How to place your balance wheel easy and safe! Tips and tricks (5min)

How to place your balance wheel easy and safe! Tips and tricks
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[@Aco747lyte]

My teenage daughter Billie and I thank you for your excellent tutorial. As previously mentioned by another subscriber, techniques like this are rarely discussed in timepiece restoration videos. Billie is 3 years into watchmaking and is entirely self-taught. Because of her emotional problems she is home-schooled, but dedicates almost all her spare time studying and practising. One day she vows to become a master watchmaker and I have every faith in her. Best, Wendi UK 🌻

[@robertokandal]

in the end give a big shake...

[@jondavidg3155]

Let your daughter know that she's not alone when my relationship fell apart I found watchmaking and if it were not for watchmaking I'm not certain I would be mentally stable today

[@geirwickstrm9162]

Good luck to Billie. I’m sure she’ll turn out a great watchmaker!

[@nitennr1087]

Success. I completed 3 times to ensure it wasn't a fluke. Officially tricky like you said. Thank you

[@pete.b4197]

Thank you,Sir! You are big help on my watchworld! 👌👍☺️✌️🙏☀️

[@eifionwynwilliams-iffy1288]

Excellent tutorial, thank you.

[@willf5768]

Thanks for sharing great tips 😊👍

[@adik9441]

Learnt new thing today, thank you

[@USAF.SP.SSgt.]

Extremely helpful thank you so much 5:13

[@chuknorth]

Brilliant, thank-you.

[@mohamedajmal3817]

I'm very to happy see this video

[@walterbaumgarten5016]

Excellent work, thank you well done!

[@akhtaralimalik989]

Very true, from a 73 years old watchmaker, I have been in this trade all my life. From Staffordshire UK

[@dplanetta]

Excellent video. I’ll be implementing these suggestions

[@ivanfilinoff1076]

Thank you!!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤

[@paulnicholson1906]

very interesting and clear instructions.

[@khronosbest9448]

It is so much easier ...when you do it 😉 Thank you Kalle !

[@jwoodard621]

Thankyou for your video 😀from uk

[@CaliberandCamber]

Excellent video! Techniques like this are rarely mentioned in most popular restoration videos you find on KZbin. Keep up the amazing content!

[@ziodro]

Many thanks for this video. Placing balance wheel is the most difficult part for me. Recently I f-up balance wheel in one of the watches that I was trying to fix. Main issue: fork that is transferring power from rotor to the mainspring was broken. As this is cheap 'no name' Chinese movement, so there are no spare parts available on the market. I just removed broken parts creating manuall winding watch🤣. Unfortunately last bits of watch assembly were crucial. I broke balancing wheel by overly stretching the spring when manipulating in between the movment parts. Lesson learnt. Tips how to do this correctly: taken. Many thanks.

[@bennyh6258]

It's the little things that make the difference between frustration and...enjoyment. Keep the coming! Great Vid.

[@redajalal9845]

Well explained.received message

[@quaarjet]

Very nice tip Kalle! I think the more valuable tip is to support your hand with your pinkie on the bench! Why didn't I ever think of that 😊

[@moinuddinkhaja875]

Fantastic! Thank you very much.

[@walther9161]

My nemesis…. The balance placement. Now it looks much easier and can’t wait to try Kalle’s method !!

[@haping1]

Great tips Kalle. Thank you. I'll try it on the next movement.😊

[@bradlarkin412]

I really like when you share these techniques; as a beginner it is so great .Thank you.

[@jasonhnash05]

Fantastic. Thank you. No one ever explains how to actually do things properly

[@rangerstl07]

The flick at the end stopped my heart.

[@wmueller0614]

Great tip Kalle!

[@CACOPHONIE]

Thank you so much Sir ❣️

[@mikebruegger8654]

The one and only way for sure..... 😊

[@hanslindgren7175]

You are a great teatcher. When you explain it's making the "fiddling" work so mutch easery. 👍

[@bensidsaph4349]

Thank you so much, I spend ages trying to get the balance back in. Your video really helped

[@1358sob]

Best video ,. Thanks for sharing

[@peterhawley6273]

Very good video thanks

[@Tuzia-767]

Cheers. Thank you.

[@mikebrown9605]

Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into your instuctional videos, they've been incredibly helpful to so many people, myself included . Your willingness to share the tips and tricks that you've gained over the years is a marvellous inspiration to those of use sometimes stuggling with the basics. Keep up the good work, you're a natural teacher.

[@JamesTherrienboulder]

You are so very generous to share this knowledge with us. Thanks.

[@BigDuke6ixx]

Thanks so much. :)

[@markuk7935]

👏 Thank you.

[@kswaminathan5439]

Professor coaching his students. Very clear in your thoughts and the way you explain things. Thanks for this video.

[@antalsolyom]

Again, an incredible useful 5 minutes. Thanks!

[@MichaelHeinrich1]

Great tips.

[@thecleaner4971]

Been watching most of your videos now over a month absolutely excellent content great teacher plenty of humour as well I have learnt so much !! Blessings from Sussex England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@jondavidg3155]

This was an amazing video I found myself thinking who needs to hear this information and then within 10 seconds I was smiling nodding my head and going oh wow

[@TheLkoler]

One thing no one shows is the impulse jewel's orientation during placement of the balance wheel. Or just before it's placed so that one can see what's going on with the rotation of the assembly just after the pivot is inserted into the lower jewel. Probably it's hard to film, though. However, your model is very helpful in understanding how it all works. So thanks for that.

[@IqbalKhan-hc1hv]

Lots of love & regards, do we also need a drink while setting it up?

[@alterhype]

Just got into the hobby. Your videos are very helpful. This part of putting watch back together is still challenging for me.

[@DutchClawz]

Nou Kalle, de eerste video die ik van je zag had ik nog nooit een horloge aangeraakt. Nu heb ik een draaibank staan😂 Bedankt he 💸

[@NaNByZero]

Kalle, you explained this the best way possible. Great! 🎉☕️🍰🕐🍸🍸

[@danielpapa8332]

This video --as are all the others-- was very clear and simple explaining how to reinstall the balance wheel. when doing this, does the position of the pallet fork (up or down) depend on whether the balance wheel bridge is going to be turned to the left or the right to be seated? Thanks for the great videos.

[@DavidvanNiekerk]

Most practical and informative advice on such a delicate procedure I thank you sir.

[@technicallyreselling]

Thank you so much, got my Seiko Cal.4205a working thanks to this video :)

[@tomholloway7566]

Thanks again Kalle! Best explanation I have found yet

[@1951woodygeo]

Good advice

[@dickmeisterling3924]

Dude - you are really helpful to the beginner like me.

[@brianpercival1829]

Good tips Kalle. It should help people getting started with the hobby.

[@pierrecharon8182]

Thanks a lot

[@miguelbazaes1409]

Great advice for one in the trickiest part of the reassembly of the watch. thanks from Chile

[@michaelpolyakov9579]

Thank you very much for the tip. I had hard time with it before. This should make it easier.

[@gyanrajsingh8226]

U make it easier to understand us.... Thank u so much Sir 😊

[@kermitaner]

Great tips, very easy and understandable. Never heard this so short and concise although i watched a lot of service videos already

[@zubairejaz5188]

Very well explained with absolutely best tips ever ❤❤

[@syedfarrukhahmed8476]

I am Pakistani and this method of yours isvery good forme and it will be easy for me to work further INSHAALLAH THANKS

[@chayalml1]

Wow, it is so easy. Earlier, I could not do it properly & the hair spring tangled.

[@PinealIdea]

u have inspired me

[@HandyHomestead]

Thanks Kalle, great tip and timely (no pun intended) as I am just completing a watch and the balance is going in next. Love your gold nuggets of knowledge and enjoy the rest of the gang on the Channel. Take care all, see you on Tuesday. Cheers, Geoff 🇨🇦

[@carlorobazza7569]

That was a great video! I have yet to try it and would have probably messed it up without your instruction. Thank you!

[@sureshlingabathina]

Excellent, what stopping you to 1080p videos.

[@simonclegg5301]

Thanks Kalle. Excellent tutorial.

[@rickhoover6479]

Great words of wisdom! Explanation done with confidence, yet with a sense of ease. Thanks for making watchmaking fun and rewarding through your videos.

[@romanmechetnerful]

Awesome explanation, thank you. I learned something very useful today.

[@steve1811uk]

Very helpful, I will give that a try. Thanks Kalle.

[@rossjackson3670]

Thank you Kalle. Can't wait to try your system.

[@francisco461]

Simplemente genial

[@rulastrumler70]

Thanks so much!! Clear explanation, easy to understand for me as a beginner! Great job!!

[@alterhype]

This was very helpful. Thank you.

[@constantindanieltira]

Just had my watch fixed amazing help . Thank you

[@adibhamed2051]

Wonderful

[@jasonstephens2946]

Very nicely explained! Thank you.

[@boydsargeant7496]

As always Kalle, great tips!

[@Kilitsizkilit]

I wish I could see this video before I messed up my hairspring.

[@noelaruldas1152]

Please upload a video that shows the arrangement of gears in the moment of watch with centre second hand.

[@coopoylozenge5964]

Thanks Kalle.

[@lucroset5754]

Very good tips, thanks Kalle

[@seangriffiths6131]

Simple and clear - thank you!

[@robertwilliams2850]

Thank you Kalle!

[@bolgerguide]

Thank you professor Kaale. How many more lessons before i get ti take apart Breguet chrono alarm?😂

[@philipmoffett7395]

An excellent tutorial, am only just taking up watch repair as a hobby, extremely frustrating at times, and to date I find repositioning the balance wheel/spring very difficult. This video explains it well and simply

[@mariosantiago8539]

Saludos desde Puerto Rico....in spanish 😂

[@Agant.]

Nice video ! Tell me there is the same about bridges

[@L7A1B93]

Any help and small tips are welcome. Have two "projects" on the table and I suspect that the balance wheel is the culprit in both cases. 😀

[@tundeogida9740]

Another great tips. Thanks

[@vonkruel]

Thank you! I've done this only about 6 times so far, and I did find it to be a "fiddly" task but I'm going to take your advice here, and I _know_ it will get easier. I love my scope but there are a few tasks that are best done with a loupe. A motorized desk is really handy when I switch between my scope and my loupe.

[@cashau2965]

...soooooo much easy.....

[@rubinsteinway]

Excellent. Do you have a vid on releasing the click? I screwed it up because the little u-shaped spring (the click?) jumped out from underneath and I had a hard time putting it back. Veele danke.

[@robertbrandywine]

Excellent tips here! Around 4:50 you say (I'm paraphrasing here) put the pivot in the hole. How do you see where the hole is since your view of it is obscured by the balance bridge, hairspring, and center of the balance wheel? Any tips for that?

[@rosomak8244]

Put the fork showing outwards. Go in turning the balance bridge inwards. This way the banking stone should find its place. Check the pivots before finally settling the bridge and screwing it in.

[@ardz8279]

Excellent vid, but, this particular detail is absent. He mentioned deciding about the fork’s position but then omitted the significance of the fork’s position in relation to the bank stone. Did I get it right? Brilliant!

[@erikblicherstasiak2803]

As a new "hobby" watch maker like me 😊, I really love watching your videos, they really give a lot of knowledge at insight into watchmaking. One of the things I find really hard is how to put the balance spring back in place, and this video helped a lot. So what about putting a balance spring back on a movement that has no pallet fork, is that done in the same way, og is there another trick to it?

[@carbo73]

Just my first pocket watch to repair here (I come from the world of collecting and lightly repairing vintage cameras, so there's a link here in mechanics, specially with leaf shutters). It's a very cheap Molnjia Soviet watch, bougth as broken. I tried just a bit of lighter fuel arround the balance well and just with that now is running quite well, for hours. But, and there's only a but, it stops when upside down. However, if I press with my finger above the axis of the balance wheel, it runs agains. How this can be? I presume I will have to disassembly, clean and lightly lube just the balance wheel.

[@jjjfffppp]

what watch are you wearing? great videos!