Works fine and seems to be all there. It came for the estate of a time lock watchmaker. A well known time lock engineer Floyd Galway who passed 3 days short of his 100th birthday. RIP Floyd.

How do you know it works, and its all there if you dont know what it is?

AW, As I said "SEEMS" to be all there and if you would stick your thumb under that little pointy thing I will turn the handle so you can see it works. Seriously, do you know what it is? I would guess for some type of jeweling.
Patrick

Hmmm... a very slow sewing machine?

might be leather punch

Possibly a staking tool Patrick, looks like that pointed punch can be removed so otehr tool pieces could be fitted. Also with the adjustable fitting that goes across the staking plate you can place a canon pinion there for tightening .

Bila

Jim B.....lol - great comment!!!

the rest are good as well.

A hands riveting stake


Gerald

Looks like a beading tool???

Nose piercing tool for the recalcitrant customer. Look familiar?

I know, its a ear piercing tool for giants!

It could also be a medieval torture device.

How about a staking tool for clocks?

Ed, seriously, I have to agree that is it for assembly or staking things together. Clearly the round bar thingys with their own thumb-screws are part of the design, the pointy thing . . . hmmmm.

The amount of force that can be generated by the mechanism is what leaves me to question what exactly WHAT it might be intended to service the construction and/or assembly of . . .

David, where did you take the picture of the 4 legged, long haired, hippy with a ring in its nose? A farmer down the road has about 10 of them in his grazing pasture.

You never know what your neighbors are up to!