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Hi,

I'm wondering where people source their older watch hands from? I'm trying to find some hands to fit a 60s/70s Ingersoll based on a Ronda 1213 movement. Ranfft tells me the hands should be 1.8/1.3/0.2 - I've checked the hour wheel and cannon pinion and this is correct. However checking at Cousins they have no hands in those sizes. The nearest are some carded ones at 1.9/1.3.

I suppose there might be some branded ones, but to check this I would need to know which movements had that size hand holes. Are there any other places I should check? Thanks

Stephen

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That i can agree on . Ofrei shipping charges are a little extrem . How about this ? it's looks lkie it could fit a 13" inch movement ? :

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Good spot - the hour hand is there and the minute might be close. I appreciate you looking, but at the risk of appearing ungrateful I have to say they wouldn't look right at all. I should have explained further. It's a nice plain white dialled watch with black numbers, I think black batons would look best. Thanks anyway.

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I may just be able to help you out with the hours & minutes hands ( possibly the seconds )  :)

 

Let me know what size lengths you need for each HR+MIN(+secs)

 

Im sure i have black batons, they may be silver but could be painted ?

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Thanks for that. I'll have to measure the dial tomorrow, see what the lengths should be - in my mind anyway. I'm sure there's probably a standard length for hands depending on movement size, but I don't know it! I quite like silver hands, but black would likely be best for legibility/viewability.

Stephen

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You often see job lots of hands - double or even three figures of quantities - on eBay, for a few pounds. Might be worth taking a punt sometime, though the chances are it will still be like looking for a needle in a haystack!

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Hi Will

Yes I've got quite a few of those for different items. They always seem a bargain until you need to look for something, then you wish you'd spent more on the sorted/categorised ones instead :D . Thanks

Stephen

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I'm sure there's probably a standard length for hands depending on movement size, but I don't know it!

Stephen

Not always.

I have a Seiko with the 6309a movement.

If you look up hands for 6309a, you usually get hands for nice big dive watches but a few non dive watches also used this movement. ie 6309-523a which has a TV shaped case with an internal minute marker ring. This makes the longer dive hands unuseable due to the limited space when the hands are nearing the vertical position.

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