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Getting through assembly slowly... very slowly The stopwork is stopworking nicely and the barrel is now put together and already pre-tensioned, taking out the last 3/4 of a turn of the spring, which is pretty much useless anyway. The other end is shortene...  

Is your watch based on the Unitas? Does the reverse last coil of the mainspring not help? I thought the reverse coil helps pump in more power into the last coil. Kind regards Aditya

It is very loosely based on Unitas, meaning i 'borrowed' mainsprings, hairspring, escape wheel and pallet fork. The rest is made in my workshop. The next movement i'll make ( the one i'll jump right on after i finish and case this ) will have, or at least... 

Wow Ondrej, no going half way ! I always look forward to see your next post. The barrel is an often overlooked, but very important component in a watch. From an uneven power supply one will never get a good even rate. Don

I agree with Don, the barrel is usually overlooked yet it is the powerhouse for the movement and deserves the care you have given it. No pics on making the Geneva stop work and what steel did you use ? Great work. David

The stopwork making was a bit intense and i have no pictures, however i remember the proces very distinctly - i made a paper template 20:1 and from available space on the top lid i determined how big the parts can be. Then i determined where the centers o...