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

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 🌻

I’ve watched this video a dozen times. Confident I’ll get it installed eventually. 😂

Wow ! The best explanation 👍👍👌👌 Thanks for sharing 👍🙏

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

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

Thank you for your help ,I love older vintage watches ,that can currently be purchased at fairly low price,s many have broken balance wheels ,and only make economic sense if I can learn some basic watch maintenance myself , again many thanks I have learned some excellent tips watching you posts 🕛

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.

Brilliant, thank-you.

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.

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

Learnt new thing today, thank you

I'm very to happy see this video

Excellent work, thank you well done!

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 😊

The one and only way for sure..... 😊

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

very interesting and clear instructions.

Thank you!!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤

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

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

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

Thankyou for your video 😀from uk

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 💸

Fantastic! Thank you very much.

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.

Great video!

Well explained.received message

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

Best video ,. Thanks for sharing

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

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

Cheers. Thank you.

Thank you so much Sir ❣️

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

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

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

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

Genius! 🎉

Very good video thanks

Thanks so much. :)

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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

👏 Thank you.

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

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.

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

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

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

Again, an incredible useful 5 minutes. Thanks!

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

Great tips.

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

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

Thanks again Kalle! Best explanation I have found yet

Excellent, what stopping you to 1080p videos.

Good advice

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

Thanks a lot

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

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

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

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

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. 😀

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

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 🇨🇦

Very well explained with absolutely best tips ever ❤❤

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

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

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

u have inspired me

Extremely helpful thank you so much 5:13

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

Excellent tutorial, thank you.

Thanks Kalle. Excellent tutorial.

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

Nice video ! Tell me there is the same about bridges

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

Saludos desde Puerto Rico....in spanish 😂

Just had my watch fixed amazing help . Thank you

Nice .

Wonderful

Thanks for sharing great tips 😊👍

This was very helpful. Thank you.

Very nicely explained! Thank you.

Simple and clear - thank you!

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

Very good tips, thanks Kalle

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

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

As always Kalle, great tips!

Thank you Kalle!

Simplemente genial

Great tip Kalle!

Excellent video. I’ll be implementing these suggestions

Another great tips. Thanks

Thanks Kalle.

...soooooo much easy.....

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.

I have tried and tried, I messed up two springs on a seiko 5 , the first one I dropped it, my fault but the second balance I tried many times to get the pivot in and catch the fork, I could not do it, then the tweezers slipped and messed the spring up. I can still practice with the one I have, I’m going to try your method, I have another donor watch on the way. Thanks for the great tips.

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.