Gallows (tool)

A gallows is a tool of the watchmaking for mounting and adjustment of movements .

Clocks

In clocks a gallows is usually a device for suspending a clockwork, which leveled or leveled can be. The horizontal alignment improves the movement of the watch , as the lowest frictional forces act on the moving parts of the movement.

Small watches

In small watches , a gallows is usually a clamp on a ball joint . The clamp is z. B. attached to the crown shaft. The orientation of the clamp and thus a clockwork attached to it can be adjusted via the ball joint, e.g. B. when changing the positions in the course of a Reglage .

literature

• George Daniels : Watchmaking. Philip Wilson Publishers, London 2011, ISBN 978-0-85667-704-5 .
• Hermann Brinkmann: The watchmaking school, a series of specialist books for vocational training. Wilhelm Knapp Verlag, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-87420-010-8 .