Zaria cannon pinion is loose.
Well, I've got the watch apart. That is a match head in the photo. This is only my second go at tightening a cannon pinion, and what do I find? Every cannon pinion that I've seen (on YouTube) has the "dent" on its outer diameter at 90 degrees to the shaft, this runs parallel.
I don't have the tools to do this style of "dent".
For those who don't know, this "dent" serves the purpose of putting the correct amount of friction on the pinion, by bruising the I/D of the pinion, so that the hour and minute hands rotate correctly. If it's loose then the hands do not rotate correctly and keep time. If I compress the I/D too much, it won't fit over the pinion.
So, all I can do is to use my blunt nail clippers and attempt to tighten the bore in the cannon pinion.
Even if anyone suggests something, I haven't got any other tools to do it in an alternative way.
Fingers crossed people.
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That's what I'd do too, without a proper crimping tool. Let us know how it goes.
Agreed, that should do it. (Always happy to hear about cannon pinions, the unsung heroes of the watch world.)
Movement back together. I used radico to hold the calendar in place, otherwise couldn't put the top place in plate, without bits moving.