{"title":"Watch and jewellery tools","description":"\u003cp\u003eMovement holders, hand pressers, hammers, ball vises and the small drivers that actually fit watch screws.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"brass-movement-holder","title":"Watch Movement Holder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA small adjustable clamp that holds a watch movement still while you work on it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two jaws on a screw, opened and closed by the knurled head. It sits on the bench, or on the drill press table under the chuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAdjustable\u003c\/strong\u003e, so it takes a range of movement diameters rather than one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoft on the plate.\u003c\/strong\u003e The jaws are softer than a movement plate, which is the whole reason a holder like this exists instead of a steel vise.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSmall.\u003c\/strong\u003e The seller lists the size as 23 mm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the word brass\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe listing we buy this from calls it brass. On the photographs the body looks plated silver and only the screw is clearly brass. We have not held one yet, so we are not going to print a material we cannot see. If it turns out to be plated steel with a brass screw, we will say so here and change this paragraph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat this is not\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a simple, cheap, useful thing. It is not machined to a tolerance worth quoting and we are not going to pretend otherwise. It holds a movement, it does not mark it, and it costs less than a bit set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou get one holder. The factory also packs them in twos; if you want a pair, order two and we will ship them together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDelivery on this item\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout a week.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is one of the small parts that moves fast, unlike the press itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePrice\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourteen dollars. It costs us a little over three, and the rest pays for the page, the support inbox and the returns we take back without arguing. If that maths bothers you, the part is on the big Chinese marketplaces under the name \u003cem\u003ewatch movement holder\u003c\/em\u003e and we are not going to pretend otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mikrabench","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46209228898495,"sku":"MB-HOLDER-BRASS","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5826\/3743\/files\/Sdbef13dcd1be48ec974920f01a8bf62ca.webp?v=1789591489"},{"product_id":"fractal-vise-stainless","title":"Fractal Vise, stainless steel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome parts have no flat sides. A watch case, a ring, a cast bracket, a piece of driftwood. Put one of those in an ordinary vise and you are clamping on two small points, so it either slips or you crush it trying to stop it slipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis vise does not have two jaws. Each jaw is a stack of thin stainless blades that slide independently. Close it and the blades push in until each one meets the part, then lock as a set. The jaw ends up as the exact negative shape of whatever you put in it, so the grip is spread over the whole contour instead of two contact points.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWatch cases and bezels you do not want marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRings and jewellery while you engrave or set a stone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOdd-shaped PCBs and enclosures that will not sit square\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarving and polishing small irregular pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is in the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe vise, stainless steel, with the fractal jaw blades fitted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn anvil face on the back of the body\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA non-slip base, with two M6 holes underneath so it can be bolted down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eStraight answers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this a drilling vise?\u003c\/strong\u003e No. It holds a shape, it does not hold a shape square. For a hole that has to be perpendicular, use the drill press vise, which bolts to the machine base. This one is a bench vise for work you do by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill the blades mark the part?\u003c\/strong\u003e They are steel, so on soft gold or a polished case you still want a strip of leather or masking tape between. The point of the design is that the pressure is spread out, not that steel has stopped being steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExact dimensions.\u003c\/strong\u003e We have not measured one, and we are going to be precise about why: we have not ordered one to measure either. The only sample on its way to this bench is the drill press. This page said \"our sample is on order\" until today, which read as though a fractal vise were coming, and it is not. Our supplier does not publish the jaw width, opening or weight, and we are not going to lift figures off a similar-looking vise elsewhere and present them as this one's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf an exact opening decides your purchase, write to us first. We will ask the supplier in writing and forward you whatever they send back, including if the answer is unhelpful. The day we have one on the bench, the measured numbers go here along with anything we do not like about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDelivery.\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 3 weeks, tracked, free. We do not hold stock of this one yet, and we are not going to pretend otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mikrabench","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46211337945279,"sku":null,"price":159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5826\/3743\/files\/S815995c5547c46fa9fcf1ad1d00ea979s.webp?v=1789551845"},{"product_id":"engraving-ball-vise","title":"Engraving ball vise, 3 or 5 inch","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou are setting a stone, or cutting a letter into a signet ring, and the part keeps shifting under the graver. A ball vise fixes that. The jaws hold the work, the ball sits loose in its base, and you turn the whole thing to whatever angle the tool wants without ever letting go of the part.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is a ball of chrome-plated steel with a parallel-jaw vise built into the flat top. The ball drops into a moulded base and turns a full 360 degrees, and because it is a ball it tilts as well. Loosen the jaws with the hex key, seat the part, tighten. Then you have both hands on the tool instead of one on the tool and one holding the job still.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhich size\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe difference that matters is how wide the jaws open and how much the thing weighs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3 inch.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ball 78 mm. Jaws open to 54 mm, which is 2.13 inches. With every accessory in the box it weighs 4.4 lb, about 2 kg. On the bench it stands 97 by 97 by 85 mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5 inch.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ball 127 mm. Jaws open to 98 mm, which is 3.86 inches. It weighs 20.3 lb, about 9.2 kg. On the bench it stands 145 by 145 by 170 mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNine kilos is the whole point of the 5 inch. If you push a graver by hand the 3 inch is enough. If you tap the graver with a hammer, the mass is what stops the vise walking across the bench.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat comes in the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe attachments are pins, stepped jaws and ring clamps that drop into the holes in the jaw face, so the vise grips a ring band, a flat plate or an awkward casting without marking it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 3 inch, 30 piece kit: 3 ring clamps, 2 large plate clamps, 4 medium plate clamps, 4 small plate clamps, 4 long rubber pins, 4 short rubber pins, 8 small oblate pins, and a hex key in a plastic box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 5 inch, 35 piece kit: 2 ring clamps, 2 large plate clamps, 4 medium, 4 small, 4 long rubber pins, 4 short rubber pins, 8 small oblate pins, 5 large oblate pins, and a hex key in a plastic box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 70 piece and 69 piece kits are the same vise with more of the same parts. We do not have an itemised list for those two, only the count. If the exact contents matter, write to us before you order and we will get it from the supplier in writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eShipping is different on this one\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe drill press comes from overseas and takes about two weeks. This does not. The supplier holds it in a warehouse in the United States and quotes two to nine days. That is their figure, not ours, because we have not yet timed a shipment. The first order will tell us, and the real number goes here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere these numbers come from\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ball diameters, jaw openings, weights and dimensions are the maker's published specification, copied as printed. We have not measured a unit. The moment we have one on the bench, anything that turns out to be wrong gets corrected on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHonest limits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ball rides on a screw-set seat underneath. Owners occasionally report one arriving tight enough that it will not swing freely. If yours does that, write to us within 30 days of delivery and send it back for a full refund of the item.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe supplier describes the base as reinforced plastic, not cast iron. Its job is to cradle the ball, not to take a hammer blow on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt does not bolt to the Mikrabench drill press base. This is a hand-work fixture for engraving, stone setting and small repair, not a machine vise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mikrabench","offers":[{"title":"3 inch, 30 pieces","offer_id":46212024664255,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3 inch, 70 pieces","offer_id":46212024762559,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5 inch, 35 pieces","offer_id":46212024795327,"sku":null,"price":169.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5 inch, 69 pieces","offer_id":46212024828095,"sku":null,"price":189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5826\/3743\/files\/S28514f0884bb485e93a6cca12e250997g.webp?v=1789566886"},{"product_id":"watchmakers-hammer-soft-and-hard-faces","title":"Watchmaker's hammer, soft and hard faces","description":"\u003cp\u003eA small double-headed hammer for the jobs where a normal hammer would wreck the part. Tapping a spring bar home, seating a pin in a bracelet link, closing a link, settling a part into a stake. The head is cast iron on a knurled steel handle, and it is sized for a watch tray rather than a tool box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTwo faces, and that is the whole point\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne face is hard steel: for pins, stakes and anything that has to move a known amount. The other is soft: for a finished surface you do not want to mark. Turning the hammer round is the difference between a seated pin and a dented case back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it will not do\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt will not drive a nail and it is not a chasing or planishing hammer. It is a light tool for small work — swing it at anything solid and you will bend the handle, not the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe also have not weighed or measured one yet. Our own sample is on the way with the rest, and when it lands we publish the head weight and the length here instead of repeating the supplier's line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne thing we are still checking\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe supplier photographs this hammer alongside a small curved bracelet block, and the listing calls it a set. We cannot tell from their page whether that block ships with the hammer, so \u003cstrong\u003ewe are selling this as the hammer alone\u003c\/strong\u003e. If the block turns up in our sample, it comes with yours free and this paragraph changes. We would rather under-promise here than have you open the parcel and count.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere it sits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a bench tool, not a machine accessory. It has nothing to do with the drill press and does not bolt to anything. It lives next to the ball vise and the movement holder, in the half of the bench where you work by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eShipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree and tracked across the US, about a week. It comes from stock rather than the workshop that builds the machine, so it arrives well before the machine does — and in its own parcel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARVONELLE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46223528755391,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5826\/3743\/files\/Sd70dd933424144b3bfe0867832862ee3F.webp?v=1789666518"},{"product_id":"horned-bench-anvil-128-mm","title":"Horned bench anvil, 128 mm","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou are closing a rivet on a watch strap, or bringing a ring back round after it went oval in a drawer. A flat bench block gives you nothing to work around. A horn does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it is\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA single casting, 128 mm end to end, with the top face ground and polished. That face is 75 by 26 mm. From it the horn tapers to a point, so a ring, a bezel or a bracelet link sits on a curve — you slide it along the horn until the curve matches the diameter you want, then hammer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt stands 60 mm tall on a foot 83 by 41 mm and 6 mm thick, with four holes through it. Bolt it to the bench and it stops walking under the hammer. Left loose it still works, it just moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt weighs 600 g.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it is for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLight forming work at the bench. Riveting, doming, straightening bent findings, rounding small rings, flattening sheet, tapping watch pins. The same bench as a mini drill press, a vise and a set of files.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eSteel or cast iron, and why we are not saying\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe maker's own material line reads \"steel\". The maker's own product banner, on the same listing, reads \"high-hard cast iron\". Both cannot be right, and we are not going to pick the flattering one for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is not in dispute is the construction, which you can see in the photographs: a rough dark casting with a bright ground working face. That is how bench anvils in this class are built, and the face is the part that matters. Our sample arrives shortly. A file goes across that face the day it lands and this paragraph gets replaced with an answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it will not do\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a bench anvil, not a blacksmith's. 600 g absorbs a jeweller's hammer. It will not take a two-pound engineer's hammer, and hitting it that hard will mark the face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe face is finished flat, not ground to a measured tolerance. If you need a certified flat reference for checking work, that is a surface plate, not this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt ships as the bare anvil. No hammer, no bolts, and no wooden block — the maker sells a block-mounted version separately, and this is not it. If you see 770 or 780 g quoted for this casting anywhere, that figure is the anvil plus that block. On its own it is 600 g.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eShipping and returns\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree shipping in the US, 5 to 15 business days. Returns accepted for 30 days from delivery. Return postage is on you, the price of the item comes back in full.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARVONELLE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46226570379455,"sku":null,"price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5826\/3743\/files\/horned-bench-anvil-photo-clean.png?v=1789687697"},{"product_id":"mini-bench-vise-1-inch-swivel-base","title":"Mini bench vise, 1 inch jaws, swivel base","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vise bolted flat to the bench holds the work in one position. Then the job needs the piece tilted thirty degrees toward you, and you end up holding it by hand with a file in the other one. This one pivots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHow it moves\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body sits on a ball joint over a round base. Loosen the brass-topped lever, tilt the jaws to any angle, swing them around, tighten. The knurled screw on the base locks the rotation separately, so you can set the angle once and still spin the work to reach the other side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base has holes through it. Bolt it down and it stays where you put it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe jaws\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne inch, stepped, with a V-groove cut across the front. Flat stock sits on the step, round stock drops into the V and does not roll while you drill or file it. Behind the fixed jaw there is a small horn for tapping and forming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e304 stainless throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eStraight about the photos and the numbers\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe photos are the maker's own, shot in the hand, not a render. We have one of these on order and have not held it yet. When it lands we will weigh it, measure the jaw opening and the base, and put our numbers on this page. Until then the only figure here is the one the maker gives: one inch jaws.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it is not\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a bench vise for small work — watch parts, findings, model work, anything you would bring to a mini drill press. It is not a workshop vise. A ball joint that tilts is a joint that can slip under a heavy cut, so keep the cuts light and the file sharp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eShipping and returns\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree shipping in the US, 5 to 15 business days. Returns accepted for 30 days from delivery. 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If you buy one loupe, buy this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e20x\u003c\/strong\u003e is the middle. Good for solder joints, jewel settings and checking a thread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e30x\u003c\/strong\u003e sits almost on the surface and shows you a field about the size of a grain of rice. It is for hallmarks, inclusions in a stone and the tip of a 0.4 mm drill bit. It is not a general-purpose loupe and it will frustrate you as one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it is not\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no light in it. You hold it to the eye and bring the work to it, and you need a lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not a microscope. For hours of soldering under magnification you want a stereo microscope on a stand, not something held in the eye socket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eShipping and returns\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree shipping in the US, 5 to 15 business days. 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For the work that happens beside the drill press rather than under it: case backs, battery doors, laptop bottoms, hinge screws on a pair of glasses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is in it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e55 pieces:\u003c\/strong\u003e a knurled handle with a rotating cap for your index finger, and a tray of bits covering Phillips, slotted, Torx, hex, Pentalobe, tri-wing and the Y-type drivers phone makers keep inventing. The bits are magnetised. The tray closes flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe part that matters\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rotating cap on the end of the handle is the difference between this and a cheap driver. You press with the palm, turn with the fingers, and the tip stays where you put it. On a 1.2 mm screw that is not comfort, it is whether the head survives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere it stops\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a precision set, not a workshop set. The handle is short and the bits are 4 mm. It will not break loose a seized screw, and it is not meant to. Use it where the fastener is small and the part is worth more than the screw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have not yet counted every bit in our own tray against the picture. 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That covers most of what goes into a modded SKX-style case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhy a holder and not your fingers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA movement held in the hand moves when you push a spring bar or seat a dial foot, and the hand that steadies it is the hand that leaves a print on the plate. The holder gives the movement one fixed position and keeps your fingers off it. That is the whole job.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere it stops\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt holds the movement. It does not hold the case, and it is not a casing cushion - if you are pressing a case back, that is a different tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCheck your calibre against the list above before ordering. Movement holders are cut to a diameter, and a holder for the wrong one is a holder for nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have not yet had one of these on our own bench. When we do, whatever we find goes on this page, including anything we do not like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFree, tracked, about a week to the United States and to Australia. 30-day returns.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARVONELLE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47512650743999,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5826\/3743\/files\/S649f749569eb46f49734b4d546efa7cbe.webp?v=1789871427"},{"product_id":"watch-hand-pressers","title":"Watch hand pressers, pair","description":"\u003cp\u003eWatch hands are fitted by friction. There is no screw and no clip - the hand has a tube on the back and it is pushed down onto a pivot until it grips. Press it with tweezers and you bend it. Press it with a fingernail and you mark the dial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo plungers, aluminium bodies with steel tips, about 95 mm each.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy two and not one\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hour, minute and second hands sit on different pivots at different heights, and the tip has to touch the hand's tube and miss everything else. A tip that is too wide sits on the hand itself and dishes it. A tip that is too narrow goes down the middle of the tube and either does nothing or marks the pivot. Two graded tips cover the common cases between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePick the tip that sits flat on the tube. Push straight down, once, and stop when it seats. You are looking for the hand to sit level, not for it to feel tight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere it stops\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe seller states aluminium alloy bodies with steel tips and a length of 9.5 cm. 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