Thank you for suggestions!
John's hint for screws made me dig, under thick paint I found 3 minuscule screws fixing a big retaining ring (see attached picture showing the ring).
As AgX stated, nothing electrical here, not even mechanical transmissions. The aperture is part of the stud.
I managed to disassemble this part - no issues at all, and easily clean and reassemble. Tool: fine 1.25mm screw driver.
Thus, the lens has an amazingly big image circle - certainly good for 6x7cm+...
In case anybody has more in-depth info on the comprehensive disassembly-reassembly of this lens, I'd be very grateful for sharing!
Cheers, Pitt.