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Is this a watch you've taken in for repair, or one of your personal watches ? I'm asking, because if you took it in for repair, maybe at some earlier point in time, it was re-staffed with the wrong length staff, and the repairer at that time, just ran the screws down lightly. I'm not sure I would start messing with the jewel depths yet..but you could first smooth/stone the pivots a bit, to ensure that there are no rough edges at the ends that could be hanging up. If that doesn't work, you could stone each side evenly a bit to see if you get enough end shake. I've used the timing washer trick years ago on a balance I couldn't get parts for..but that was when I was 1st starting out. -
Update: Tried installing the crystal by hand, and there is no way i'm getting that thing in, was applying quite a lot of force and the crystal just will not give. Is there a specific tool or an intended way of actually installing these type of crystal? -
Update on this... The big lathes pictured were from Edison's machine shop. But the watchmaker's lathe and desk was not. My family just told me they found that in a preserved jewelry store near the Edison shop. They were there again and spoke to a docent this time, who told them that was Henry Ford's personal watchmaking bench setup and all Ford's personal tools on the desk. And not only that... As late as the 1940s before Ford died, he actually came in and worked on that bench at that lathe regularly while museum visitors were around because the museum and his collected buildings has opened in the 1930s. -
I start with one long edge, then the 2 short ones, leaving the other long one till last.
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