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omega 30t2 project disaster, lost click spring , what to do

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Good morning, it is not so great morning for me , I was working on my first service of 30t2 movement , complete disassembly cleaning and reassembly, everything was going a ok, I thing for an armature I was doing pretty well , until the click spring just sprung out and flew away 馃槙 no where to be found , now, because this little think missing the movement is basically useless , will continue to search but not so sure how can be found , my room is a little mess to be honest, and had everything safely in order , now what , please give me some encouraging helping advise , opinion, does this happen to others , thank you for your attention and any suggestions, Ah the morning of flying springs, regards, good day everyone, 馃鉂わ笍鈾庯笍kazd

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Get a strong magnet and a torch with a decent beam, then go hunting.
Put all containers from your bench/work area in another place after checking them for the spring.
Then check your work area, corners, cracks etc.
Hands and knees if it's likely on the floor, shine the torch along the floor, not down on it.

Many of us have been there done that.
Good Luck.
 
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Get a strong magnet and a torch with a decent beam, then go hunting.
Put all container from your bench/work area in another place after checking them for the spring.
Then check your work area, corners, cracks etc.
Hands and knees if it's likely on the floor, shine the torch along the floor, not down on it.

Many of us have been there done that.
Good Luck.
Thank you , it a small room but little, maybe little more than messy lol, I鈥檒l do the hunting as you suggest , I think I may have a small tiny magnet , thanks again , gives me hope that I鈥檓 not the first hunting for parts, and don鈥檛 want to be discouraged by this mishap 馃憢馃槉 I will update on my hunting result , next project if any , I鈥檒l just leave the click alone in place ? but what if this think is lost for good , good day, 鉂わ笍鈾庯笍kazd
 
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You can source one pretty easily :

https://urdelar.se/products/omega-260-1105-click-spring

I always put a thin transparent plastic sheet on top of the movement when I need to remove or install anything that wants to fly. Never lost a spring since. It didn't prevent me from doing worse, like dropping a container of a disassembled watch...

You gotta get used to loosing springs and tiny screws and not call that a disaster, because it will demoralize you in this hobby, which will not help.
 
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You can source one pretty easily :

https://urdelar.se/products/omega-260-1105-click-spring

I always put a thin transparent plastic sheet on top of the movement when I need to remove or install anything that wants to fly. Never lost a spring since. It didn't prevent me from doing worse, like dropping a container of a disassembled watch...

You gotta get used to loosing springs and tiny screws and not call that a disaster, because it will demoralize you in this hobby, which will not help.
Hello and thank you , yes I will remove the word disaster from my vocabulary, thank you for this kind reply , it is a learning curve for me still , even if not welcomed incident , will be hunting for that spring and in the process cleanup and bring my work space to well deserved order, and yes the plastic over is a terrific idea especially when working with flying parts haha, thank a lot again , love you guys , always a tremendous input and expertise here on OF , and surely this won鈥檛 discourage me from continuing my passion for this hobby , I鈥檒l call this experience, a Morning of flying parts 馃槉馃檭best regard and good day ,kazd 鉂わ笍鈾庯笍
 
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Hello and thank you , yes I will remove the word disaster from my vocabulary, thank you for this kind reply , it is a learning curve for me still , even if not welcomed incident , will be hunting for that spring and in the process cleanup and bring my work space to well deserved order, and yes the plastic over is a terrific idea especially when working with flying parts haha, thank a lot again , love you guys , always a tremendous input and expertise here on OF , and surely this won鈥檛 discourage me from continuing my passion for this hobby , I鈥檒l call this experience, a Morning of flying parts 馃槉馃檭best regard and good day ,kazd 鉂わ笍鈾庯笍
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Hello and thank you , yes I will remove the word disaster from my vocabulary, thank you for this kind reply , it is a learning curve for me still , even if not welcomed incident , will be hunting for that spring and in the process cleanup and bring my work space to well deserved order, and yes the plastic over is a terrific idea especially when working with flying parts haha, thank a lot again , love you guys , always a tremendous input and expertise here on OF , and surely this won鈥檛 discourage me from continuing my passion for this hobby , I鈥檒l call this experience, a Morning of flying parts 馃槉馃檭best regard and good day ,kazd 鉂わ笍鈾庯笍
Hello and thank you for the link to the parts source , they have one , looking through the description , looks like omega 286 uses same spring ,and I have a spear movement 286 with broken off hairspring stud , so if I don鈥檛 find the missing flying little sucker lol, I may decide to just take it, from that one, if could turn back time , knowing my passion would progress to this stage , I would buy all the essential omega movements available haha, back years they were more reasonable , now looks like the parts all together are worth more the the watches itself, oh, will see what happen , hoping still to find the missing one , thank you again , good day, kazd 鉂わ笍鈾庯笍
 
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Click springs are a part which often shows up with the same base caliber number.

There is a story about a watchmaker who spent so much time on all fours looking for parts, That he grew a tail and started barking like a dog with his nose to the floor.
 
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sheepdoll sheepdoll
Click springs are a part which often shows up with the same base caliber number.

There is a story about a watchmaker who spent so much time on all fours looking for parts, That he grew a tail and started barking like a dog with his nose to the floor.
ah omg , this is the funnies story I encountered in a looong long time 馃槃馃槀 thank you , you just made my day, love you guys , yes I鈥檓 beginning to understand more and more as I travel this road of watch hobby that some parts can be cross referenced between movements of the same base , thank you, good day ,鉂わ笍鈾庯笍 kazd
 
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Omega鈥檚 1993 Dressing Components catalogue has a conversion table that pairs cases with bracelets. For case 198.0001 it lists bracelet 1125 with end link 560.


Omega鈥檚 parts list for the steel 1125 gives end link 026 ST 560, link 114 ST 1125 and clasp 117 ST 1125.


That鈥檚 Omega鈥檚 service listing from 1993, not a record of what left the factory in 1972, so the point above about more than one bracelet being fitted still stands. Omega鈥檚 own vintage database shows the steel 198.0001 on an attached steel bracelet but doesn鈥檛 give the bracelet number.


If you want Omega鈥檚 own pairing, it鈥檚 1125 with 560 end links. The 617 end links don鈥檛 appear against this case in that catalogue.
Hope this helps
 
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ah omg , this is the funnies story I encountered in a looong long time 馃槃馃槀 thank you , you just made my day, love you guys , yes I鈥檓 beginning to understand more and more as I travel this road of watch hobby that some parts can be cross referenced between movements of the same base , thank you, good day ,鉂わ笍鈾庯笍 kazd
sheepdoll sheepdoll
Click springs are a part which often shows up with the same base caliber number.

There is a story about a watchmaker who spent so much time on all fours looking for parts, That he grew a tail and started barking like a dog with his nose to the floor.
Hello kazd here with update , i found this little jumping sucker lol, the click spring, after half an hour searching on the floor , cose that would be the logical place to look for right??馃槉 I got up , moving light beam around my glass desk/ work station , hurrah , there it was , the last place to concentrate my searching on, so thank you guys for your encouraging advise and the story about the watchmaker , I鈥檒l print it and hang above my desk , a hilarious story, and by the way , the room got little deserved attention, grateful kazd , hood evening everyone, 馃鉂わ笍鈾庯笍
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Vacuum with a nylon stocking or fine mesh over the hose nozzle, so anything small gets caught instead of sucked in.
 
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Vacuum with a nylon stocking or fine mesh over the hose nozzle, so anything small gets caught instead of sucked in.
That's a damn good idea
 
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F Fabb
Vacuum with a nylon stocking or fine mesh over the hose nozzle, so anything small gets caught instead of sucked in.
Usually the stocking gets sucked in. They rip and run easy. Sometimes I use a sock, which is thicker. Other times the magnet on the wand goes into the vacuum.
 
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