Does anyone recognize this soft focus part please? I think it came out of this 37mm lepine watch which I just got but I can't see where so ím not sure now. Is it possibly just a spacer for a case retaining screw?
In focus picture would help. Looks a bit like part of the hairspring regulator, although that part seems to be there. Most of that assembly is in shadow and hard to make out. The watch is badly out of regulation as it looks like it is all the way on the fast side. Other ways it looks like setting parts, but those are mostly under the dial, and the watch would have to be taken apart for them to have a way out of the case. Could be the proverbial 'extra' part. I find it interesting how the plate layout looks like a lot of the A Shild stuff I have. I guess there are limeted ways watches were made in the 1920s and 1930s. The finish looks nice.
The blue hole jewels are interesting. Natural sapphire, possibly? Don't recognise the stray "wing-nut". Maybe set the loose part on or near the movement for a picture that shows the relative scale of the part to the rest of the movement.
The photos are terrible, but I can see that there appears to be a tooth missing from the ratchet wheel at the lower arrow, and maybe something going on with the crown wheel as well. The watch is in need of servicing based on how dirty it appears to be, so I would take the watch and mystery part to your watchmaker, and have them sort it out... Cheers, Al
Blue Jewels seem to often denote Japanese delivery for pocket watches, this is something that @Modest_Proposal is doing a little bit of research on.
Thanks guys. It was a dumb mistake to post those pics, instead of waiting for natural light. Sorry. I'll repost tomorrow. But I do now think that it is just a spare part. It was somewhere near a 30s Omega-Tissot movement but it doesn't look too me like it came from that either.
Well, that question has passed into history now. I just dropped the part and it is s bit to small to find. So it had better be to some other watch Anyway, this is the movement along with an Omega Tissot which was in the same plastic bag