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Why did you remove the hairspring from the balance cock? You should have just removed the end stones to clean the balance holes, also if you have a good watch cleaning machine and the holes don't look dirty you don't need to remove them. As far as I can remember it isn't made to be taken apart.

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I have seen youtube videos on removal the only one I can find is this but I have seen another that had a better solution than this but cant find it now,

Reinserting would be a reversal of the process above, I think in this video the screw he uses is too long and risks damaging the hairspring the other video I once found was a american guy who had used a similar method but he had made a tool for the purpose that looked better than this solution but I cant find it. I think you could do something along these lines with a bit of care.

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6 hours ago, wls1971 said:

I have seen youtube videos on removal the only one I can find is this but I have seen another that had a better solution than this but cant find it now.

This is sooo cool! Thank You very much! 

 

7 hours ago, oldhippy said:

Why did you remove the hairspring from the balance cock? You should have just removed the end stones to clean the balance holes, also if you have a good watch cleaning machine and the holes don't look dirty you don't need to remove them. As far as I can remember it isn't made to be taken apart.

Ah i wanted to clean the balanve pivots with that pin polisher rubber. 

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