Abbott's American Watchmaker and Jeweler

How to true a balance, repair a chipped dial, temper a spring or test a stone — the working bench-book of the American watch trade, arranged A to Z.

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Barrel Contractor

An instrument for contracting distorted mainspring barrels. It consists of a die with a series of tapered holes and punches to correspond. The barrel being forced into a hole slightly smaller than its circumference necessarily contracts.

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