Pocket watch nomenclature
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 English fusee pocket watch movement cross section view

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Pocket watch nomenclature

Illustrations by Denis Carignan  2001

1.  Case screw 23.  Outer bit
2.  Upper pallet pivot hole jewel 24.  Center bit
3.  Upper escape wheel hole jewel 25.  Seconds bit
4.  Hairspring 26.  Lower third wheel hole jewel
5.  Upper forth wheel hole jewel 27.  Center shaft and cannon pinion
6.  Upper third wheel hole jewel 28.  Click spring
7.  Case screw 29.  Ratchet wheel
8.  Mainspring barrel 30.  Barrel arbor square
9.  Barrel bridge 31.  Ratchet cock
10.  Upper barrel arbor pivot 32.  Intermediate winding wheel
11.  Hairspring stud 33.  Yoke
12.  Balance cock 34.  Crown wheel
13.  Regulator star micro adjust 35.  Setting wheel spring
14.  Regulator 36.  Setting wheel
15.  Balance wheel 37.  Minute wheel and pinion
16.  Hour chapter 38.  Lower pallet arbor hole jewel
17.  Minute chapter 39.  Escapement inspection holes
18.  Enamel dial  40.  Lower escape wheel hole jewel
19.  Outer bit 41.  Lower forth wheel jewel
20.  Center bit 42.  Lower balance pivot cap jewel
21.  Seconds bit 43.  Hour wheel
22.  Dial feet