Job Numbers 210149
Reassembled, this case looked like everything would work, however it was really hard to get the movement in the case, and the stem bound badly when in winding position. Looking at the neck of the case I realized why. And I now see why the stem was broken. It's bent.

I'm not at all a gold smith, but I had to do something here. I used a lot of rubber to support the case in key places, and for leverage, and a padded vice, and was able to bend the case neck just enough so that it will work correctly. It's not straight, but I used as much force as I felt comfortable with. I'm not taking any chances. It will at least work.

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Job Numbers 210149
Here is the broken stem, the sleeve and the crown. On most vintage American watches the "snap" in and out of the crown is a function of the case and these parts in the neck. You can see how the stem pops over a shoulder in the stem. You can also see the larger hub on the stem that pushes the case's latch spring down to open the front.

The second photo shows the stem I found to replace the broken one. It's a very good match (these parts are not standardized).

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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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Job Numbers 210149
This will need a balance staff at the very least. So far everything else in the train looks OK.

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Job Numbers 210149
A replacement balance staff and one balance jewel and it's running nicely. The keyless works on these often functions poorly just due to design flaws and aged steel spring, but this movement is acting like it will be fine in that area.
There are some problems with the case to look at next.

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Now there's another dirty mainspring...

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