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I've completed the creation of an electronic version of the Kendrick & Davis Book Of Tools Number 6 (circa 1908). This book contains some information about the Inverto staking tools that is of slightly earlier vintage than that found in Staking Tools and How To Use Them (circa 1910). The best part of this book is the (hundreds of?) well executed engravings of different watchmakers tools. There is also a short tutorial on poising at the end of the catalog. I've posted screen resolution scans at http://kanddinverto.weebly.com/k-and...6-ca-1908.html The entire book is available as a single pdf of high resolution scans at https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ww2xyb467...lsNo6.pdf?dl=0 This book was scanned and converted with a new method compared to Staking Tools and How to Use Them. The new method resulted in a far smaller file size at the cost of some (hopefully unnoticeable) compression. Any comments about the relative readability of the two different methods would be greatly appreciated.

I'm back with good news. While I was taking a photo of the jewel and spring on the dial side, I decided to give the movement a little tap. Guess what fell out, not just the spring, but the jewel as well. Truly remarkable. So here we are then. It would still be nice if it can be indentified. I'll refit it and upload another photo in another couple of days.

Check out this link since you like it so much: http://albany.craigslist.org/search/sss?userid=46681615 Probably too much to ship it across the pond though!

Interesting interview with the great man, can you believe the interviewer was actually wearing an Apple Watch in front of him tho?!