Clock Cleaning and Repairing - With a Chapter on Adding Quarter-Chimes to a Grandfather Clock - Softcover

Jones, Bernard E.

 
9781447427094: Clock Cleaning and Repairing - With a Chapter on Adding Quarter-Chimes to a Grandfather Clock

Synopsis

This vintage text contains a comprehensive and practical guide to watch repair, with information on simple and complex repairs, cleaning, general maintenance, and much more besides. Written in clear, plain language and full of step-by-step instructions and helpful diagrams, this text is ideal for those with little previous knowledge, and it would make for a worthy addition to any collections. The chapters of this book include: Workshop and work-bench, Essential tools, Case, dial and hands, The movement, components and dismantling, Pin pallet escapement, The train: gears and tooth forms, The barrel and mainspring, Hand cleaning and oiling, etcetera. We are republishing this antiquarian book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of clocks and watches.

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