my hour minute hand stopped working why?

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1. amomipais82
   

   HI,
   Place the protective plastic sheet over the dial, the cannon pinion (the protruding tube on which the hour and minute hand sit) will go into the slot that you cut out. Turn the crown and align all hands. I assume here that your watch is not running and that you started the watch work while the mainspring was unwound. There is a way to unwind the mainspring, it requires a bit practice, find the description here. If that sounds too adventurous to you, why not simply brew a cup of coffee and browse PMWF for while until the watch has stopped. Even if you started your "hands off" project with a fully unwound mainspring, the moving while opening the watch might have rewound the spring and a clean movement could well run for an hour or two. If you do not want to unload the mainspring via the click, then simply cover the open watch and wait.
   
   If you prefer the India Made handslifter (pantograph style), mount the movement into a movement holder. Make sure the movement sits reasonably tight but without squeezing any parts of the site of the movement. I could never really warm up for those movement holders, I guess I do not have enough practice. The movement always seems to find a way to slip out ... but maybe you have better skills. I am just very careful and do not want to leave marks on the movement by tightening the movement holder too firmly.
   
   My tutor actually introduced me to these pantograph style lifters. I had always used the PRESTO before. Consider covering the claws of the India Made lifter with protective tape or polish them with an Arkansas stone. The claws from the factory might have very sharp edges and scratch your (black and glossy) dials.
   The biggest advantage of the India Made lifter is, that one actually controls the lifting force while pulling its handle.

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