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This early work on watch and clockmaking is thoroughly recommended
for inclusion on the bookshelf of all horologists. Contents
Include: A Glossary of General Terms, Table of Altitude, Balance
Springs for Bi-Metallic Cut Balances, Balance Springs for
Mono-Metallic Balances, Stop Watches, Chronographs, and Times,
Antique Clock and Clock Case Terms, Dates of English Period Styles,
Metals Used in Horology, Marbles and Ornamental Stones, Clock Case
Woods, Mouldings, Standardisation of Supplies of Watch Material,
Watch Parts in six Languages and Official Spare Parts Numbers,
Chronograph Parts in Two Languages and Official Spare Parts
Numbers, Watch Hand Styles, Watch Glass Styles, Winding Button
Styles, Winding Buttons for Chronograph and Hunter or Half-hunter
Cases, Pocket Watch Case Parts, Watch Case Styles, Martin
Mainspring Gauge Heights and Metric Equivalents, Martin Mainspring
Gauge Forces and Metric Equivalents, Days of the Week in Fifteen
Languages, Months of the Year in Fifteen Languages, Standard Time
Zones, Temperature Conversion Table, Chimes, Arrangements of,
Gemstone Cutting Styles, Workshop Hints and Helps. The contents are
extensively illustrated with explanatory diagrams, forming a
complete how-to guide. Many of the earliest books, particularly
those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce
and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works
in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original
text and artwork.
The absorbing and everlasting subject of watch repairing has been
dealt with in books in many languages throughout the years. But
when de Carle first set out to write "Practical Watch Repairing" in
1946, it was with the intention of creating a textbook "that a
watchmaker can understand, even if he can't read." With over 550
instructional black-and-white illustrations and an approach that
assumes no prior watch-repairing experience, this book achieves and
surpasses that lofty mission, and has been touted as "the best
illustrated book on practical horology" ("Horological Journal")
ever written. For the readers in his audience, de Carle has
provided well-informed discourse on every topic a watchmaker, or
aspiring watchmaker, needs to know. With "Practical Watch
Repairing," even a layman can become a watch-repair
specialist.
Dealing with a complicated watch used to be a rare job for the
watch repairer, but with the popularity of the automatic, it is
almost commonplace. Furthermore, the increased interest in calendar
work, alarm watches, and chronographs will undoubtedly bring more
and more complicated work into the workshop. This book deals with
complicated work essentially from the repairer's point of view. The
action of each mechanism is briefly and clearly described because
understanding this is essential to proper servicing, repair and
testing for functioning. Dismantling and assembly instructions are
given, as well as oiling charts and - most important - hints on
fault-finding and their rectification. Another essential feature of
the book is that it deals with all complicated work - from the
relatively simple automatic to the triple-complicated watch with
chronograph, calendar and repeater work, and the very complicated
clock watch. Exceptional care has been taken in the preparation of
diagrams, which have been drawn from actual movements in various
stages of assembly, so that the reader can actually work with the
book illustrations beside the watch itself. As always with books by
Donald de Carle, instructions are easy to follow and there is no
reason why anyone well versed in ordinary work and able to use
watchmakers' tools should not become a specialist in complicated
watches and their repair.
This early work on watch and clockmaking is thoroughly recommended
for inclusion on the bookshelf of all horologists. Contents
Include: A Glossary of General Terms, Table of Altitude, Balance
Springs for Bi-Metallic Cut Balances, Balance Springs for
Mono-Metallic Balances, Stop Watches, Chronographs, and Times,
Antique Clock and Clock Case Terms, Dates of English Period Styles,
Metals Used in Horology, Marbles and Ornamental Stones, Clock Case
Woods, Mouldings, Standardisation of Supplies of Watch Material,
Watch Parts in six Languages and Official Spare Parts Numbers,
Chronograph Parts in Two Languages and Official Spare Parts
Numbers, Watch Hand Styles, Watch Glass Styles, Winding Button
Styles, Winding Buttons for Chronograph and Hunter or Half-hunter
Cases, Pocket Watch Case Parts, Watch Case Styles, Martin
Mainspring Gauge Heights and Metric Equivalents, Martin Mainspring
Gauge Forces and Metric Equivalents, Days of the Week in Fifteen
Languages, Months of the Year in Fifteen Languages, Standard Time
Zones, Temperature Conversion Table, Chimes, Arrangements of,
Gemstone Cutting Styles, Workshop Hints and Helps. The contents are
extensively illustrated with explanatory diagrams, forming a
complete how-to guide. Many of the earliest books, particularly
those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce
and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works
in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original
text and artwork.
This profusely illustrated volume forms a step-by-step instruction
manual on the repair of mechanical clocks and watches. Donald de
Carle was a Fellow of the British Horological Institute, and the
author of many standard works on the subject of horology, who based
his writings on many years of practical experience. The book begins
with simple clocks and watches then proceeds to more complicated
types. The tools and apparatus needed are described and
illustrated. Modern types of mechanical clock are mainly dealt
with, but attention is also given to the movements of older long
case and fusee types as many of them are now being repaired as a
result of interest in antique clocks. The chapters on watch
repairing deal with chronographs and repeaters as well as
self-winding mechanisms. The latest developments in ultrasonic
cleaning of horological movements and their electronic timing are
also described and illustrated. This work is an invaluable guide
for all concerned with the repair not only of clocks and watches
but also of small mechanisms in general.
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