Hello folks, I am practising on a Gruen 522CD. I installed the train wheels and escapement to make sure the watch is running fine. I use my microscope to inspect the jewels and pivots because I can't see them with a 20X loupe. I found that the balance pivot won't go into unless I force the balance cock down with the cock screwed in. Maybe I need to bent the cock down? That seems pretty barbaric.
Below you can see the pivot barely moving into the jewel. The bottom pivot does the same thing.