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The reel components were made a few years prior while I figured out the rest. I have my own anodizing line so that was all taken care of first.

The balance wheel and hairspring assembly was time consuming. I was able to find a decent sized hairspring from a mantle clock but didn't know the amount of weight the wheel required to acquire the correct amplitude. So after many attempts and failures I come to this version.

After machining all the pinions I was ready to assemble the movement.

The escapement wheel came next... I opted for 316 stainless for this part.

The pallet fork, pallets and escape wheel were next and proved to be real challenge. You know the saying "you don't know what you don't know"! Well that was me here. I never had a clue about things like "lift angle" or "beat error" until I finished this project LOL. I opted to make my pallet...

Most of the screws needed to be custom made as well. 4140 was my choice which is nice to work with....

Next came the jewels. Sourcing them in the size I needed wasn't easy but I found a company in Boston the makes custom sized synthetic ruby and sapphire jewels. I machined bezels for them to make it easier to seat them.

Then the main plate! Lots of hand work to add anglage, brush finish and pearlage for the back and laser work.

Next came the plates, or bridges!

Once those were complete I made the barrel wheel assembly and other grouped components.