Mystery tool

[LittleWatchShop]

Been staring at this for many months...wondering about its use.

Fits a standard stake, but beyond that...I am clueless.

[david]

It looks like a tool to tighten cannon pinions.  Was there any other tooling with it?

[david]

This is a picture of the tool from THE WATCH REPAIRER'S MANUAL by Fried.

Edited May 22, 2021 by david
Removed a superfluous photo.

[KarlvonKoln]

It sure looks like that's what it may be.  I guess if you don't have a whole staking set, it lets you tighten cannon pinions at least, plus maybe a couple other tasks.

[david]

You can see from the photos the tool should have a special stump and a couple of stakes. Without that tooling the stand on its own does not make a lot of sense.

[LittleWatchShop]

I am gonna search around the watch bench and see if I can find these additional parts.  Will post if I find them.

[LittleWatchShop]

Finally found the answer!!!

HERE

Posting pictures since the Ebay post will not last forever.

HG Wilson staking tool with individual stumps.

[RichardHarris123]

Nit size?  Like the thing's people get in their hair?  Hehe. 

[LittleWatchShop]

2 minutes ago, RichardHarris123 said:

Nit size?  Like the thing's people get in their hair?  Hehe. 

Yeah, that threw me.  The size of the hole is the same as the stake: 4.7mm.  All of my "standard" stumps are 4mm, so this little thing is a **BLEEP**.  One would think that my Dad (the source of this thing) would have had some stumps to fit it, but I have not seen anything that fits the bill, but I may have overlooked them.

[RichardHarris123]

Could you make stumps ?

[LittleWatchShop]

1 minute ago, RichardHarris123 said:

Could you make stumps ?

Yes, but it would be a lot of work.  I think they have to be hardened--still trying to get my head around metallurgy.

But...at the end of the day, I don't need another staking tool.  I think I have five now.  What I do want to know is how my Dad used the tool.

[JohnR725]

On 5/21/2021 at 8:54 PM, LittleWatchShop said:

I am gonna search around the watch bench and see if I can find these additional parts.

I was thinking that looks like the one that I have. Not sure where mine is right now and no there were no little bits and pieces with it. But my guess is that a long time ago before we ever had ours the bits and pieces migrated to a standard staking  Set.

[LittleWatchShop]

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As an aside...Ebay is a great place to do research when you are trying to suss out the purpose of a tool are dig up information on a watch.  Odd to use it that way, but it works.

I actually have two of them!!  One from my Dad and the other was in a watch bench I bought (I think that is where it came from...stuff just shows up around here!)

[RichardHarris123]

13 minutes ago, JohnR725 said:

I was thinking that looks like the one that I have. Not sure where mine is right now and no there were no little bits and pieces with it. But my guess is that a long time ago before we ever had ours the bits and pieces migrated to a standard staking  Set.

Maybe. 

13 minutes ago, LittleWatchShop said:

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As an aside...Ebay is a great place to do research when you are trying to suss out the purpose of a tool are dig up information on a watch.  Odd to use it that way, but it works.

I actually have two of them!!  One from my Dad and the other was in a watch bench I bought (I think that is where it came from...stuff just shows up around here!)

It's disappeared from my house, other side of the worm hole. 

[LittleWatchShop]

1 hour ago, LittleWatchShop said:

thing is a **BLEEP**.  One

Funny.  Not a bad word...a descriptive one: bas

tard.  Makes sense in this application.

[RichardHarris123]

**BLEEP** file.

Child born out of wedlock file, not so catchy. 

[LittleWatchShop]

Also used to describe that does not conform to the norm, or deviated from the norm.

"something irregular, inferior, spurious, or unusual"

[grsnovi]

Let's not forget the files

[HectorLooi]

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