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I am posting this in a separate thread even though there is another Seamaster dial thread...this is different.

In order to get a set of hands for this watch (originals were missing), and replace the broken sweep second pinion, I bought a donor. 

You see the broken dial and the donor dial.  The markers look and measure the same.  I am going to give the owner the option of using the donor dial, but they may want the original dial.

I think (?????) I can remove the markers from the donor and put them on the original.

Press fit?  Glued?  I do not know.

Anyone have any guidance on how to approach this.

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Update.

The markers are trivial to remove.  Unfortunately, the distance between the holes is slightly different, and there is a notch in the marker on the donor dial--used to put lume.

So...I am now attempting to make replacement markers.  I won't put a post on them because that seems a bit hard.  Will glue them on.

Stay tuned!

Update

OK, so here is my first marker.  Not perfect, but to the naked eye, I think it will work.1201793922_2022-10-1111_14_31-20221011_111118.jpg-Photos.png.cd51d7f20bdd12c27f7b4f396a5225f7.png

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I thing good enough

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During assembly, the hour and minute hands were too small.  I had taken them from a donor.  I measured the hour wheel and the cannon pinion of the original, and then the same for the donor.  The donor was smaller by 10um in both cases.  I did not want to modify the hands, so I put the hour wheel and cannon pinion from the donor on the serviced watch.  That worked just fine.

I am waiting on a crystal, so the watch is running in a holder on the bench.

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BTW, I glued the markers on using GS Hypo cement.

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Hi LWS   If one was to pick up the watch for the first time without knowing the work done they would be had placed to spot any mods at all, Once cased and a new crystal fitted a first class  job well done.    cheers

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