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So I've gone and done it. This morning while removing the jewels from the balance bridge on my Favre-Leuba 253 I broke one of the legs/arms off of the shock spring. Not sure if I was just ham handed or if it was brittle as I had no such problem with the bottom spring on the main plate. Another research project ensues..... Based on this info: http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&&2uswk&Favre-Leuba_253 I see KIF-Satellor on the page. A clue a clue! A few googles later and I end up on this page: http://www.boley.de/en/shop/4802.kif-satellor Getting warmer. The shape of these springs is definitely correct. Any idea if these are the only Satellor sizes? I can't really measure mine as one entire side is broken off and I doubt I could eyeball the difference between 1.9 mm and 1.6 mm. Looking around at suppliers, it looks like my only options for this part are CasKer or Otto Frei/Jules Borel in the U.S. I've called Jules Borel in the past and they said I had to be either AWCI certified or be a student in an AWCI certified school to order from them. Are all you guys who order from JB AWCI certified or is there some trick? CasKer has them in stock at twice the price of JB. I haven't tried to order from CasKer yet, not sure if they have the same stringent requirements as JB. I can always go for Cousins, but I hate the wait, plus when looking for the 4-2 Cousins says it is obsolete and suggests a 3-2,3-8 not sure if those are even Satellor? Any advice?