Watchmaker's jacot tool

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Watchmaker's jacot tool. Close up detail view. Black background
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Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Watchmaker's jacot tool
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Watchmaker's jacot tool

This is a specialised watch and clockmaker's lathe for burnishing pivots. The pivot projects through a small hole in the plate on the end of the runner and the burnishing tool is applied to the pivot while the latter is rapidly rotated by means of the bow.

Details

Category:
Hand and Machine Tools
Object Number:
1960-218
type:
tool
credit:
Freeman, A.