Completely agree with other commenters that this is probably the best hairspring manipulation video on TH-cam. So much more clarity than the others. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
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.
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!
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.
Thank you very much for your video, as a young watch repairer I've been struggling with tangled and bent hairsprings, from now on I'll try your techniques and apply them on my routine.
Wow. I just did my first disassemble and reassemble of a movement. I had trouble with the balance and messed up the hairspring, even though everything else went perfectly. I attempted to correct the hairspring under a microscope, but made it worse. This information is valuable, and I'll keep it all and attempt it again using this video as the hairspring is not near as bad as the one you awesomely corrected at the end. Thanks!
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!
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 TH-cam 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
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
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!
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
@petergreenwald9639 I took a look at things that were similar Peter. I found some dentists tools that I sent for. They are double ended and have a ball end that is easily removed. They are good quality stainless steel, so non magnetic. They have to be filed and polished to make them small enough for the job. I think they are used to press in teeth filling materials etc. I also found sound s/s number 7, dental tweezers. All at a very good price on ebay. Not Dumont but after fettling the ends I find them really good.
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
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
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 😂
What an explanation and guide. Came across this as I have a hairspring to adjust. Thank you 🙏 Also how can we make these kind of hairspring adjustment tools that you mentioned in the beginning?
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🤣🤣🤣
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.
For the first time, I now have a hairspring that is out of flat. So, I've taken a very focused look at what you are doing at 13:50. Would I be somewhat correct in saying that you're holding the spring with the tweezers on your left while repeatedly squeezing the spring with the tweezers on your right while tilting the tweezers on your right towards the collet? What I'm most unsure about is whether or not you tilt the tweezers. I would really appreciate your comment! And again, thank you for this amazing video and demonstration! Pretty much the best on TH-cam👍
I got a reply from Repivot22 and I'll share it with you here. Again, thank you very much! 🙂👍 "Yes you are correct. I sometimes use this method of light pinches so I can see the hairspring moving/bobbing ensuring I'm bending the correct coil. If you just grab with both tweezers and twist, if you have the wrong coil, you just introduced a new bend. I hope this is helpful."
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.
Absolutely loved it…..on a different line…. How much error the last one would retain as the result of many plastic deformations imposed to correct it. Please don’t mind if its a foolish question to ask.
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! :-)
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
Your last one straightened is great job sir. I am from India sir I have a Elgin 16s 1941 military pocket watch. Bent hair spring problem. I tried myself but couldn't succeed. Their no one make good mechanical watch. I am very sad because it's not working sir.
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.
Very instructive. What I do not get is what movement you make with your tweezers correcting an out of flat hairspring. Are you twisting the spring? Something else? I would be very happy if you would take the time to explain me.
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The best hairspring tutorial in YT.
Agree!
Completely agree with other commenters that this is probably the best hairspring manipulation video on TH-cam. So much more clarity than the others. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
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.
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.
Well done. I didn't think that last one was salvageable. Patience is a virtue.
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!
Maybe the best approach I have ever seen to working through HS issues !! Thanks !!
Best hairspring video on youtube. Fantastic work!
That was insane. A master at work. Thank you for this! By far the best hairspring video on YT.
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.
Thank you very much for your video, as a young watch repairer I've been struggling with tangled and bent hairsprings, from now on I'll try your techniques and apply them on my routine.
Thank you very much for this most valuable hairspring repair course I have seen on TH-cam ever!!!
His voice is reassuring and tends to calm one down, which would seem to be necessary for this sort of work.
Wow. I just did my first disassemble and reassemble of a movement. I had trouble with the balance and messed up the hairspring, even though everything else went perfectly. I attempted to correct the hairspring under a microscope, but made it worse. This information is valuable, and I'll keep it all and attempt it again using this video as the hairspring is not near as bad as the one you awesomely corrected at the end. Thanks!
Parabéns, esse foi sem dúvida o melhor tutorial do YT que já vi sobre esse conteúdo. Estava Procurando há muito tempo..
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!
Thank your for an exceptionally clear explanation and demonstration.
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.
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.
Thank you so much for making this! I could never have done hairsprings without this awesome video!
Thank you very much! This is the best video I have ever seen on this subject.
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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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.
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!!
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.
Man, thanks so much! This was gold for me, please keep up the great videos! I can't believe you straightened that!
I have to say your videos are brilliant probably the best I’ve seen on TH-cam 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
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
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.
Excellent. Really clearly taught and demonstrated.🤗
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
I'm so excited about your job. Thanks for all your information.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
How incredibly skillful! Especially the last one. I guess it takes a really long time to master this craft.
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.
Good luck on your quest to make some picks! If you manage to do so, drop a reply!
@petergreenwald9639 I took a look at things that were similar Peter.
I found some dentists tools that I sent for.
They are double ended and have a ball end that is easily removed.
They are good quality stainless steel, so non magnetic.
They have to be filed and polished to make them small enough for the job.
I think they are used to press in teeth filling materials etc.
I also found sound s/s number 7, dental tweezers. All at a very good price on ebay.
Not Dumont but after fettling the ends I find them really good.
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 helpful you are very talented and a good teacher, thanks!
Fantastic video, man. Extremely helpful. Thanks for taking the time to make it!
Excellent, all doubts clear as a learner and beginner. Thanks master.
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
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 😂
Exceptionally fine tweezer work.
Very good hairspring work. I like your pick set . I will have to make a set.😊
What an explanation and guide. Came across this as I have a hairspring to adjust. Thank you 🙏
Also how can we make these kind of hairspring adjustment tools that you mentioned in the beginning?
Thankyou very much for your time well done very helpful Cheers
Thank you.Nice demonstrations. Very useful for horologists.All the best.
You make it look so easy. Admire your skill
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Thank you very much sir.. One of the best use full vedio I hv seen in you tube
You make it look so easy! Excellent tutorial.
Thank you for your tutorial. Always trying to find more information on how to deal with damage hairsprings.
An excellent and exemplary video thank you for posting and made even more helpful without dreaded music and shouting in the background
Thank you ,providing this info
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🤣🤣🤣
Thanks so much, this will really help me in my work, have a mainspring i need to sort out!
I've repaired a few bent/twisted hairsprings thanks to this video. Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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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.
Amazing technique hope can do it my self. Thank you for sharing...
I'm very appriciate your vid and your method, my teacher never teaches me the tichnique like that. Anyway thank you so much again!
Thanks for this excellent tuto
Thank you for sharing a great video on a difficult area for a newbie
Hi this is the best video I ever seen
Thank you so much
Fantastic work!
Muchas gracias por la clase está fabulosa aprendí mucho felicitaciones
You are so kind man. I learned a lot from this.
For the first time, I now have a hairspring that is out of flat. So, I've taken a very focused look at what you are doing at 13:50. Would I be somewhat correct in saying that you're holding the spring with the tweezers on your left while repeatedly squeezing the spring with the tweezers on your right while tilting the tweezers on your right towards the collet? What I'm most unsure about is whether or not you tilt the tweezers. I would really appreciate your comment! And again, thank you for this amazing video and demonstration! Pretty much the best on TH-cam👍
I got a reply from Repivot22 and I'll share it with you here. Again, thank you very much! 🙂👍
"Yes you are correct. I sometimes use this method of light pinches so I can see the hairspring moving/bobbing ensuring I'm bending the correct coil. If you just grab with both tweezers and twist, if you have the wrong coil, you just introduced a new bend. I hope this is helpful."
Very good work and professional
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.
I want those pics! Perhaps making them is the best route, no? Great video. I will not fear another missformed hairspring!!!
Absolutely loved it…..on a different line…. How much error the last one would retain as the result of many plastic deformations imposed to correct it. Please don’t mind if its a foolish question to ask.
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! :-)
Excellent demo. Thank U.
Great video. I have quite confidence to repair watch.
GREATEST, PROFESSOR; THANKS 👍!! .
Increíble gracias por tu tiempo al compartir este excelente video
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
Puede llevar horas de trabajo y paciencia.... mucha paciencia....
Excellent video! Very informative.
Very informative and very helpful. 🕐⚙️🍸
Thanks for a great explanation. I certainly have plenty of wonko hairsprings I can practice on.
Bravooo..thank you for this video from dubaii
Your last one straightened is great job sir. I am from India sir I have a Elgin 16s 1941 military pocket watch. Bent hair spring problem. I tried myself but couldn't succeed. Their no one make good mechanical watch. I am very sad because it's not working sir.
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.
Thank you very much for these Inform.
Impresionante!
Si no lo veo ,no lo creo
Very instructive. What I do not get is what movement you make with your tweezers correcting an out of flat hairspring. Are you twisting the spring? Something else? I would be very happy if you would take the time to explain me.
Очень полезное видео. Спасибо!
Perfect work 👍👍
Amazing work. Thank you for sharing. -David
Un buen video para los amantes de relojes muchas gracias maestro .
Masterpiece, thank you!
the patience of Jobe!
Very detailed video, thank you.👍🏻
Great video thank you