The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. View of section of automatic screw department. Men and women workers work on machines. View of a screw manufacturing machine. Workers work in the Steel Polishing Department. A vacuum draws screws into a polishing block. Screws in the block are cemented and polished. Hand shows a block of screws, before and after polishing. Jewels are poured for a bottle on a table.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Animation shows setting mechanism for the watch. Minute wheel and cap is fitted on the watch plate. Winding mechanism is fitted. Workers work in the Train Department's section where wheels and pinions for the watch are made. Automatic machine makes winding wheels. Crown teeth in winding wheel cut. The main spring is compressed and placed in the barrel. Pictorial view of barrel bridge and winding wheel. Polishing Racket in operation.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Train wheels placed inside a watch plate. Center wheel contains the minute hand. Center wheels are punched. Wheels containing the hour, minute and the second hands are fitted. Escape wheel is cut which transmits power to the pallet. Barrel is placed on the watch plate.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Ornamental decoration of watch plates is done on at Damas Keening machine. Train bridge is placed on the watch plate.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Slotting fork for pallet jewels. Thimble containing 5625 pallet staffs. Pivots are polished to a mirror finish. Animation shows the fitting of jewels, regulation indicator, balance wheels, hair springs, and double rollers in a plate. Grinding pivot works. Truing, grinding and polishing the pivot of balance staff. Impulse and guard rollers stacked on balance staff.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Weight of the balance is equally distributed around its axis to ensure uniform time in different positions. The weight of each balance screw is accurately determined. Each hair spring is tested for strength and assorted accordingly. A collet is attached to the hair spring. The balance is weighed to determine strength of hairspring required. A large model demonstrates the working of the escape wheel.
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