(a) an act of ‘wig-wagging’; also attributive (in quot. 1582 expressing a tortuous or writhing movement); (b) in Watchmaking, a polishing instrument…

a small portable lathe used by watchmakers, etc.

Watchmaking. A method of cushioning the balance staff of a watch against shocks by supporting its end stones on springs. Now chiefly historical.

A tool used for enlarging a circular hole; also, in Watchmaking, for cutting teeth in a wheel.

a fine knife-edged file.

a highly refined lubricating oil used for watches and clocks.

A cylindrical brass plug, tubular at the ends, to be inserted in the plate of a watch when the bearings are considerably worn. (The bouchon is a…

A device for making spots on watch plates (cf. spotting, n. 2c). Obsolete.

(a) = bench key n. (obsolete); (b) an apparatus on a workbench for winding materials such as wire.

see quot.

= pinion-file n.

a pair of calipers used to measure the height of the shoulders of pinions, etc., the distance between the legs being adjustable by a screw.

Technical uses. A small anvil used by metal-workers, esp. one with a tang for fitting into a socket on a bench. Also, a tool used by watchmakers…

a lathe in which the object to be turned is fastened with shellac or sealing-wax.

A small piece of fire-clay on which a watch-dial is held and turned while in the enamelling oven.