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[Graziano]

Anyone see where that went 

[AshF]

Ok so the other night I lost a yoke spring.  I had properly unloaded it with a safety pegwood holding it down, then when I tried to remove it it just disappeared.  I didn't even hear it skid or hit anything.

After an hour on the floor I gave up and continued disassembly.

At about 1:30am it was time to go to bed.  But I gave it one more look.  I did the trick of turning all the lights off and holding my mobile phone light up to my eye.  I found, 2 pieces of bent wire - unrelated.  1 pinion from another watch and finally my spring.  All in the space of 20 minutes.

[Michael1962]

[Klassiker]

29 minutes ago, AshF said:

I did the trick of turning all the lights off and holding my mobile phone light up to my eye.

Explain that again, please. You mean it works like a spotlight, and you catch the reflection?

[AshF]

@KlassikerYes, exactly.  With only one small point of light a reflection is easier to see.  The more diffuse a light is the softer the reflection becomes.  To super optimise this a penlight with a tight beam would be ideal.

[canthus]

Also find a lot of christmas glitter this way.