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

Jones, Bernard E.

ISBN 10: 1447464680 / ISBN 13: 9781447464686

Published by Adams Press, 2012

About this Item

illustrated edition. 220 pages. 8.43x5.51x0.32 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # x-1447464680

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Clock Cleaning and Repairing - With a Chapter on Adding Quarter-Chimes to a Grandfather Clock
• Publisher: Adams Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447464680
• ISBN 13: 9781447464686
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.29 kilograms

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Synopsis

This vintage text contains an accessible and novice-friendly guide to cleaning and repairing clocks. Complete with simple step-by-step instructions and a plethora of detailed, useful illustrations, this timeless text is ideal for anyone looking for a simple and easy-to-digest guide pertaining to watch repair. Although old, the information contained herein will still be of considerable utility to the modern reader, and it would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. The chapters of this book include: How a Simple Clock Works, Clock Repairers' Tools and Materials, General Repairs to Escapements, Recoil Escapements and their Repair, Dead-beat Escapements and their Repair, Cleaning Simple Clocks, Cleaning Dutch Clocks, etcetera. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of clocks and watches.