Watch and Clock Making and Repairing: Dealing with the Construction and Repair of Watches, Clocks and Chronometers

vi, 425 pp. This authoritative work was based on the lifetime's experience of the author, who was very well known as a craftsman of the highest order as well as being a lecturer at the Northampton College of Advanced Technology and horological consultant to Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith. A particularly valuable feature is the inclusion of constructional details of tools specially designed by the author. Subjects covered include: Tools and Equipment; Materials; Watch Movements, Clock Movements; Filing and Making Drills, Taps and Screws, and Methods of Polishing; Turning; Gearing and Making Wheels and Pinions; Watch Escapements; Clock Escapements; Keyless Work, Self-Winding Mechanisms and Motion Work; Balances and Balance-Springs; Pendulums; Striking Mechanisms, Repeaters, Clock-Watches, Musical and Alarm Watches; Chronographs and Stop Watches, Calendar Watches and Clocks; Chronometers, Tourbillons and Karrusels; Cleaning Clocks and Watches, and Practical Hints; Appendix: Causes of Failure and Bad Timekeeping in Watches and Clocks; Index.