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        <title>Old Waltham Factory Dial Beat Setting Tool.  Dated 1875!</title>
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        <![CDATA[ These tools are designed to make it possible for the workers in a factory to place the hairspring with the collet and stud to be applied to the balance wheel at predetermined positions. This eliminated the need for more adjustments. Doing this, hundreds of watches could be set up without great difficulty. The Waltham dial that is showed, is only part of the complete tool used for this purpose. That is why it has the three dial legs as shown. You can also see that it is for smaller Waltham... ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Old Waltham Factory Dial Beat Setting Tool.  Dated 1875! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>This is an update to this posting.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>I was reading in the book, &quot;American Watchmaker &amp; Jeweler,&quot; by Abbott, the 1908 publication.  On page 186, it refers to these tools as being a Hair Spring Stud Index.  The book shows two nice pictures of these tools.  One is made by Wathier's and the other is made by A. W. Johanson.<br><br>Also on page 187 there is a very large table for most American pocket watches and the... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ These tools are designed to make it possible for the workers in a factory to place the hairspring with the collet and stud to be applied to the balance wheel at predetermined positions. This eliminated the need for more adjustments. Doing this, hundreds of watches could be set up without great difficulty.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://horologist.com/images/BeatBlock1.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br>The Waltham dial that is showed, is only part of the... ]]></description>

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