Job Numbers 210149
The next problem with this watch was that the winding arbor end of the stem was completely sheared off. The piece fell out as soon as I removed the movement. That's an odd thing to find broken like that, but later I found out why. The first thing to do was to figure out how to get the crown off without the stem to grip.

This required removing the latch spring from the case body, something I almost never do, so I proceeded with caution. On this case the spring is held with a retaining pin. I was able to push the pin all the way in and out of the way. Then the spring could be removed, and I could reuse the same pin when I put it back.

With the spring out of the way, the body of the stem could be gripped, the crown unscrewed and the sleeve turned out of the case neck.

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