A Smiths watch

[djd]

I am completely new to watch repair, and so, really appreciate all of your input. From what I can tell, the balance staff end pin is missing presumably broken off, on the original and the donor; and the balance spring on the original was broken, and the donor has at least a couple of twists causing the spirals to cross over. 

[rehajm]

27 minutes ago, mikepilk said:

Maybe you can polish a turd ?

Haha- now, now- 'economical timepiece' not a turd. Watches were expensive back in the day and this was an affordable...something people who could not afford a watch could wear...

28 minutes ago, mikepilk said:

I love that they bothered to put stripes on the bridges.

...and are those Ystradgynlais stripes? 

[mikepilk]

59 minutes ago, rehajm said:

Haha- now, now- 'economical timepiece' not a turd. Watches were expensive back in the day and this was an affordable...something people who could not afford a watch could wear...

...and are those Ystradgynlais stripes? 

 I have a 17J (!!!) Cal 627 from Ystragynlais, and that doesn't have any stripes   . I feel cheated.

[AndyGSi]

8 minutes ago, mikepilk said:

 I have a 17J (!!!) Cal 627 from Ystragynlais, and that doesn't have any stripes   . I feel cheated.

Were the 627 not made in Cheltenham?

[mikepilk]

5 hours ago, AndyGSi said:

Were the 627 not made in Cheltenham?

Not according to @Neverenoughwatches - made in Wales.

 I was surprised at how well it runs

 

[AndyGSi]

1 minute ago, mikepilk said:

Not according to @Neverenoughwatches - made in Wales.

I was thinking about the Smiths 600 made in Cheltenham not the Ingersoll 627.

[Neverenoughwatches]

11 hours ago, djd said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203563030644?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=eQ0ovwPVQ8O&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=PsNgMi00Sxm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
 

would this work on the Smiths

You could get a whole movement for less than that and cheaper. Balance and roller seem ok, wheel hole taken a bit of a battering, hairspring looks dirty or worse could be rusty.

7 hours ago, nevenbekriev said:

It seems to me that the hairspring is not from this balance. At least the stud is different, and the spring looks smaller compared to the ones shown above.

Also thought it looked a little small for the wheel.

6 hours ago, rehajm said:

Haha- now, now- 'economical timepiece' not a turd. Watches were expensive back in the day and this was an affordable...something people who could not afford a watch could wear...

...and are those Ystradgynlais stripes? 

Seven months on and the thread watch is running well, the missus said she can hear it when I'm sat at the far end of the sofa reading. It's still within a minute or two per week.

5 hours ago, AndyGSi said:

Were the 627 not made in Cheltenham?

England on the dial Cheltenham,  Great Britain on the dial Wales. Towards the end of business Switzerland were making their watches. 

[rehajm]

22 minutes ago, Neverenoughwatches said:

Seven months on and the thread watch is running well, the missus said she can hear it when I'm sat at the far end of the sofa reading.

They do make a bit of mechanical commotion - I enjoy it…

[Neverenoughwatches]

5 hours ago, rehajm said:

They do make a bit of mechanical commotion - I enjoy it…

Not  as much as the westclox i am working on lol

[djd]

I will do what you suggest and get another donor, I just lost one on eBay but l will keep trying. 
 

[djd]

I have started on the Seiko. 

[djd]

It occurred to me that the dial feet pins should still be in the movement, 0.89mm