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Author : Robert D. Porter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780960080953
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Clock and Watch Makers Guide to Gear Making... written by Robert D. Porter and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Louise Booth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book New and Complete Clock and Watchmakers' Manual written by Mary Louise Booth and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harold C. Kelly
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1616083735
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Watch Repair for Beginners written by Harold C. Kelly and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to watch repairing by a...
Author : George Daniels
Publisher : Philip Wilson Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780856677045
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Watchmaking written by George Daniels and published by Philip Wilson Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first and most comprehensive step-by-step guide on the subject, Watchmaking has become a classic in its own right. This new edition is updated to include a new section which discusses and illustrates a variety of the author's own watches. The author's principal aim in writing this book has been to inspire and encourage the art of watchmaking, especially among a new generation of enthusiasts. The making of the precision timekeeper is described, step by step, and is illustrated at each stage with line drawings and brief explanatory captions. Great care has been taken to ensure the text is easy to follow and to avoid complicated technical descriptions.
Author : David Glasgow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Watch and Clock Making written by David Glasgow and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Editors of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1607658976
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Making Wooden Gear Clocks written by Editors of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making a piece of wood move is fun, but making it tell time is truly amazing! Inside this book, you’ll find ingenious plans for creating awesome wooden machines that actually move and keep time. These working wooden wonders might just be the most enjoyable projects you ever build in your shop. Wooden gear clocks are not only fascinating to watch, but can be surprisingly accurate timepieces. Just don’t expect atomic precision—after all, they’re modeled on 17th-century technology! But as you build these scroll saw clocks you’ll use all of the basic principles that still govern mechanical clocks today. Six well-illustrated step-by-step scroll saw projects are arranged by skill level from beginner to advanced, and full-sized scroll saw patterns are attached to the book in a handy pouch. With a little perseverance, you’ll soon be ticking along happily with your own wooden clockworks. All you have to do is build them, wind them up, and let them run—no batteries required.
Author : Henry Gordon Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258812164
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Watch and Clock Repairs written by Henry Gordon Harris and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. Schmidt
Publisher : Antique Collector's Club
ISBN 13 : 9781851498291
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Wristwatch Handbook The written by R. Schmidt and published by Antique Collector's Club. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Wristwatch Handbook' provides the reader with a comprehensive anatomy of the mechanical wristwatch; every conceivable function and form. It is the foundational text for the novice and the reference book for the seasoned enthusiast. Where other books about watches focus on advising the collector, on a single brand, or on a timeline of key historical figures and events, 'The Wristwatch Handbook' takes a detailed look at mechanical wristwatch complications (functions) and leaves no stone unturned. The reader will gain the ability to identify a complicated watch from twenty paces and perform a top-to-bottom assessment of even the most exotic timepiece in a matter of seconds. Despite the functional obsolescence of the mechanical wristwatch (our phones, computers, even microwaves tell more accurate time), there are more varieties of mechanical watches available than ever before. Today, innovation is no longer exclusively preoccupied with accuracy; pioneer manufacturers are also exploring friction reduction, anti-magnetism, scratch resistance, dial decoration, exotic materials and so on.
Author : Tom Engle
Publisher : Tinderbox
ISBN 13 : 9781574325539
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Complete Price Guide to Watches written by Tom Engle and published by Tinderbox. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete Price Guide to Watches is the most reliable and convenient guide available. This annual book is a miniature encyclopedia with over 1,200 pages, over 10,350 watches listed with current values, and more than 7,850 illustrations. American and European pocket watches, wrist watches, and even comic character watches fill this comprehensive guide. It also includes tips for collectors and historical information, as well as guidelines for grading and appraising watches. There are thousands of price changes, and once again a handy index that appeared for the first time in the 2006 edition. With this handy pocket reference, collectors can make on-the-spot judgments about identification, age, quality, and value. Complete Price Guide to Watches has become the professional standard for watch collectors and dealers. 2007 values.
Author : Henry B. Fried
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781684226610
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)
Download or read book The Watch Repairer's Manual written by Henry B. Fried and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-12 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2022 Hardcover Reprint of 1961 Second Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. As The New York Times wrote after his death, Henry B. Fried was "widely acknowledged as the dean of American watchmakers." In the revised, 1961 edition of his classic book The Watch Repairer's Manual, reprinted here, Fried addresses topics important to contemporary watch repairers, such as self-winding watches, waterproofing, calendar watches, alarm wristwatches, and chronographs. The Watch Repairer's Manual also includes a fine visual dictionary of exploded views in isometric, which are very helpful for ordering watch parts. One of the few modern books available on the techniques of watch repair and certainly the most esteemed, The Watch Repairer's Manual is outstanding for its sequence of presentation and its many useful illustrations, including enlarged details of alarm and self-winding watches. The consummate craftsman and master of details, Fried himself created the illustrations. From teaching others, Fried has learned that if you have a good understanding of how and why the mechanisms work, you will become better at fixing any problems you face-often without needing to consult a book. The Watch Repairer's Manual provides: - Helpful background material, such as full descriptions of the main divisions of the modern watch mechanisms, including the purpose and function of each unit. - Complete directions for cleaning and overhauling a watch movement for casing. - A section devoted to general repairs and troubleshooting. For anyone interested in watch repair, this volume will serve as a working manual, a reference manual, and even a course of study. Assuming little previous knowledge on the part of the reader, Fried provides complete and clear detail on each operation. The Watch Repairer's Manual should be of great value to the student, hobbyist, watch collector, and instrument maker. Henry B. Fried wrote and illustrated 14 books, many pamphlets, and hundreds of articles on horology, the science of timepieces. The first American to receive the Silver Medal of the British Horological Institute, he served as president of the New York City Horological Society and the New York State Watchmakers Association and vice president of the old Horological Institute of America. He taught and lectured on horology and served as an industry consultant. He also was a consultant for the Random House Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Author : Mary Louise BOOTH
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)
Download or read book New and Complete Clock and Watchmakers' Manual ... With numerous engravings, compiled from the French. With an appendix containing a history of clock and watchmaking in America written by Mary Louise BOOTH and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Frederick Partington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Printer's Complete Guide: containing a sketch of the history and progress of printing, etc written by Charles Frederick Partington and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Scott Jeffery
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 1785000934
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Introductory Guide to Repairing Mechanical Clocks written by Scott Jeffery and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This up-to-date, clearly written and beautifully illustrated book is targeted at the amateur repairer and at the absolute beginner with no experience, as well as at hobbyists who often dabble with, but have little knowledge of, the techniques used in quality horological repair work. Written by a professional clock repairer and using a common sense approach, this workshop companion for the beginner 'keeps things simple' whilst placing an emphasis on the quality of the work. It provides step-by-step illustrated instructions and simplifies a large variety of tasks that are often regarded as being complicated, such as re-pivoting, jewelling and bushing. Moreover, it presents a great deal of useful advice and contains over 400 high quality colour images that help to explain and clarify every procedure that is covered. This no-nonsense guide to rectifying the common faults found in mechanical clocks will be essential reading for all those interested in horology but specifically for the novice who wants to repair mechanical clocks according to best practice. Beautifully illustrated with 424 colour photographs.
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Publisher : Assouline Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614288658
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Watches: A Guide by Hodinkee written by and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a short ten-year time-span, Hodinkee has positioned itself as the preeminent and most distinguished destination for modern and vintage wristwatch enthusiasts. Exiting a career in finance, Ben Clymer decided to fuse his horological and writing passions in order to start a blog discussing everything from new products to vintage wristwatch auctions. Titling his endeavor after the Czech word hodinky, which means ‘little watch,’ Clymer sought to create a platform that was casual and accessible to all levels of enthusiasts—within a few years The New York Times dubbed him the “High Priest of Horology.”
Author : Malcolm Wild
Publisher : The Crowood Press
ISBN 13 : 0719843618
Total Pages : 731 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (198 download)
Download or read book Wheel & Pinion Cutting in Horology written by Malcolm Wild and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2001-07-23 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many clock repairers carry out excellent work but avoid cutting their own wheels and pinions, fearing it is too complicated and involved. This book, written by an experienced clock and tool maker, dispels those fears and gives a step-by-step guide to an extremely satisfying aspect of horology. This book is written for both the amateur and professional involved in the making and restoring of clocks, and for anyone who intends to start building up a workshop and requires a guide to the equipment and how to use it.
Author : Donald De Carle
Publisher : The Crowood Press
ISBN 13 : 0719831067
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (198 download)
Download or read book Practical Watch Repairing written by Donald De Carle and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a unique book. It describes the theories and processes of repairing and adjusting the modern watch in precise and meticulous detail: a thing which has never been done so completely before in the many books on the same subject. As a text book it is a revelation. Taking nothing for granted, except the ability to read and comprehend a simple description of mechanical processes, de Carle takes his reader through every stage and every operation of watch repairing ...and to deal with them thoroughly is quite a programme - it takes 300 pages containing 24 chapters, two appendices and 553 illustrations. The fine draughtsmanship and accurate technical detail of the illustrations set a new standard. Practical Watch Repairing can justifiably claim to be the best illustrated book on practical horology yet issued, and one of the best of its kind on any subject. The publication of the book marks the beginning of a new epoch in the study of the mechanics of horology.
Author : John NICHOLSON (Civil Engineer.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Millwright's Guide. A Practical Treatise on the Construction of All Kinds of Mill Work, and the Application of the Power of Wind and Water written by John NICHOLSON (Civil Engineer.) and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
