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 work[...]
From the lordly grandfather to the humble alarm, this work deals with the usual faults likely to develop in each type of movement in general use. It illustrates the tools and equipment, together with the ways of using them. It also includes over 400 line drawings that help the reader to follow the a[...]
Describes the theories and processes of repairing and adjusting the modern watch. This book takes the reader through the various stages and operations of watch repairing. It contains 24 chapters, two appendices and 553 illustrations.[...]
"No writer can have added more volumes to the horological bookshelf than Donald de Carle, and his careful and detailed approach to the technical side of the craft has done a great deal to improve the standard of knowledge of a host of craftsmen, and has gained him readers in every part of the world.[...]
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 pract[...]
Focuses on the small precision lathe, past and present. This book covers basic construction, selection, care of and accessories for the lathe, as well as its uses. It includes information on lathes and accessories, the manufacture of which ceased many years ago. It features the directory of lathe, t[...]