The mainspring in this model is held in the barrel by a small tab on the tail of the spring, that tab engages in a slot in the roof or the barrel.
When the "new" mainspring was fitted it wasn't a Hamilton item but a generic one with a bent back tail that would engage in the notched wall of a different style of barrel
So to stop it whizzing around because it's not a notch wall barrel, a pin was pushed into the barrel to hold the spring.
I didn't think that
@STANDY did watchmaking in his younger days
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