Horological Meandering

As a self-admitted OCD type, I admire drawings where the movement screw heads are all aligned. So my questions are, does any mechanical timepiece manufacturer actually do this, and if not, how hard could it really be? ...  

Why Screw Slots Aren't Aligned In Watchmaking

Both articles are nice, and as sad as this sounds i thought about this years ago and did enquire to a manufacturer of this possibility. While it does add labor, how much depends on the 'organization' of the screws. It would mean indexing screws delivered ... 

...it's just a matter of 'how much.'

I count 19 screws in this illustration and only 12 of them are aligned (at about a 45° angle). So even an artist who's not actually screwing them in is only at about 36% accuracy. Maybe it really IS difficult in practice...

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Wonderful pic, thx for posting! Very much admire the very high level of attention to detail.

Considering classical screws. Normal assembly is the mainplate that is threaded with the bridge on top maintained through a recess with the screw head. Let's consider an S1 (1mm diameter screw). The pitch is 0.25mm. This means that one single hundred (0.0... 

Seems you've given this thought. Wow, it is quite the challenge! Great post, all help is appreciated.

The larger the screw, the better (like in a gun/ rifle or bigger), but movement screws are small plus fragile and the more you over torque them the more they deform the slot to the point of actually breaking below the head. The fact that slotted and heate... 

You are right of course, at these 'micro' levels there's a higher chance for undesirable material deformation on either side of the mating. Many great posts on this thread. Maybe it's a materials-based solution on the bolt side of the equation. If the ass... 

This gentleman has done it with his knives and this cigar cutter. Just exquisite workmanship. ...  

That is one way!

Yet i think that would add height to the assembly (?).

Don’t think it’s possible? Bills hot rod Shows us that it can be done. Cazalea

Wow, that is a beautiful automobile! Most impressive! Side Bar: Back in the day i judged pro-level IASCA car audio competitions with Technical Editor Bill Burton. Mainly did sound quality judging, yet also enjoyed occasionally judging installations. It wa...