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Looking forward to my next clean (always the boring bit in my opinion) and ill try it out. ive been doing this for a while and i sometimes just forget to ask about other ways. An old watchmaker told me that there are 100 different ways and tools to do everything, not to mention the fact that incredible timepieces were created and maintained way before all the more modern tools we have now, your only restricted by your imagination. Really appreciate the quick response and wealth of information around here, I'm a long term member on other forums where the watch repair is a sub forum, this place really appeals to me so much more as i honestly feel that i've found my place full of like minded people. thanks guys...

Absolutely. The jewels must then be washed to remove old oil residue and lubricated. I leave the jewels in place as this provides the maximum stability for the balance whilst it's in the cleaner. I hope this helps.

The crowd has spoken :D

I have always cleaned the balance mounted to the plate, with the jewels in place. That's how I was taught when I was an apprentice and I have been doing it ever since. Never once damaged a hair spring, never once broke a pivot this way. I have broken pivots in other ways but that's another story :)

The dial is far too cluttered, they should remove the central dot. :-)