Watchmaking Tools

Watchmaking tools help the watchmaker to accomplish special tasks. It would be impossible to perform a watchmaker's work without these tools. Bergeon, Lorch, Seitz, and various French/Swiss manufacturers offer a huge range of hand tools for the watchmaker. Watchmaking tools are normally very expensive for a name-brand watch like ROLEX. The Bergeon catalog probably holds a few million dollars of tools. Here are quite a few of these high quality tools available at the museum for watchmaking, and restoration. It's only with proper tools that watches can be opened, and closed without damage.

Staking Tool set by Levin

Lorch Screw Head Polishing Set

Bergeon Deburing Set

Bergeon Micro Chucks

Bergeon Turning Tools

Bergeon Deburing Tools

Bergeon tools from top left to right to bottom: oiler tip cleaning dips, measurement tool for measuring micro bores, Screw driver tip sanding tool, escapement wheel disassembly, and rest block, Rodico mechanism cleaning compound, sapphire files for polishing micro precision parts, watch case securing vice.

Sapphire files look like glass but they do actually file off micro polished parts such as skeleton watch parts, and escapement wheels.

Coung's own collection of watches: Here is a minute repeater movement. Not every watchmaker could make one because it requires experience with complicated watches. Watchmaking is all about having the right tools, and the knowledge, and skills to use them.

A Tourbillon movement made by Coung Dang: It's parts are made by his custom made precision CNC, and precision polished by hand tools.

Here's Roger Smith displaying his teacher's handmade watches (right). Roger was an apprentice of legendary watch maker George Daniel.