My insight view of Zenith … Part 5 of 11 … Follow me on a tour through the Manufacture in Le Locle

Decorating a movement with a circular-grain and polishing various parts of it is the next step of my tour.

 

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… The instruction tells the employee exactly how to polish the spring …

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… my photograph shows how small the spring is …

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… the work is demanding and it needs a lot of experience …

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… you have to work with the help of a microscope …

 

… for a better understanding what is going on and to discover the original “sound” of this particular workshop the movie will show some details …

 

 

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… a moon-disc is polished …

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… not a single scratch is tolerated …

 

… for a better understanding what is going on and to discover the original “sound” of this particular workshop the movie will show some details …

 

 

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… the lady decorates the pallets bridge of a movement with a circular-grain (perlage) …

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… one by one pallets bridge is decorated by hand …

 

… for a better understanding what is going on and to discover the original “sound” of this particular workshop the movie will show some details …

 

 

 

 

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