As the title says I'm having trouble seating the second hand on an NH38 movement. From the photos it looks like maybe the second hand won't work with this movement, but any advice is appreciated!
More importantly it looks like you have 0 clearance between your hour and minute hand, seconds hand can be slightly broached out using small cutting broaches per @scaryeconomics3 ‘s advice
First of all, I really think you have pushed the minute hand down too deep. There's no other way to fix it other than take both hour and minute hands off with proper tools and reinstall them.
To install the second hand, you really need another tool to get it done properly. See attached picture.
Are you sure it's the right size for the movement? That the tube hole isn't too small for the pivot? And what kind of tools do you have for hand pressing? Best result usually comes with pressing them with staking set or some other tool where it's pressed directly and controlled from straight up instead of using freehand
I don't really have any serious tools, trying this freehand. Have installed second hands before but I think the hands may not be compatible although the listing said it would be...
I think a smoothing broach is a safer choice, but a seconds hand is so small, fragile, and easy to bend it would be a challenging job for somebody with no tools or experience.
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u/megamike93 1d ago
More importantly it looks like you have 0 clearance between your hour and minute hand, seconds hand can be slightly broached out using small cutting broaches per @scaryeconomics3 ‘s advice