Practical Watch Repairing

Practical Watch Repairing

<B>With over 550 black-and-white illustrations and an approach that assumes no prior watch-repairing experience, Donald de Carle's classic book is essential for any beginner or experienced horologist. It's been called "the best illustrated book on practical horology ever written"-<I>Horological Journal</I></B><br><br>The absorbing and everlasting subject of watch repairing has been dealt with in books in many languages throughout the years. But when <I>Practical Watch Repairing</I> was first published in the middle of the twentieth century, he intended to create a book "that a watchmaker can understand, even if he can't read." For the readers in his audience, de Carle has provided well-informed discourse on every topic a watchmaker, or aspiring watchmaker, needs to know. He covers:<br><ul><li><B>Workshop and Workbench</B></li><li><B>Essential Tools</B></li><li><B>Case, Dial, and Hands</B></li><li><B>Barrel and Mainspring</B></li><li><B>Hand Cleaning and Oiling</B></li><li><B>Springing and Timing</B></li><li><B>Friction Jewelling</B></li><li><B>And much more!</B></li></ul><br>With <I>Practical Watch Repairing</I>, even a layman can become a watch-repair specialist.