Hairspring adjustments and the art of leaving-well-enough-alone

[GaspardColigny]

Dear watch repairers,

I would like to take a moment to celebrate the lives of hairsprings lost; in the shaky tweezers of beginner watch repairers, in the dark bowels of attics and hobby rooms.
These hairsprings have become needless victims of mankinds insatiable appetite for high amplitudes and low beat errors.
May they rest in eternal peace, with their equally maligned friend; the pivot.

Thank you and stay safe,

Gaspard de Coligny

[watchweasol]

Amen to that.

[Tudor]

I have slain a few of the helpless beasts myself.