by mdoolittle » Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:48 pm
So as one of my first projects I took apart a non-working Knickerbocker 7 Jewel pocket watch. It's turn of the century junk basically from what I read on the internet. I have successfully found the problem- the balance hole jewel had some shards broken off that fell into the cap jewel. Needs to be replaced obviously. How do I measure this jewel to find a suitable replacement? This is not a common watch so parts are not readily available by size number like Elgin etc. I don't even know if this is possible to find replacement but wondered if anyone had any info on where to look. Thanks. Marc