Completely agree with other commenters that this is probably the best hairspring manipulation video on CZcams. So much more clarity than the others. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
Nice video! I am now armed and dangerous! I have botched quite a few hairsprings, but have also had them come through the bench all garbled up. I’m pretty sure I can do this! In fact, I know I can. The fact that you showed how to trace the offending coil, and then how to rectify it, was just so awesome!!! Thank you so very much!
I can't thank you enough for providing this info and examples! You make it look so easy (when it really is not at all) but armed with your knowledge and a few hours of struggle, I successfully fixed what I thought was a hopelessly deformed balance spring in a 60 year old Longines that belonged to my father. The feeling of accomplishment is awesome and I'm basking in the warm glow of beginner's luck.
Brilliant explanation of one of the most frustrating tasks to try and do when watch bashing! Thank you for putting this out there! Now to make some picky thingys ...... and get a pair of number 7's.
Masterclass. I've done a couple of springs and they came out better than I expected. As you say do one thing first and look carefully for the point of origin of the error.
Good stuff. I do this type of work almost daily. To many it looks like magic but as with anything experience and practice is are 98 percent of the skill development. Watch others like yourself gives the knowledge. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
Just stumbled across this suggested video. This is precisely what was taught to us in my Watchmaking school. For anyone needing more help I suggest buying the Joseph Bulova watchmaking school textbook.
I have been trying to deal with damaged hairspring and never ever completed one in over 7 years and over 30 attempts and always ended using a second hand or a new spring. Now I will attempt our approach. I have still a long way to go though.Thank you so much for this video.
Just brilliant. I am a novice at horology I have taken it up as a hobby this year 2023. I have several old watches of my late Father-in laws . I got a pocket watch working by replacing the shepherds crook my first success. However the ladies Siro watch I had taken apart cleaned and re assembled was fine until dropped the hair spring and it twisted. Armed with the knowledge from your video I am going to have a go at repairing it. Fingers crossed I will let you know. Many thanks for the very informative video. Regards Dan
I fear I'd never have the patience to do this work, but watched the video with complete absorption and admiration. The results seemed magical to me. Very, very well made. Thank you.
Excellent video! You are incredibly talented! I have manipulated hairsprings before with success, but I am sure that I would not have attempted the last distorted hairspring that you worked on. Amazing that you were able to recover it so well. Many Thanks for sharing!
I have been working on a hairspray on a wesclox dollar watch I think I just about got it ,man you make it look so easy .you know you can't find hardly any parts for old wesclox pocket watches but they made millions of them .thankyou so much.
I have to say your videos are brilliant probably the best I’ve seen on CZcams the hairspring straighten video has been so useful to me have you made a video on polishing pivots i just wish could make more many thanks Pete
Bravo vous êtes un génie, la plus difficile réparation dans une montre c'est le spiral(mainspring), merci bcp on a appris tellement de trucs pour tenter de réparer cet outil qui ressemble à un monstre.
Awesome. I'm glad I found your video as I am new to this hobby and about to consider tackling my first hairspring problem on a Hebdomas pin set watch. The spring is an over coil so I am hoping that I can correct what I think is one kink without throwing off the over coil. I'll probably watch your video a few more times before I try and have it up on the screen when I do. les
Wonderful! I have two pocket watch hairsprings I'm working on straightening (my first two, watches have become a hobby). I was ok until I started working on removing twists, then it became a nightmare :) this is an extremely helpful video, thank you. Hairsprings are so fascinating, I love working with them.
This has been a useful and inspiring video. I recently acquired a microscope and I have some hairsprings that need some attention, so there’ll be no stopping me know
Wow!! Good timing as I need to repair one on a zodiac day/date. Very helpful and I’ve watched it three times to learn this process!! Thank you for posting!!
thank you for this video. I have been reluctant to do anything with Hairsprings thinking I would do more harm than good but now with your knowledgeable demonstrations I feel can at least have a go
Precise Steady control of hands and neck numbing patience is also very much needed on this work. I tried to repair JUST ONE hairspring yesterday and i thrown it outside the window out of frustration🤣🤣🤣
Fantastic and skillful work. I am an eye surgeon and was able to admire your steady hand and skill - as good as I have seen with the best surgeons. Recently retired so horology will be my new surgery to enjoy. As I noted from your video I will also be using a surgical/stereo microscope as monocular loops belong in the first half of the last century and do not provide either binocular vision/depth perception or the fine degree of vision of using both eyes. Thanks for the excellent video.
I hope you will have long enjoyment of your second precision surgical career with watches! Just felt like writing this because I've had my life saved three times -- on separate, unrelated occasions years apart -- by skilled surgeons. Gratitude to you all.
Very comforting video. I had a terrible accident with a pocket watch hairspring, it looked like a birds nest. I have spent MANY hours gradually getting it untangled and now it's more or less in the round and I just need to get it flat with the 180 degree rule. I never realised I had so much patience! I certainly wish I had a pair of those N0. 7 tweezers. I think I am using an old pair of fireside tongs and a broom stick (that's what it seems like!) But Christmas is coming! :-)
Watching how easy you manipulate the spring is very impressive. Your hand is so stable, its possible to see the spacings widen and close as you manipulate up and down the problem area. I too can see where i need to make repairs ans have saved quite a few hairsprings in my short tinkering career. I will admit however that its not quite as elegant as shown here haha but i get the job done. What appears obvious is that I need 3 things: 1. More practice 2. More tools 3. More practice with calmness in mind 😂
Hello thank you for sharing your knowledge. I already straightened some hairsprings on old fusee pocket watches and even on wristwatches but this video helped me and showed to never ive up these springs. I'm 24. and from Germany. Kind Regards
Realmente eres grande papá, gracias por compartir tus habilidades y guiarnos en la reparación de estas piezas. Es increíble como realizas la reconstrucción de algo que parece no tener solución
Real expert in handicraft. I want to give you a tap at the back for the beautiful work and expertise you have in your hand . Thank you. But in thr end time spent will be and may be expensive than the spring itself.
I have 2 small clocks which problems are the hairspring. I have never works with a clock but I am going to start after viewing your video. the problem is that one of the clocks has the hairspring totally unsprang and out of its compartment and the other hairspring is awfully twisted, like the last one you showed. Thanks for this video it was really educational.
Hi, thank you very much for the great video. I have learned a lot again. I didn't know that I could do this on a glass plate (I didn't want to damage the balance spring so I always set the balance on the small wirst watch cushion but on glass it's great, thank you very much. I use the same pair of tweezers Dumoxel N°7 like you sad in the video they are curved & don't get in the way(In the beginning I tried with N°5 but it was to difficult to handle for me). The tools would be good what you had there. I'm only a slightly advanced layman. I started with an old broken balance spring & it took me a long time to do half of it back then & still does today, but it's better used with two N°7 tweezer &, I also use sometimes the N°5 but rarely. If the balance spring forms a horizontal tangent when viewed from the side with the layers of hairspring & nothing protrudes at the end, I know that I have succeeded in straightening the balance spring at the end of the work. I was able to learn a lot here & thank you. For you & your family stay healthy & happy.
Thank you for another great video. Very informative! Have successfully reshaped a cpl of slightly distorted hair springs. Still it was not easy. Here is the old truth, practice makes perfect. And quite a bit of it. 😊 Knowing how difficult it can be, and seeing you doing it. It’s very clear that you have great experience and technique! I think you explained it in a very straightforward and clear way. Agree with you on the tweezers. Tried several, but an angled type 7 is best. As you have to look close from above. And better handsupport on the bench gives less shaky tweezer work on needed precise work. I good advice also from Kalle Slaaps video, using a bent oiler to work the hairspring. Being quite technical an locical minded. First time looking at a twisted hairspring, and trying to fix it. My mind was going..what the crap is happening.. But there is a logic to it as you explained very well!
The best hairspring tutorial in YT.
Agree!
Completely agree with other commenters that this is probably the best hairspring manipulation video on CZcams. So much more clarity than the others. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
If I had to guess I would say that when these things are ruined that you just got to find a replacement but here we are. Really appreciate this.
Nice video! I am now armed and dangerous! I have botched quite a few hairsprings, but have also had them come through the bench all garbled up. I’m pretty sure I can do this! In fact, I know I can. The fact that you showed how to trace the offending coil, and then how to rectify it, was just so awesome!!! Thank you so very much!
I can't thank you enough for providing this info and examples! You make it look so easy (when it really is not at all) but armed with your knowledge and a few hours of struggle, I successfully fixed what I thought was a hopelessly deformed balance spring in a 60 year old Longines that belonged to my father. The feeling of accomplishment is awesome and I'm basking in the warm glow of beginner's luck.
Well done. I didn't think that last one was salvageable. Patience is a virtue.
Thank you very much for this most valuable hairspring repair course I have seen on CZcams ever!!!
Best hairspring video on youtube. Fantastic work!
Brilliant explanation of one of the most frustrating tasks to try and do when watch bashing! Thank you for putting this out there!
Now to make some picky thingys ...... and get a pair of number 7's.
A very necessary skill set that is complex but attainable with your expert instruction. Thank you.
What?
That was insane. A master at work. Thank you for this! By far the best hairspring video on YT.
Masterclass. I've done a couple of springs and they came out better than I expected. As you say do one thing first and look carefully for the point of origin of the error.
Good stuff. I do this type of work almost daily. To many it looks like magic but as with anything experience and practice is are 98 percent of the skill development. Watch others like yourself gives the knowledge. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
Just stumbled across this suggested video. This is precisely what was taught to us in my Watchmaking school. For anyone needing more help I suggest buying the Joseph Bulova watchmaking school textbook.
Thank your for an exceptionally clear explanation and demonstration.
Thank you so much for making this! I could never have done hairsprings without this awesome video!
Fantastic video, man. Extremely helpful. Thanks for taking the time to make it!
Absolute skill required to perform this job. And you are a master at it Sir. Superb video.
I have been trying to deal with damaged hairspring and never ever completed one in over 7 years and over 30 attempts and always ended using a second hand or a new spring.
Now I will attempt our approach. I have still a long way to go though.Thank you so much for this video.
Stumbled on this because I have a spring to sort. Astonished at the skill and dexterity demonstrated. Lots of food for thought.
Just brilliant. I am a novice at horology I have taken it up as a hobby this year 2023. I have several old watches of my late Father-in laws . I got a pocket watch working by replacing the shepherds crook my first success. However the ladies Siro watch I had taken apart cleaned and re assembled was fine until dropped the hair spring and it twisted. Armed with the knowledge from your video I am going to have a go at repairing it. Fingers crossed I will let you know. Many thanks for the very informative video. Regards Dan
I fear I'd never have the patience to do this work, but watched the video with complete absorption and admiration. The results seemed magical to me. Very, very well made. Thank you.
Excellent video! You are incredibly talented! I have manipulated hairsprings before with success, but I am sure that I would not have attempted the last distorted hairspring that you worked on. Amazing that you were able to recover it so well. Many Thanks for sharing!
I have been working on a hairspray on a wesclox dollar watch I think I just about got it ,man you make it look so easy .you know you can't find hardly any parts for old wesclox pocket watches but they made millions of them .thankyou so much.
I'm so excited about your job. Thanks for all your information.
You make it look so easy! Excellent tutorial.
Man, thanks so much! This was gold for me, please keep up the great videos! I can't believe you straightened that!
You make it look so easy. Admire your skill
Excellent. Really clearly taught and demonstrated.🤗
Thank you very much! This is the best video I have ever seen on this subject.
I have to say your videos are brilliant probably the best I’ve seen on CZcams the hairspring straighten video has been so useful to me have you made a video on polishing pivots i just wish could make more many thanks Pete
Bravo vous êtes un génie, la plus difficile réparation dans une montre c'est le spiral(mainspring), merci bcp on a appris tellement de trucs pour tenter de réparer cet outil qui ressemble à un monstre.
Very helpful you are very talented and a good teacher, thanks!
Excellent video! Very informative.
Thank you for your tutorial. Always trying to find more information on how to deal with damage hairsprings.
Excellent, all doubts clear as a learner and beginner. Thanks master.
You are so kind man. I learned a lot from this.
Thank you.Nice demonstrations. Very useful for horologists.All the best.
Excellent demo. Thank U.
Thank you for sharing a great video on a difficult area for a newbie
Awesome. I'm glad I found your video as I am new to this hobby and about to consider tackling my first hairspring problem on a Hebdomas pin set watch. The spring is an over coil so I am hoping that I can correct what I think is one kink without throwing off the over coil. I'll probably watch your video a few more times before I try and have it up on the screen when I do. les
Wonderful! I have two pocket watch hairsprings I'm working on straightening (my first two, watches have become a hobby). I was ok until I started working on removing twists, then it became a nightmare :) this is an extremely helpful video, thank you. Hairsprings are so fascinating, I love working with them.
Very good hairspring work. I like your pick set . I will have to make a set.😊
How incredibly skillful! Especially the last one. I guess it takes a really long time to master this craft.
Amazing technique hope can do it my self. Thank you for sharing...
Very good work and professional
This has been a useful and inspiring video. I recently acquired a microscope and I have some hairsprings that need some attention, so there’ll be no stopping me know
Exceptionally fine tweezer work.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I am intimidated by hairsprings because they seem so fragile. But now I think I could repair one.
Thanks so much, this will really help me in my work, have a mainspring i need to sort out!
Wow!! Good timing as I need to repair one on a zodiac day/date. Very helpful and I’ve watched it three times to learn this process!! Thank you for posting!!
Hi this is the best video I ever seen
Thank you so much
thank you for this video. I have been reluctant to do anything with Hairsprings thinking I would do more harm than good but now with your knowledgeable demonstrations I feel can at least have a go
Wow you make that look obvious and easy, Im not a watchmaker but this is going to be incredibly useful in repairing old meters Thank you
Precise Steady control of hands and neck numbing patience is also very much needed on this work. I tried to repair JUST ONE hairspring yesterday and i thrown it outside the window out of frustration🤣🤣🤣
Fantastic and skillful work. I am an eye surgeon and was able to admire your steady hand and skill - as good as I have seen with the best surgeons. Recently retired so horology will be my new surgery to enjoy. As I noted from your video I will also be using a surgical/stereo microscope as monocular loops belong in the first half of the last century and do not provide either binocular vision/depth perception or the fine degree of vision of using both eyes. Thanks for the excellent video.
I hope you will have long enjoyment of your second precision surgical career with watches! Just felt like writing this because I've had my life saved three times -- on separate, unrelated occasions years apart -- by skilled surgeons. Gratitude to you all.
Thanks very much for the note and enjoy following your channel.
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Thank you very much sir.. One of the best use full vedio I hv seen in you tube
Thanks for a great explanation. I certainly have plenty of wonko hairsprings I can practice on.
Very comforting video. I had a terrible accident with a pocket watch hairspring, it looked like a birds nest. I have spent MANY hours gradually getting it untangled and now it's more or less in the round and I just need to get it flat with the 180 degree rule. I never realised I had so much patience! I certainly wish I had a pair of those N0. 7 tweezers. I think I am using an old pair of fireside tongs and a broom stick (that's what it seems like!) But Christmas is coming! :-)
Perfect work 👍👍
Thankyou very much for your time well done very helpful Cheers
Watching how easy you manipulate the spring is very impressive. Your hand is so stable, its possible to see the spacings widen and close as you manipulate up and down the problem area.
I too can see where i need to make repairs ans have saved quite a few hairsprings in my short tinkering career. I will admit however that its not quite as elegant as shown here haha but i get the job done. What appears obvious is that I need 3 things:
1. More practice
2. More tools
3. More practice with calmness in mind 😂
Great video!
Hello thank you for sharing your knowledge. I already straightened some hairsprings on old fusee pocket watches and even on wristwatches but this video helped me and showed to never ive up these springs. I'm 24. and from Germany.
Kind Regards
Realmente eres grande papá, gracias por compartir tus habilidades y guiarnos en la reparación de estas piezas. Es increíble como realizas la reconstrucción de algo que parece no tener solución
Very detailed video, thank you.👍🏻
Masterpiece, thank you!
I want those pics! Perhaps making them is the best route, no? Great video. I will not fear another missformed hairspring!!!
Muchas gracias por la clase está fabulosa aprendí mucho felicitaciones
Amazing work. Thank you for sharing. -David
I've repaired a few bent/twisted hairsprings thanks to this video. Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Simplesmente expetacular seu trabalho, parabéns pela habilidade! Saudações do Brasil.
Increíble gracias por tu tiempo al compartir este excelente video
Great video. I have quite confidence to repair watch.
Un buen video para los amantes de relojes muchas gracias maestro .
I'm very appriciate your vid and your method, my teacher never teaches me the tichnique like that. Anyway thank you so much again!
Awesome skill!
Great job!!!!
the patience of Jobe!
Thats so helpful - thank you so much!!!
Great video thank you
Real expert in handicraft. I want to give you a tap at the back for the beautiful work and expertise you have in your hand . Thank you. But in thr end time spent will be and may be expensive than the spring itself.
Yes, my labor isn't cheap. But if the hairspring cannot be easily replaced.... what choice does one have.
Very very very instructive! Merci beaucoup de partager votre savoir
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Thank you ,providing this info
Thank you very much for these Inform.
Brilliant just unbelievable thanks
I have 2 small clocks which problems are the hairspring. I have never works with a clock but I am going to start after viewing your video. the problem is that one of the clocks has the hairspring totally unsprang and out of its compartment and the other hairspring is awfully twisted, like the last one you showed. Thanks for this video it was really educational.
Hi, thank you very much for the great video. I have learned a lot again. I didn't know that I could do this on a glass plate (I didn't want to damage the balance spring so I always set the balance on the small wirst watch cushion but on glass it's great, thank you very much. I use the same pair of tweezers Dumoxel N°7 like you sad in the video they are curved & don't get in the way(In the beginning I tried with N°5 but it was to difficult to handle for me). The tools would be good what you had there. I'm only a slightly advanced layman. I started with an old broken balance spring & it took me a long time to do half of it back then & still does today, but it's better used with two N°7 tweezer &, I also use sometimes the N°5 but rarely. If the balance spring forms a horizontal tangent when viewed from the side with the layers of hairspring & nothing protrudes at the end, I know that I have succeeded in straightening the balance spring at the end of the work. I was able to learn a lot here & thank you. For you & your family stay healthy & happy.
This so good 😊 Thank you very, vey much!
Bravooo..thank you for this video from dubaii
An excellent and exemplary video thank you for posting and made even more helpful without dreaded music and shouting in the background
Great movie. Good luck😀
Impresionante!
Si no lo veo ,no lo creo
Muy bueno este video gracias...
Amazing! Thanks!
Puede llevar horas de trabajo y paciencia.... mucha paciencia....
Nice video, good instroction
Thank you for another great video. Very informative!
Have successfully reshaped a cpl of slightly distorted hair springs. Still it was not easy. Here is the old truth, practice makes perfect. And quite a bit of it. 😊 Knowing how difficult it can be, and seeing you doing it. It’s very clear that you have great experience and technique!
I think you explained it in a very straightforward and clear way.
Agree with you on the tweezers. Tried several, but an angled type 7 is best. As you have to look close from above. And better handsupport on the bench gives less shaky tweezer work on needed precise work. I good advice also from Kalle Slaaps video, using a bent oiler to work the hairspring.
Being quite technical an locical minded. First time looking at a twisted hairspring, and trying to fix it. My mind was going..what the crap is happening.. But there is a logic to it as you explained very well!
Thank you for your kind words. Yes practice makes perfect.
GREATEST, PROFESSOR; THANKS 👍!! .