What I have said regarding it, however, gives an idea of how a hairspring should be pinned. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888] Reference
If this is a balance pivot, be very careful to see that your balance is true and poised before putting on hairspring and roller. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888] Reference
One might as sensibly urge that the delicate hairspring of a watch, being of featherweight and almost invisible, must be worth less than a lump of crude iron-ore. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive] Reference
I stopped the truck and got out and stood on the running board and kicked the snow off the bonnet and if they'd wanted to squeeze the hairspring at this precise moment they could have blown my head off. From Wordnik.com. [Northlight]
It is one of the most delicate bits of mechanism ever made, beside which the hairspring of a watch is coarse. From Wordnik.com. [The Dream Doctor] Reference
Pendulum, a 2010 concept watch that turns an immutable principle of mechanical watchmaking on its head - it is the first movement without a hairspring. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
The movement is the same 3135, but with the addition of the new antimagnetic Parachrom Blue hairspring which we've discussed before on the Rolex Milgauss. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Report] Reference
In 2004, De Bethune introduced its first balance wheel built in titanium and platinum, with a specially shaped central hairspring intended to improve its stability. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
Watchmakers have long sought to compensate for gravity's effect on the most delicate parts of the escapement - namely the pallet fork, balance wheel and hairspring - to improve accuracy. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Using two of the wheels I had removed, and two pieces of the hairspring, I made a speed governor and set it so that the train would turn the center pinion at eighty-five revolutions per minute. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mechanix] Reference
We had steel in various forms, showing how science has produced the various forms from an ingot of steel down to the most expensive form of steel, the hairspring of a watch, and a comparison of the cost of a ton of those different forms of steel. From Wordnik.com. [Democracies and Exhibitions] Reference
Calibre 11: "Having bought you the first images of the Pendulum movement, we can now share with you the very first photos of the TAG Heuer Grand Carrera Pendulum and its secret - this watch does not have a hairspring to regulate the movement - instead, it uses magnets.". From Wordnik.com. [Amateur Economist] Reference
To turn a woman on to a man's work is like trying to run an express train by clock-work, with a pendulum for a piston, and a hairspring for steam. ". From Wordnik.com. [Superseded] Reference
“If you have the votes to stop the public option, then presumably you’re not setting up a trigger that’s on a hairspring that’ll trigger right away,” he said. From Wordnik.com. [That Grand Health Care Compromise? Jerry Nadler Has His Doubts] Reference
The 116710 movement includes the new Parachrom Blu hairspring ... ". From Wordnik.com. [Amateur Economist] Reference
Jean-Christophe Babin, president and CEO of TAG Heuer, explained how it works: "In the regulation system, we simply replaced the traditional hairspring with magnetic fields. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
1/16 inch wide at the points, for taking down a watch, and handling the heavier parts, and then one a little finer, and one very fine to work in about the train, hairspring, etc., and always keep these tweezers in perfect order at the points, so that whatever you handle, you will not mar or drop the things you are handling. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888] Reference
Escapement Glucydur hairspring. From Wordnik.com. [Autoblog] Reference
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