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Good evening, introducing myself to the forum as someone currently working their way through Mark’s course and thoroughly enjoying learning stuff in this fascinating world!

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 My name is Alan, and I am very interested in gaining more knowledge about watch restoration. I have been cleaning and replacing movement parts for over a decade, gaining knowledge as I go along. To date I have over a hundred watches that I have purchased along the way mostly 1930s-1960s with Swiss movements and are back in working condition. However, the more I learn, the more I realize what I do not know. I am joining the forums to learn from others with more experience. My goal is to bring vintage pieces back to life as best as I can.  Here is a Landeron 48 I rebuit with a NOS dial as there was extreme damage to the original dial. 

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    • I have no experience with this watch, but looking at the pictures from the ebay listing linked above, it looks like the outer metal bezel at the back of the watch may not be part of the case proper.  It looks like the watch and strap are sandwiched together, and an inner case may push out of the rear bezel towards the front of the watch.  A case style similar to the Roamer watches where the crystal, movement and caseback pushed out through the back of an outer bezel, only in reverse - this one may push out towards the front.  To test this, you would need to hold the watch, dial down, supporting the dial side of the watch around the edge of the bezel without touching the bezel itself. Then push down carefully on the inner metal ring you can see at the back of the watch. I’m speculating here, proceed at your own risk. Hopefully someone with hands on experience of these watches can chime in! Best Regards, Mark
    • Thanks, Mark. That's the kind of reassurance many of us wanted to hear! Yes, life is unfortunately unpredictable, and it would be a shame if the many dedicated WRT: ers became stranded if, god forbid, something happened to you and WRT stopped working.
    • The case back is perfectly aligned to the case and has no provisions for a screwing tool. The T-Sport series has snap on backs.
    • For me the text looks too aligned and with no obvious way to grip as a screw back.
    • There’s no indents & there’s no little groove to pry it off anywhere! So I don’t know if it’s screw down or pry off 👍
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