Any thoughts on a decent quality, not prohibitively expense, general, all purpose watchmaker’s tweezer for a hobbyist? I see a number #2 is often suggested, but beyond that, any details would be appreciated.

 

For general purpose work, I use Bergeon bronze tweezers. The specific one I use is 1065-B5D...

 

I like the Dumont No.2 tweezers for general purporse.
If you take care of them, proper tweezers will last you a long time and are a pleasure to work with. I would spend 20-30 € more but have a quality tool, rather than buying crappy tweesers.

 

Quality doesn't cost, it pays.

 

Any album really…Lateralus, Ænema, 10000 days and Fear Innoculum are all amazing…

 

I’m with Al on those bronze tweezers. They have a better feel than brass tweezer but still are safer to use than steel ones.

 

It depends on what you intend to work with.

My day to day tweezers are a pair of Dumont bronze No4 and a pair of Titanium tweezers. I prefer bronze over steel, I think it gives a better grip, no idea why. The Ti ones have a nice feel as well.



When choosing, the feel of the tweezers is important.
If the squeeze feel is too strong, you tend to exert more pressure than need to hold the object, often resulting in pinging it into outer space.
The smaller the object, the softer the feel should be so that you aren't squeezing, simply picking up and holding.
A bit hard to explain, but if you get a selection of tweezers it will become obvious.

And speaking of a selection..........

 

My main has become a Regine eagle beak in brass 7A,

I have also come to really prefer brass over steel, I made the swap out of the fear of scratching parts, but in the end I stayed cause the feel is different.

I should try to get my hands on a bronze pair to see the difference, but I noticed that this particular Regine pair is a lot stronger than my other brass straight tweezers which I need to straighten and sharpen a lot more regularly.