brandon1
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Of course!
In the images below we see an Observatoire on the left and a 5170 on the right. The Observatoire's stud is held fixed in the balance cock. On the right, the Patek's stud is held under the Geneva-style stud carrier (A) and can float clockwise or counter-clockwise before being fixed in place by the screw (B). My question is, how are watches without a moveable stud carrier adjusted for beat/centering of the hairspring?
It's possible I'm asking the wrong question, as I'm trying to expand my knowledge.
Thank you!
Brandon
Quick question about beat adjustment
Good afternoon, My wandering technical focus has now turned to the different designs of stud carriers. I've noticed that some watches (both new and old, fine and less fine) do not have adjustable stud carriers. My question is, how is beat adjusted without...
Of course!
In the images below we see an Observatoire on the left and a 5170 on the right. The Observatoire's stud is held fixed in the balance cock. On the right, the Patek's stud is held under the Geneva-style stud carrier (A) and can float clockwise or counter-cl...
Ok Brandon, thank you for the shots.
Well, I\'ve found your answer but it\'s in French (my mother tongue) and I don\'t have enough English watchmaking vocabulary to give you an understandable answer :-( But give me a moment to find the correct words and I\'ll try to answer to your question ;...
Here's a video explaining how to do it
Alignment of hairspring This is an excellent demonstration of how it's done. You might object "That looks like real work!" and you would be right... Cazalea Another demonstration
Perfect, thank you!
This answers my question 100%. It seems that the moveable stud carrier really just addresses the small adjustments like he made at the end of the video...it doesn't appear to be a panacea for all alignment adjustment. Thanks again for sharing the video! C...