Horological Meandering

Dear fellow horologists, After nightmarishly poor communication with Junghans my watchmaker in Australia today finally received a response from the company. It turns out that the spare part which they had said 3 months ago was definitely "on its way", is ... 

The Land of "Independent" thinkers, the Land of Plenty? There are some, "Independent" with Plenty, in The Land Down Under, whom, by now you should ...know of!....they will, I am sure help you solve this small hiccups! Cheers, Francois, also from The Land ... 

Many thanks, François, for your kind response! Made me giggle... :)

I'll call the Junghans service agent here in Switzerland and see if I can get any sense out of them... Not promising anything of course, but you never know. Cheers, Rob

Dear Rob, You're too kind! I'd really appreciate it, but my watchmaker has now found a very close alternative, which is not a Junghans crystal, but it should fit. If there is a problem with that, I will let you know, if you don't mind. In some ways, I thi... 

We Aussies have got to stick together...! Let us know how it goes. Cheers, Rob