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WATCHDOC's Mechanical Watch Training Courses and New and Used Reference Books on Watchmaking for hobbyists and professionals (Don't try to find our lessons elsewhere, it is our own product, we write it, only we sell it)
Also newly added- 1) Videos on how to remove the movement from the case 2) Cleaning machine instructions 3) Hamilton repair notes on regulation, friction jeweling, rusty hairspring, temperature compensation 4) Elgin watch repair booklet of over 70 pages (postage $5.00, US or Foreign)
Lesson 4 - Timing the Lever Escapement Watch - $10.95 New Lesson!! Sometimes it is easier to repair a watch that does not run at all, than to repair a watch that runs poorly. Many times a watch that will not run at all only needs cleaning, a new mainspring, or perhaps a new balance staff. Although a watch may tick and run, it may run very erratically. It is “buyer beware” when a seller says he does not have any idea of whether the watch keeps time. It is likely that some watches at auction that are advertised as “running but no guarantee to timekeeping” were taken to a watchmaker first to adjust. This lesson of over 20 pages is filled with illustrations and actual examples of watches that did not keep good time and how to remedy their problems. Table of
Contents 1. Introduction 2.
My watch ticks, why doesn’t it
keep good time?? 3.
Watch Escapements 4. The Verge,
Cylinder, and Duplex escapements 5. Chronometer escapement 6.
Adjusting the Lever Escapement to Keep Good Time 7.
Checking the Lever Escapement for Proper Depthing 8.
Overbanking 9.
Overview on Regulating the Movement 10. Calculating Proper Beat Required by the Balance for
Proper Timekeeping 11.
Problem Example 1 – Lever Set 18 size 12. Other
Considerations
Table of
Contents 2.
The balance wheel and the science of good timekeeping 3.
Friction fit staffs, riveted staffs, and modern staffs with shock
protection 4.
Repivoting a balance staff 4.
Measuring the staff accurately 5.
Determining the factory number of your staff 6.
Differences in wrist and pocket staffs 7.
Removing the balance from the balance bridge 8.
Measuring and fitting a roller jewel 9. Tools
used for balance restoration 10. Removing the
old staff 11.
Installing a new staff 12.
Replacing balance jewels 13. Putting balance in beat 14. Timing washers, balance adjustments, timing with or without a
machine 15. Factory specifications 16.
Making and adjusting a staff if
one is not available 17. References
for further reading and study
Lesson 6 - $19.95 - Repairing US Military Watches WWI though Viet Nam Contents 2.
AN 5740 Master Navigation Watch 3.
4.
Hamilton/Elgin 5471-1 Aircraft Clock 5.
Seth Thomas Navy Clocks 6.
7.
Specifications Appendix A – Parts
lists Over 400 pages of instructions, out latest, released February 2007 Just added in May 2008 - videos showing staff removal.
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- Lesson 7 – Use and Care of the Watchmaker's Lathe, revised and expanded 2nd edition, July 2004, by E. L. Fasanella, the WatchDoc. This newly revised and expanded edition of Lesson 7 by the WatchDoc adds additional information on using the lathe to make watch parts. Also, the use of the lathe in restoration of wrist watch and pocket watch cases is described. Over THIRTY 8.5-in x 11-in. pages of highly useful information for a very low price. Included in the Introduction section to the lathe are the topics: dead-center lathes, live-spindle lathes, sizes of watchmaker's lathes, suggestions for purchasing a lathe, adjustment for end shake, oiling and maintaining the lathe, alignment of head (Spindle) and tailstock of lathe, the correct use of wire chucks, safety, tool post and tip over rest, split chuck variations among manufacturers, belts used to drive lathe, chuck and accessory thread types, and lathe accuracy and the key. Another section describes lathe attachments and accessories and includes: types of gravers including carbide gravers, the adjustable bezel chucks, motors suitable for a lathe, lathe mounting methods, crown chucks, balloon chucks, 3-jaw chuck, cross slide, gear cutter and milling attachment, head stock dividing plate, saw table on lathe, and wheel chucks. The last section describes hand turning with a graver. Several projects are outlined including the making of brass bushings, jewel pushers, drills, bench keys, American and Swiss stems, balance staff repivoting, and making a complete balance staff both from raw stock and from a staff that is slightly oversize. The last section of miscellaneous topics includes: grinding with the lathe, using the lathe for uprighting and jeweling, schematics of other parts that can be made on the lathe, and removing scratches on watch case backs. An appendix is included which shows advertisements in old watch catalogs for lathes and accessories.
COMBINATION of ALL WatchDoc Lessons 1,2,3,4,5, 7, 8, 9, 10 Here is the best deal of all, get all of our watch repair lessons (except our lesson 6) for one price plus additional information including Elgin watchmaker repair information, etc. If bought separately would total over $200.00. Over 500 pages of information plus video clips.Special 9 lessons plus video clips only $89!! N000 $19.95 Complete PRICE Guide to Watches #26 (2006) by Shugart, Engle, and Gilbert. This is the price guide and is the book you must have to value your wrist and pocket watches. Almost 1200 pages crammed full of information and prices that with some study will make you knowledgeable about prices, condition, and collectability. YOU MUST HAVE THIS BOOK IF YOU WANT TO BUY OR SELL A WATCH without paying too much or selling for too little. (Shipped book rate in USA - VERY heavy at 5 pounds, add $25 shipping outside USA)
AVAILABLE without postage as an email download (pdf format) at only $9.95
N1A SOLD The Watch Repairer's Manual by Henry Fried, hard to find 1st Edition 1949 D. Van Nostrand, NY, of the "watch repairer's" bible with over 300 fact filled pages with many, many illustrations!! The chapter are 1- The Mechanical Watch, 2 - Cleaning and Overhauling, 3- How to case a watch, 4- Adjusting canon pinions, 5-Mainspring repairs, 6-How to make a stem, 7-Fitting a balance staff, 8-How to make a balance staff, 9-Adjusting a balance staff, 10-How to true a balance wheel, 11- How to poise a balance, 12- Replacing a pallet jewel, 13-Replacing a roller jewel, 14- causes of overbanking, 15-Adjusting a pallet guard finger, 16-How to put a watch in beat, 17-Colleting a hairspring, 18-General repairs, 19-Trouble shooting, + appendices, etc. I found Fried's book to be the best starter textbook on watch repair. (postage $6 US surface, $20.00 minimum to foreign locations)
N3. $9.95 Watchdoc's Diagnosis of Mechanical Watch Failures, - another publication only available from the WatchDoc. This illustrated booklet on a computer CD shows the various damage that mechanical watch parts can sustain either from wear or from abuse. Each failure is described. Examples are bent staff, staffs cut by cracked jewels, winding gear problems, wheels out of round, bent teeth, mainspring problems, setting problems, etc. Many tips on diagnosis of problems, including check-lists before disassembly, during disassembly, and upon reassembly!! Another WatchDoc exclusive. Note that this is now included in Lesson #1, third edition!!
If you need a hard copy, here is a copy of a nice brochure that K&D published just before they went out of business on how to use their staking set with a description of each punch. However, I suggest you purchase lesson 9 as it has much more information for just a few more dollars.
Due to the closing of Heart of American Press, this book is now out of print. We only have a few NEW copies left. George Townsend was one of the early pioneers of pocket watch researchers. The information in this book is very useful to the railroad watch collector as it provides production figures and distinction among the various Ball railroad watches, for example. In addition, many hand drawn diagrams of movements help the collector distinguish the rare from the common. A must for all pocket watch collectors. Soft cover, 44 pages.
N6a. $19 Old Swartchchild Watchmakers Manual, circa 1950's. Approximately 300 pages with information on internchangeability of parts, ordering parts, etc. No covers and well worn, but very valuable to the watch restorer. Also, full of pictures and prices of old watchmaker's tools.N6b. $7 Operating and Maintenance Manual for the L&R Console Ultrasonic and mechanical watch cleaning machine, plus parts lists, and other L&R cleaning machine information on a CD. L&R manual supplied with the cleaning machine, etc.
N7A. $18.95 Repair manual for Hamilton 22 deck Watch chronometer (paper reprint) If you had rather have a paper copy of the Hamilton 22 repair manual, then order it here. Over 60 pages of material on repairing this very fine and accurate WWII timepiece.
N11. $5 LeCoultre Repair Notes for the Caliber 526 Atmos Clock. This set of repair notes shows the tools required and the techniques to repair and adjust the Atmos Clock. Needed by repairmen and collectors alike. The Atmos clock is sometimes called the perpetual clock as it runs without winding by changes in temperature and atmospheric pressure.
This CD contains 30 pages of useful information about the Seitz friction jeweling tool and how to use it. The jeweling tool is similar to a staking set and can be used for many, many operations. N14. $5 Seiko Kinetic Technical Guide/Parts Catalog 5M42A and 5M43A Seiko Kinetic repair sheets for movements 5M42A and 5M43A. If you want to know what the Seiko Kinetic movement looks like, you need this guide. It shows all parts and describes how to repair this watch. Note that this watch has a capacitor instead of a battery. A rotor generates electricity and it is stored in the capacitor. Unfortunately, the capacitor goes bad after a few years and has to be replaced. So, this manual is needed if you want to repair these innovative watches. (If you don't want to repair your watch, contact me!!) N15. $5 Seiko Kinetic Technical Guide/Parts Catalog Cal. 3M22A Similar to above guide, but this one is for the Seiko Kinetic caliber 3M22A. Eleven pages with diagrams and technical information needed to repair this popular watch.
N17. $8.95 Hamilton 500, 500A, and 505 Electric service manuals needed to repair this unusual collectable watch. All on a CD in Adobe Acrobat format. You can print your own copy.  
N20. $9.95 Bulova Accutron Series 230 Repair Manual (used) This is a genuine Bulova repair manual for the series 230 accutron. 25 pages
N22. $7 Operating Instructions for the Watch Master Model WT Ultrasonic Watch Cleaner - If you have lost your operating manual or have bought a used one, you need this 12 page manual. Reprint.N23. SOLD $19 Nearly new - The Craft of the Clockmaker by E. J. Tyler. This hardback is one of my favorites. Illustrates many watch and clockmaker tools, plus how to make drills, how to make a verge staff for an old English watch, etc. 96 pages.
N25. $12.95 Collecting Watches, by Shugart
More of WATCHDOC's USED BOOKS, Catalogs, Repair manuals, etc- all in good condition, most one of a kind
U0.$9.95 SUC Crystal Catalog (stock B7) SUC Crystal Catalog, Catalog of Rocket Cylinder Crystals, this is an old catalog that is useful when looking for crystals for vintage watches, especially if you have old SUC crystals. 57 pages with names of watch models and associated crystal.Over 235 pages of information on vintage Seiko casing parts including crystals, crowns, gasket etc.
U0A.$9.95 E. & J. Swigart Clock Repair Catalog 107 (B4) B4. $9.95 E. & J. Swigart Clock Repair catalog 107, 1961, 66 pages of equipment, tools, motors, etc.Almost 350 pages of information on vintage Seiko movement parts that is needed for the repairer and collector of vintage Seiko watches.
This plating guide covers the essentials of how to silver, gold, and plate other precious metals onto jewelry. This booklet was meant to be used with the vigor power supply, but the instructions are generic and can be used by anyone.
U1. $15. Shugart American Pocket Watch Price Guide #2 published in 1982. Over 300 pages. Good Condition. These early copies are hard to find, and you need them all!! The Shugart price guides are crammed full of information about watches, their production, and their value. If you don't have this book and you are interested in American pocket watches, you need it. It helps in figuring the appreciation of American Pocket Watches over the years. See how much your favorite watch has increased in value. Over 300 pages!! This copy has been out of print for years! (one copy).U1a.$20 Classic Watch, by Michael Balfour This is a book on great watches and their makers from the first wristwatch to the present day. A very large book of almost 200 pages with beautiful pictures of classic wristwatches. This book will make a fine addition to your library on watches. watches.U1c. $19 Antique American Clocks and Watches, by Richard Thomson. This old hardback published in 1968 by D. Van Nostrand is in like new condition. The book is full of information, many, many pictures of clocks and watches, and drawings. The Chapters are 1. The Beginning of Timekeeping, 2. Our English Heritage, 3. Pennsylvania Clockmaking, 4. New England Clockmakint, 5. Conneticut Clocking - The Terry Story, 6. Connecticut Clockmaking - Yankee Clocks, 7. The Early American Watchmakers, 8. The Waltham Story, 9. The Watch Factories. This book of approximately 200 pages is a treasury of information that you will cherish in your horological library.U1e. $19 American Watching by Michael Harrold This fantastic soft cover book contains over 140 pages packed with pictures of American pocket watch movements including the common to rarest of the rare. It is probably the best book written on the subject and goes into details about production rates of many of the American watch companies. The Table of Contents includes the following - Intro to American Watchmaking, Formulation of the Industry, Operation of the Industry, the Average American Watch, Inexpensive Watches, Precision Watches, Watchmaking Machinery, Variations and Oddballs, Escapements, Individual Makers, American Watch companies, Serial Numbers and Dates.U2. $19 Genuine Accutron Service Manual Series 218 - This 8 1/2 by 11 inch paperback is a genuine (not reprint) service manual that will help you service the tuning fork 218 movement. This movement was an improvement on the first accutron watches, which had the 214 movement. The service manual is 50 pages long and is thoroughly illustrated.
U2b. SOLD Richmond Tools and Supplies for the watch, jewelry and precision industries catalog 605 This paperback catalog is over 150 pages and is filled with illustrations of tools and equipment used by the watchmaker. The catalog was published in 1960 and has a lot of the older watch tools illustrated and described.
U2d.$15 Eric P. Smith, Repairing Antique Clocks, A guide for amateurs, This 1976 book of over 200 pages is used but like new with cover. The contents include, 1) The Horological Ham, 2) Tooling up, 3) What is a Clock, 4) weight driven clocks, 5)Spring driven clocks (includes carriage clocks), 6) Washing up and stripping down, 7) Putting together and setting up, and 9) the end of it all.U3. $19 Heuer - The Time for Action Catalog This large 46 page catalog published in 1984 lists the many Heuer timers, aircraft clocks, and chronographs. Pictures, descriptions, price lists, etc. Very useful information for the Heuer collector, dealers, collectors, repairmen, etc. U3a. $39 Bestfit #111 Encyclopedia of Watch Material, Part I Well used copy, but is complete with cover (cover has some tape). This enclyclopedia covers Swiss, French, German, Italian, and Japanese movements PLUS Hamilton. It is a very large paperback of size 8 1/2 x 11 inches and has over 600 pages packed with information, pictures, and listings of movements from Alpha to Zodiac. In the beginning it explains the factory symbols, how to identify movements (it has pages and pages of movement identification using setting parts and size, how to order parts, etc.) Also, this book gives you movement interchangeability, as the parts from many movements with different numbers are essentially interchangeable.U3AA $29 Bestfit #111 Encyclopedia of Watch Material, Part I Same as above, but missing cover and first 6 pages.
U4. $29 1950 Watchmakers Handy Manual by C&E Marshall - This catalog/encyclopedia of over 200 pages is similar to the Bestfit Encyclopedia. It includes a watch "finger print" section to help you identify unknown movements by size by using the setting parts as a guide. Guide on how to identify movements and how to order watch parts. It lists each watch by company with mainspring information, staff information etc. Soft cover pages crammed full of information.U4a.$39 Official Catalogue of Swiss Watch Repair Parts-Part I and II Produced for the watchmaker by the Swiss Federation of Watch Manufacturers circa 1950 has a ringed binder to add supplemental pages. Includes diagrams of many movements with parts illustrated from simple wrist to chronographs and timers. Approximately 300 pagesU4b. $35 Brooks Palmer - The Book of American Clocks This book is THE classic book on American clocks. Eleventh printing 1972. Over 300 pages. A must have book for the clock collector. Hard cover.U5. $2.50 Booklet, Repairing the Hydraulic System of the L&R Vari-Matic Watch Cleaning Machine and Automatic Watch Cleaning Machine, having serial numbers starting with letter B. 4 pages with instructions.U6. $5 BMS Super Service Materials for the Watchmaker - Catalog 40 pages with watch parts, tools, movements, cases, etc. Catalog circa 1960's.U7.$29 Elgin Service Manual 1958 Edition (stock B25) Original (not copy) 1958 Elgin service manual with diagrams of movements, instructions, case and crystal details, interchangeability of parts,etc. In original 3-ring binder, good condition and invaluable information needed for servicing Elgin movements.
U8. $10 Clocks, by Cedric Jagger Circa 1975, very good condition. beautiful oversize color pictures of clocks and some really nice watches. Contents: Earliest measurement of time, the advent of clockwork, the fundamentals of the clock, the earliest clocks, development of the domestic clock, styles in English clocks, the development of precision timekeeping, development of the trade, development of the watch, the European styles, European traditions in watchmaking, the nineteenth century and beyond.U9. $5 Catalog #1 - Gitman Antique Watches & Rarities - Nice glossy page catalog , originally was $5.00. Full of pictured Patek Phillippe wrist watches, and other great wrist and pocket watches. This catalog is probably 20 years old.$7.Operating Instructions for the WatchMaster Model WT Ultrasonic Watch Cleaner - If you have lost your operating manual or have bought a used one, you need this 12 page manual. U11. SOLD Shugart American Pocket Watch Price Guide #4 published in 1984. The Shugart price guides are crammed full of information about watches, their production, and their value. If you don't have this book and you are interested in American pocket watches, you need it. It helps in figuring the appreciation of American Pocket Watches. Over 300 pages!! This copy is out of print.
U12a $9 Shugart Official Price Guide to Watches #9, over 700 pages crammed with information on both pocket and wrist watches with prices, American and foreign.U12b $9 Shugart Official Price Guide to Watches #10, over 700 pages crammed with information on both pocket and wrist watches with prices, American and foreign. U12c $8.95 Shugart Official Price Guide to Watches #12 over 700 pages crammed with information on both pocket and wrist watches with prices, American and foreign.U12d $8.95 Shugart Official Price Guide to Watches #13, over 900 pages crammed with information on both pocket and wrist watches with prices, American and foreign. U12e $8.95 Shugart Official Price Guide to Watches #14, over 900 pages crammed with information on both pocket and wrist watches with prices, American and foreign.U12f $8.95 Shugart Ahugart Official Price Guide to Watches #16, over 900 pages crammed with information on both pocket and wrist watches with prices, American and foreign.U12g $8.95 Shugart Official Price Guide to Watches #17, over 900 pages crammed with information on both pocket and wrist watches with prices, American and foreign.U12h $8.95 Shugart Official Price Guide to Watches #18, over 900 pages crammed with information on both pocket and wrist watches with prices, American and foreign.U12i $8.95Shugart Official Price Guide to Watches #19, over 1000 pages crammed with information on both pocket and wrist watches with prices, American and foreign.U13. $6.95 David Chriss, Collectors Price Guide to American Pocket Watches, 4th edition, 1980. One of the early price guides with lots of great pictures. paperback. Only one copy.U14 $5.95 Clock Material, Watch and Clock Tools, Supplies, Catalog #905, circa 1960's, Modern Technical Tools and Supply Co, Hicksville, NY. This catalog has over 85 81/2 x 11-in pages crammed full of information. U15.SOLD1986 Vigor Precision Tool Catalog No. 191 distributed by Twin City Supply, over 330 full size 8.5 x 11 inch pages of tools for jewelers, jewelry makers, watch and clockmakers. This has it all, tools, machinery, hand tools, supplies. A great reference Catalog. It even describes what each tool does. U16. $9 1995-1996 S. LaRose Catalog 240 of Watch and Clock Supplies, tools, material, over 300 pages crammed full of items..U17. $9 1999-2001 S. LaRose Catalog #262 of Watch and Clock Supplies, tools, material, etc. Over 250 pages.U18. $5 Bulova Hand catalog with illustrations of old Bulova hands, color style, length, etc. Old and well used, but full of info!U19. SOLD U20. SOLD 1979 Seiko Casing Parts Book, approximately 230 pages filled with information on case, winding crown, dial, glass, etc.U21. SOLD Seiko Analog and Digital Quartz Watch Technical Guides - A three-ring folder put out by Seiko filled with information on repairing Seiko Quartz watches. If you work on Seiko's, you need it.U22. SOLD$35 Seiko Watch Technical Guide. Circa 1970! This is the Seiko guide that you must have to repair vintage mechanical Seikos. It is an 8 1/2 x 11 inch in a 3-ring binder with information on all the common mechanical movements with lots and lots of illustrations. Detailed diagrams and information on automatics, chronographs, etc. Explanations on how to repair representative calibers such as 1100A, 1104A, 17A, 2202A, 2205A, 2206A, 2406A,2517B, 2706A, 3703B, 4006A, 5206A, 5606A, 5619A, 6106A, 6138A, 6139A, 7005A, 7016A, 7019A, 6600C, etc. Nice condition original old guide, disassembly, reassembly, oiling, tools, etc.
U24. SOLD The Horolovar 200-Day Clock Repair Guide by Charles Terwilliger, CA 1974, second printing, 7th edition. Old hardback book over 180 pages with the info you need to repair these interesting clocks.U25. Sold
U33. $7 Time's Pendulum by Jo Ellen Barnett. This is a new book that originally sold for $14.00. Over 300 pages. Timepieces and the history of time from the sundial to the atomic clock are described.U34. $5 Hamilton Service Bulletin 202-A Service and repair data on Hamilton 8/0 grade 747 movement. Genuine Hamilton Service Bulletin on how to service the Hamilton 747 with parts list.U35.$5 Hamilton Service Bulletin 203-B Service and repair data on Hamilton 8/0 grade 748 movements. Genuine Hamilton Service Bulletin with parts list.U36. $5 Hamilton Service Bulletin 204-A Service and repair data on Hamilton 21/0 grade 750 and 751 movements. Genuine Hamilton Service Bulletin on how to service the Hamilton 750 and 751 with parts list.U37.$5 Hamilton Service Bulletin 207-A Service and repair data on Hamilton grade 658, 661, 667, 662, 690, 664, 665 automatic movements with parts list. Genuine Hamilton Service Bulletin.U38. $5 Hamilton Service Bulletin 210 Service and repair data on Hamilton 21/0 grade 757 movements. Genuine Hamilton Service Bulletin on how to service the Hamilton 757 with parts list.U39. $4 Hamilton Service Bulletin 211 Service and repair data on Hamilton 8/0 grade 730 movements. Genuine Hamilton Service Bulletin on how to service the Hamilton 730 with parts list.U40. $4 Hamilton Service Bulletin 212 Service and repair data on Hamilton 8/0 grade 735 movements. Genuine Hamilton Service Bulletin on how to service the Hamilton 735 with parts list.U41. $4 Hamilton Service Bulletin 213 Service and repair data on Hamilton 12/0 grade 770 movements. Genuine Hamilton Service Bulletin with parts list.U42. $5 Hamilton Service Bulletin 219 Service and repair data on Hamilton 666, 663, and 668 Calendar thin-o-matic movements. Genuine Hamilton Service Bulletin with parts list.U43. $5 Hamilton Service Bulletin 223 Service and repair data on Hamilton 679-692-694 automatic movements. Genuine Hamilton Service Bulletin with parts list.U44. $5 Hamilton Service Bulletin 225 Service and repair data on Hamilton 623 and 624 automatic movements. Genuine Hamilton Service Bulletin with parts list.U45. $5 Hamilton Service Bulletin 226 Service and repair data on Hamilton 626, 627, 628, 629 automatic movements. Genuine Hamilton Service Bulletin with parts list.U46. $5 Hamilton Service Bulletin 227 Service and repair data on Hamilton 613 and 614 automatic movements. Genuine Hamilton Service Bulletin with parts list. U47. $4 Jeweler Instructions for Jefferson Golden Hour Clock How to replace a broken crystal. This leaflet describes how to take the Jefferson Golden Hour clock apart, etc.
U49. SOLD. 84 pages crammed full of parts numbers for Hamilton watches. You need this catalog to locate parts for Hamilton, the premier American watch. Original old catalog in superb condition.(one copy) U50. SOLD The Watch Escapement by Henry Fried. 190 pages, soft cover. The watch escapement is the heart of the watch. This book by the master of watchmaking training examines and describes all watch escapements from the lever to the verge. Printed in 1974, superb almost like new condition. (one copy) U51. sold Bench Practices for Watch and Clockmakers by Henry Fried. 260 pages soft cover. This book is a must for all serious students of horology. Over 60 pages are devoted to the hairspring, how to form it, how to correct a bent hairspring, how to vibrate a hairspring. There are chapters on staking stumps, jeweling tools and how to use them, etc. If you are like me, you will start reading this book and will not lay it down until you have read it cover to cover. (only one copy)
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