Week 10, Days 3 & 4 (Staffing Project, Tribology and Lubrication)
Oh man. The staffing project that I mentioned on Tuesday? Well, for whatever reason, I was having a rough week this week and screwed up big time(s). The watch that […]
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Week 10, Days 1 & 2 (More Poising/Staffing Project)
Monday was a pretty good day for me. I was able to get my second group of wheels trued, poised and the balance springs back on. After doing that, I […]
Week 8, Days 3 & 4 (Staffing and Truing Balance Wheels) Very Picture Heavy
I ended my last post talking about how I received my staking set, and that I was going to be using it for staffing balance wheels (at least for now). […]
Lathe Lessons pt 5 (Cutting out Balance Staffs, Making a Screwdriver and the Jacot Tool)
In my last post, I went over the process of how to make a winding stem. In this one, I’ll be covering cutting a balance staff out of a wheel, […]
16-Point Check (Lord Elgin)
Here is an excellent example of American Watchmaking. It’s a Lord Elgin from around 1939. The dial has obviously aged but the hands looked great; mechanically, the watch had some […]
Semester 2, Week 3, Days 4 & 5 (More ETA movements)
Thursday, I was able to get the watch back together without any other issues and the oiling went really well. I only had to remove the pallet fork one time […]
Week 11, Day 2 (Timing)
Today I had my lecture on how to use the various timing machines we have in class. Timing machines can tell a lot of information about how the watch is […]
Week 9, Days 3 & 4 (More Poising, A few Different Tools)
I got my final balance wheel poised Wednesday morning. After you finish poising a wheel, you need to put the hairspring back on. It is a relatively straightforward and simple […]
Week 9, Days 1 & 2 (Poising Balance Wheels-Image Heavy)
At the end of last week, we had our introduction to Poising lecture. Poising, in essence is manipulating the weight of the balance wheel in order to ensure that the […]
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