Unknown wacthmaker's tool to me

[jboger]

I bought a group of watchmaker's tools at an auction recently, one of which was unknown to me. Perhaps someone can identify what I have from the attached photo.

 

[Dave Coatsworth]

Crosby's Jeweling Tool

 

[sharukh]

It's a tool for installing rubbed in jewels.

Sharukh

 

[jboger]

I see, thanks. I paid five bucks for it and they sold for two. Oh well, can't win them all . . .

 

[nw10]

On the NAWCC horological tools special interest chapter https://new.nawcc.org/index.php/chapter-173-tools/17-chapters/451-chapter-173-materials I found this picture of jewelling tools

 

[jboger]

I think many of these tools are French in origin. At the same auction I picked up the following depthing tool.

 

[Betzel]

I paid five bucks for it and they sold for two.

That's back when penny candy existed, and was good. Those 2 bucks are probably worth 75 today, but these made new (to those standards, not chinese) would be several hundred easily. You got a great deal.

Now you have to upgrade a bunch of 7 jewel pocket watches ;-)