The problem is, you can set the lower
link gear pivots into their jewels easily enough but you have to somehow put the upper ¾ plate in place so smoothly that the upper pivots all go into their jewels at the same time. In the case of the Lange 1, that's eight of the little bastards. The first time I tried
link to do it with a pocket watch movement, I lost my cool several times and had to walk around the block
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