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The Encyclopedia of Horology

Component record · Plates & finishing

Dial Foot Screw

Partially verified

Side-mounted screw

What it does

Secures the dial feet to the movement

How it works

Evolution

Sometimes replaced by eccentric clamps

Known variations

    Identification for collectors

      Common failure modes

      • Stripped heads

      Diagram

      subsidiary secondschapter ringminute and hour hands
      Schematic: dial layout and hands. An outline schematic drawn to show the arrangement of the parts discussed here. It is not a dimensioned working drawing and does not depict a particular maker's calibre.

      Sources & references

      1. de Carle, D., Practical Watch Repairing
      2. de Carle, D., Watch and Clock Encyclopedia
      3. Daniels, G., Watchmaking

      Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.