Odd tools found on box marked watch tools.

[eveled]

Found these tools I can’t identify. Possibly watch related. If anyone recognizes anything I’d be grateful to hear about it.

No 1 is a weird block or jig. The 3 screws come out, but the 2 halfs are held together by pins.

 

[eveled]

No 2 is a mini drill press? But it had a very short throw that isn’t adjustable. The pulley moves up and down with the chuck, so I cant see how you would keep a belt on it. The 2 pulleys on the side just spin like idler pulleys. Notice the hole above them. Also it looks like an original table was cut off and a lower one added. No marks.

 

[eveled]

No 3 2 very similar items, might be presses? The shafts move down if you spin the knob on top, there are precise scales to measure depth. The shafts do not turn and each has a hole in it also weird cuts in the tables.

I’m thinking maybe to press in jewels or pins.

 

[eveled]

No 4 is a real mystery. It is quite heavy for it’s size the weight seems to be in the base. There is an obvious scale around part of the circumference. Notice the tiny hair spring in the center.

 

[eveled]

No 5. Also a complete mystery

 

[Richard76]

No 4 is a real mystery. It is quite heavy for it’s size the weight seems to be in the base. There is an obvious scale around part of the circumference. Notice the tiny hair spring in the center. View attachment 94701View attachment 94702View attachment 94703

the only thing I see is the scale is degrees so it was meant to find or set the angle on something

 

[Richard76]

No 3 2 very similar items, might be presses? The shafts move down if you spin the knob on top, there are precise scales to measure depth. The shafts do not turn and each has a hole in it also weird cuts in the tables. View attachment 94697View attachment 94698View attachment 94699View attachment 94700

I’m thinking maybe to press in jewels or pins.

I think you are correct with a type of press or punch, the hole may be for different heads that are held in place with a pin through the hole?

 

[RoninPA]

Just a thought - did you try Googling the pictures? Have any good size and/or old (long time in business) jewelry stores nearby, they might have some ideas.

 

[SWR]

#2 looks like a drill that is either foot or mechanically powered maybe with a table that goes up and down if not the spindle

#3 looks like some type of staking device

#5 looks like some sort of circular angle indicator possibly for cutting gear teeth or making a calculation of some type for swing ir rotation

 

[ChrisL]

Is the base of #4 magnetic? This might be an inclinometer.

 

[eveled]

No not magnetic.

 

[neilin]

Interesting mysteries that make me think they back to the 1920’s.

 

[eveled]

The other day, I was struggling with a small spring from a revolver sticking to my tweezers.

I found a watch demagnetizer in the box too. It worked like magic to demagnetize the tweezers. Pretty cool find.