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Dog or dog point. Am I the first in this thread not to mention tits, breasts, nipples or cocks?

Hi quite often see them on the balance cock and pallet cock, I assume the tit is to guide the screw into the starting point of the thread keeping the screw upright making it easier to start. .

After assembling few watches from readily available parts of AliExpress it was very natural to want something more of a custom thing. This is a result of my first attempts in making a custom dial and casing and all techniques involved. Original dial stripped down to bare brass, soldered movement posts to match new movement, primed and painted silver then inkjet waterslide decal and finally glossy coating. Movement holder is 3d printed. Seiko VH31 quartz movement pretending to be mechanical ticking at 4Hz. 34mm case used is from and old and broken beyond repair soviet Poljot which itself is a homage to Omega Geneve. And I twisted it further to be a homage of Explorer :)

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Quite possibly. I would refer to the said protrusion as either a pip or a spur (or indeed a protrusion)

Out of curiosity, is it normal to refer to something like this as tit in the US and UK? The online dictionaries give different meanings.

What WW says. Very handy, especially on smaller screws where there is little to aid guiding the screw into alignment.

As promised update on progress so far of Pultra lathe including new brushless motor.

I got to see inside of a similar clock in my youth. It was not a Gents, but I remember it being part mechanical and part electric. In grade school, I got sent to the principal's office ("Headmaster" for those in the UK) for drawing on a bully's face with a magic marker. (He got sent too, so I was okay with that.) And while we were there, somebody was working on the tall clock behind our principal. To this day, I cannot recall anything that man said to me, because I was so fascinated looking at the guts of that clock. I do remember the other clocks were off that day, but that's the only other thing I recall; this was decades ago. It was a plain-looking clock, but I liked it anyway. A teacher later explained to me that what I saw was their master clock and it set all the other clocks. I thought it was cool for what it could do.

Right gents, all sorted - picked up another 630-1249 driving wheel which went in much easier. Used a regular hand fitting tool, there has been some slight bending when installing, but luckily no damage! Need to get a hands press for future use. Also keeping an eye on some Ebay staking sets just in case