When I pulled this little omega 484 down I noticed that the escape wheel was turning under duress so I thought I would show how I polish these tiny pivots on the escape wheel and pallet folk before I ultrasonically clean them. It gets a nice shine, I can do my hair in the reflection. Using a very fine pin polisherÂ
I've been curious about these pin polishers for quite a while, so I ordered the following from CousinsUK:
In hindsight, I regret not ordering the two-millimetre versions instead as the polishers tend to hit the fingers/tweezers when rotated.
Yes, indeed, but it depends on the hardness and grit. The medium grit and medium hardness polisher will quickly taper the pivot so stay away from it. It's very aggressive.
I would say all you need is the extra fine grit and