Making balance staff

For vintage watches which are made before 1940s, there is no shock absorber system for balance staff.
Therefore, if they are shocked, the pivots of balance staff can be broken.

It is used in blued carbon steel material of appropriate hardness.
Hard materials are fragile to impact, and soft materials can bend or wear quickly.


Turning off for balance wheel.


Turning off for balance spring.


The upper half has been turned off.


Close-up image of the pivot.
The pivot should be polished as much as possible.


The lower half has been roughly turned out.
After that, it has cut off and turned off for the roller table and the lower pivot.


Completed!

Right : Original. Both pivots are broken.
Right : What we made.