs) will

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Longest sentence ever! 😁

But happy to see a new enthusiast. Let’s see some photos of your Cyma and let us know if you have any questions. It was difficult to sort through the post.
 
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Gotta love the OP's excitement and let's hope he continues to post with some pictures so he can get that watch sorted out and start wearing it 👍

I should add "he, she or none of our business" so I have all the bases covered 😁
 
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Gotta love the OP's excitement and let's hope he continues to post with some pictures so he can get that watch sorted out and start wearing it 👍

I should add "he, she or none of our business" so I have all the bases covered 😁

Could be AI…”It”, too?
 
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Thanks for the replys..
Sorry for the way it was written looking forward to hearing back thanks again
 
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Not a lot of historical info on Cyma (Tavannes) movements, but your looks like an early version equipped with the unusual "Cymaflex" shock protection system.
 
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Cool looking vintage watch you have. Hopefully you can shop around for a local watch guy that can give it a service and oiling and install a second hand. I'd wear it 👍
 
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Update..I finally have figured it out I had to study the back of it and watch the movement I was able to determine it's a 1945 cyma 419ka
Thanks for your comments and I'm shopping around now for a shop
 
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Here's a 418.419 from my Paulsons Master Key catalog, I don't know id the Cymaflex is 418 or 419
There's some conflicting info on this family of calibers, but the actual reference will be stamped on the plate under the balance cock.


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