IWC Da Vinci

The Hamilton follks seem to have the best grasp of the "correct band to watch" factor so I thought I'd post this here.Check out this JB, it's wide at just over 13/16", but take a look: the top-shell ends fit on the outside of the lugs, so the band will fit an 11/16" watch.I have another one or two with different link patterns in JB, and one in Hadley so we'd be looking at an Elgin watch, too:The only watches I can think of that appear to use a similar attachment are the Hamilton Holden and K-420........

As a newby I am slowly learning how to repair watches. Up to now when I had a watch with a broken staff I looked for a donor movement and replaced the entire balance assembly. I thought I'd give a try at replacing the staff on a ladies Gruen 210 movement, and voila success after about 3 hours work. The finished job isn't real pretty, but it works. I used a staking tool to remove the balance and rivet it to the new staff. I'll run the movement for a day and see how well it keeps time.IMG_0332.j........