Update: Hairspring Vibrated! Also, where I’ve been…
As the title of this post states, I successfully vibrated my hairspring! I actually did it about a week or two ago. I wanted to wait until I had finished […]
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Second Semester Final Project-Vibrating a Hairspring
I want to apologize for the lateness of this post. I have been enjoying my holiday break, but I have also been thinking a lot about this final project. I […]
Semester 2, Week 6, Days 4 & 5 (Short Update-Hairsprings and Hand Tools)
Thursday was a good day. I did spend the day doing more hairspring corrections-I think I ended up doing the 6 watches about 3, maybe 4 times throughout the day. […]
Semester 2, Week 6 (includes week 5), Days 1-3 (Hairspring Corrections)
Two weeks ago, when I last left off, I was talking about how my watch was potentially timed. I am happy to report that it was timed very well. The […]
Semester 2, Week 4, Days 1-4 (ETA-7001, Int 1980 and more)
Monday was a pretty good day for me. I was able to get the ETA-7001 fully disassembled and cleaned without any issue. It is definitely a nice movement, one that […]
Last Week, Final Project (Colleting and Studding Hairsprings)
This last week has been kind of a whirlwind for me. My last day of class was Wednesday. After class, I took a friend to Dallas so he could catch […]
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 5, Days 3 & 4 (Forming Breguet Overcoils)
In my last post from last week, I mentioned that we were going to be learning how to form Breguet Overcoils. Well, Wednesday and Thursday of this week was Overcoils […]
Week 5, Days 1 & 2 (Hairsprings and Lecture on Cleaning)
So far, this week has been more of the same from last week. I’ve been doing a lot of hairspring work, specifically focusing on Out-of-Flat bends. About half-way through the […]
Week 4, Days 3 & 4 (More Hairsprings)
Again, another short post. Wednesday and Thursday consisted of more hairspring work. Wednesday was kind of a rough day for me. For whatever reason, my fingers and tweezers were not […]
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