Watch Repairing, Cleaning and Adjusting - A Practical Handbook

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Watch Repairing, Cleaning and Adjusting - A Practical Handbook

Traditional trades, crafts and skills Care and restoration of antiques Antique clocks, musical boxes and automata Decorative metalwork

Author: F.J. Garrard

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Language: English

Published by: Spencer Press

Published on: 16th April 2013

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 4 Mb

ISBN: 9781446548165


Book Description

This vintage book contains a complete guide to watch repair and maintenance, with information on the materials and tools used and directions for repairing, cleaning, altering, and adjusting all kinds of English and foreign watches, repeaters, chronographs, and marine chronometers. Written in plain language and full of invaluable tips, this timeless volume will be of considerable utility to the modern reader with an interest in watch maintenance.

Contents

Include: “Description of a Watch Movement”, “The Escapement and Balance”, “The Motion Work”, “Steel”, “Hardening Steel”, “Tempering Steel”, “Brass”, “Hardening Brass”, “Tempering Brass”, “Gold”, “Silver”, “German Silver”, “Platinum”, “Palladium”, “Aluminium Bronze”, “Invar”, “Red-Stuff”, etc.

Additional Information

Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of clocks and watches.

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