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The Watchmaker's Bench: A Complete Illustrated Manual of Watch Servicing & Restoration (Horological Atlas) - Softcover
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Expanded edition with 122 figures, including step-by-step technical drawings for every core procedure.
Most watch repair books open with a movement. This one opens with the bench, because far more watches are ruined by a slipped screwdriver, a launched spring or a bent hairspring than by a wrong diagnosis. From there it takes you through the three families of movement in order of consequence: quartz first, where steady hands are learned cheaply, then mechanical, then automatic.
Every procedure is a numbered sequence with its own drawing. Opening snap and screw casebacks, removing the movement from the case, battery replacement and contact cleaning, testing the coil with a multimeter, letting the mainspring down safely, removing the balance and pallet fork, cleaning, oiling the escapement, reassembly with checks, fitting a mainspring with a winder, correcting beat error, casing up, spring bars and crystals.
- Quartz troubleshooting that starts with the cheapest cause: the signal chain from cell to hands, a non-runner flowchart, coil readings, and when to replace a movement instead of repairing it.
- Mechanical servicing in the right order: fragility first on the way apart, two cheap checks on the way back together, and a lubrication map you can read at a glance.
- Reading a timing machine: rate, amplitude, beat error and lift angle, trace patterns, the positional check, and why you regulate last.
- Automatics, calendars and chronographs: how reversers wind, the date-change danger window, and how a hammer and heart cam return a chronograph to zero.
- Honest workmanship: resealing, water resistance stated plainly, case finishing without over-polishing, and a handover the owner can trust.
Written for the hobbyist servicing a first movement at the kitchen table, the collector who wants to understand what a service involves, and the improver who already owns the tools and wants a method. A glossary of 46 bench terms closes the book.
Please note: the procedural figures are clear technical drawings made for this book, alongside a smaller number of illustrative images. Drawings show the principle of each step on a generic movement; always check the service data for your own calibre.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Expanded edition with 122 figures, including step-by-step technical drawings for every core procedure.Most watch repair books open with a movement. This one opens with the bench, because far more watches are ruined by a slipped screwdriver, a launched spring or a bent hairspring than by a wrong diagnosis. From there it takes you through the three families of movement in order of consequence: quartz first, where steady hands are learned cheaply, then mechanical, then automatic.Every procedure is a numbered sequence with its own drawing. Opening snap and screw casebacks, removing the movement from the case, battery replacement and contact cleaning, testing the coil with a multimeter, letting the mainspring down safely, removing the balance and pallet fork, cleaning, oiling the escapement, reassembly with checks, fitting a mainspring with a winder, correcting beat error, casing up, spring bars and crystals.Quartz troubleshooting that starts with the cheapest cause: the signal chain from cell to hands, a non-runner flowchart, coil readings, and when to replace a movement instead of repairing it.Mechanical servicing in the right order: fragility first on the way apart, two cheap checks on the way back together, and a lubrication map you can read at a glance.Reading a timing machine: rate, amplitude, beat error and lift angle, trace patterns, the positional check, and why you regulate last.Automatics, calendars and chronographs: how reversers wind, the date-change danger window, and how a hammer and heart cam return a chronograph to zero.Honest workmanship: resealing, water resistance stated plainly, case finishing without over-polishing, and a handover the owner can trust.Written for the hobbyist servicing a first movement at the kitchen table, the collector who wants to understand what a service involves, and the improver who already owns the tools and wants a method. A glossary of 46 bench terms closes the book.Please note: the procedural figures are clear technical drawings made for this book, alongside a smaller number of illustrative images. Drawings show the principle of each step on a generic movement; always check the service data for your own calibre. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798188522094
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Expanded edition with 122 figures, including step-by-step technical drawings for every core procedure.Most watch repair books open with a movement. This one opens with the bench, because far more watches are ruined by a slipped screwdriver, a launched spring or a bent hairspring than by a wrong diagnosis. From there it takes you through the three families of movement in order of consequence: quartz first, where steady hands are learned cheaply, then mechanical, then automatic.Every procedure is a numbered sequence with its own drawing. Opening snap and screw casebacks, removing the movement from the case, battery replacement and contact cleaning, testing the coil with a multimeter, letting the mainspring down safely, removing the balance and pallet fork, cleaning, oiling the escapement, reassembly with checks, fitting a mainspring with a winder, correcting beat error, casing up, spring bars and crystals.- Quartz troubleshooting that starts with the cheapest cause: the signal chain from cell to hands, a non-runner flowchart, coil readings, and when to replace a movement instead of repairing it.- Mechanical servicing in the right order: fragility first on the way apart, two cheap checks on the way back together, and a lubrication map you can read at a glance.- Reading a timing machine: rate, amplitude, beat error and lift angle, trace patterns, the positional check, and why you regulate last.- Automatics, calendars and chronographs: how reversers wind, the date-change danger window, and how a hammer and heart cam return a chronograph to zero.- Honest workmanship: resealing, water resistance stated plainly, case finishing without over-polishing, and a handover the owner can trust.Written for the hobbyist servicing a first movement at the kitchen table, the collector who wants to understand what a service involves, and the improver who already owns the tools and wants a method. A glossary of 46 bench terms closes the book.Please note: the procedural figures are clear technical drawings made for this book, alongside a smaller number of illustrative images. Drawings show the principle of each step on a generic movement; always check the service data for your own calibre. Seller Inventory # 9798188522094
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A complete, fully illustrated manual of watch servicing and restoration - thirty step-by-step technical diagrams.Master the craft of watch repair from the one place it truly begins: the bench.The Watchmaker's Bench is among the most complete horology guides available for the independent repairer. Whether you are an aspiring watchmaker, a collector, a jeweler, a restoration hobbyist, or a working technician, this manual delivers a thorough, practical education in servicing mechanical, automatic, and quartz timepieces - with every key procedure shown step by step and illustrated.Inside, you will learn to: Set up a professional bench - and dress screwdrivers, true tweezers, and demagnetise correctlyService a mechanical movement end to end: let the mainspring down, strip the going train, remove the balance and pallet fork, clean, lubricate, and rebuild with confidenceOil the escapement, correct beat error, and regulate on the timing machineDiagnose and service quartz movements: batteries and contacts, coil testing, the diagnostic flow, resealing, and a full quartz overhaulUnderstand automatic winding - reversers and magic levers - and test winding efficiencyHandle complications such as the day-date, and finish with proper casing and quality checksWith thirty precise technical illustrations, plain-spoken explanations, and hard-won workshop judgement on every page, this is the bench reference you keep within arm's reach - and the one that pays for itself the first time you service a watch yourself.Build the skills. Understand the movement. Preserve the craft. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798188522094
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