A force-transmitting device for a gravimetric measuring instrument has a load-receiving part and a stationary part. The load-receiving part is force-transmitting linked either directly or by way of at least one coupling element and at least one lever to a measurement transducer which is arranged on the stationary part. The force-transmitting device further includes a calibration lever whose fulcrum is based on the stationary part. The calibration lever includes a first and a second calibration lever arm, wherein the first calibration lever arm is solidly connected to a calibration weight, while the second calibration lever arm is connected by way of a unidirectional coupling element to the load-receiving part, or to the at least one coupling element, or to a lever arm of the at least one lever. The unidirectional coupling element is divided in two, i.e. into a first coupling element part and a second coupling element part, thus the force transmitted by the unidirectional coupling element is only tensile or compressive force because of the divided design.