Hey everybody, after recently picking up a nice little Hamilton Piping Rock I have found that acquiring new spring bars for it isn't all that straight forward. Does anyone have a good source for these old fashioned female spring bars? Here is your gratuitous photo.
These are available on Ebay but after you first posted about your Piping rock I googled a site with an article on restoring several Piping rock watches and they mentioned not being able to find an exact match and having to bore out the ends of a new pair to make them fit the studs in the Piping Rock lugs. http://www.hamiltonchronicles.com/2014/05/1928-piping-rock-overhaul.html Might require some searching to find these in the right size.
These should be available from European or British suppliers if nobody on this side of the pond can supply.
I have purchased them from eBay, but as noted above, they are a different style than were used at the time (which had large diameter flanged sections at the ends) and the inner diameter of modern bars is not always large enough.
Same issue as @Dan S The ones I purchased has too small a diameter on the part that goes over the lug pin. Getting some with larger pin holes is on my never ending to-do-list
Thanks for the help guys. I did buy some from Esslinger and ran into the same problem that both Professor, Dan, and Wristpirate mention, the diameter of the modern bars is not even close to the original ones. @Radiumpassion What is the diameter of the end cups for the NOS bars you have? I am going to check out Julesborel first since I am in America but will definitely keep your offer in mind. @redpcar Thanks for the tip, I will check them out.
Don’t ..... keep trying. It will hurt the value. Although and I defer to experts on these, and since seen before....Are these cut fixed bars? In which case I agree...
Here are some of the older style on eBay. I don't think these are so easy to find, and the last time I looked I didn't find any. https://www.ebay.com/itm/FEMALE-SPR...ge-Watches-16mm18mm19mm20mm-NOS-/192873003722Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network