Unusual Watchmakers Tool?

[Martin King 2Participant @martinking2]

Hi All,

Just bought a fiar bit of stuff from a defunct watchmakers shop and found this little tool.

The table slides up and down and the lever moves back and forward to the fence.

Lovely little thing but what does it do please?

Cheers, Martin

[Martin King 2Participant @martinking2]

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

I’ve not seen the like of it before, Martin … So let me start the guessing :

It looks like a rather specialised ‘holder-downerer’

MichaelG.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

+1

I'm with that man

holder-downerer

[TomkParticipant @tomk39956]

Martin

I think it could be tool for holding a balance wheel while the balance screws are adjusted.

This a picture of the tool

Tom

[Martin King 2Participant @martinking2]

Hi Tom, Certainly looks similar!

Martin

[Tim StevensParticipant @timstevens64731]

The round copper object could possibly a token from the days when no-one could bring themselves to speak in an outright manner. We still don't have a name for the process by which we void waste, and this is the proverbial 'penny' that we claimed to be 'spending'.

Cheers, Tim

[Dave HalfordParticipant @davehalford22513]

Posted by Tim Stevens on 27/10/2021 17:55:25:

The round copper object could possibly a token from the days when no-one could bring themselves to speak in an outright manner. We still don't have a name for the process by which we void waste, and this is the proverbial 'penny' that we claimed to be 'spending'.

Cheers, Tim

Today we would have to call them steels

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