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It used to be the biggest problem was be able to afford if you could find a hairspring vibrating tool. Now it's finding the hairsprings for the tool. So some additional links the first is a  student in school briefly talking about the procedure. The last video shows what you're trying to get.

 

http://www.tp178.com/jd/watch-school/6/article.html

 

http://www.mybulova.com/sites/default/files/file/Joseph%20Bulova%20School%20of%20Watch%20Making%20-%20Unit%207.pdf

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJwwNzNK3y4

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5LEN66vxgc

 

 

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fascinating. i'm glad i didn't blurt out "so, why would you vibrate a hairspring, anyway?". i read the bulova article. crystal clear. now i've learned something.

excellent info. thanks to OP and john for his digging abilities.

 

which leads me to wonder. i think that i read where someone is using ceramics for a hairspring. i might have gotten that wrong. but i wonder if this procedure would apply to such a different material. or take seiko's new watchspring material. i forget what it is called. but i wonder if all of this applies.

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