Practical Watch Repairing Donald de Carle 1946 Edition First

Practical Watch Repairing Donald de Carle 1946 Edition Hardcover in original binding and dust jacket First Edition; First Impression, American Edition 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 program - it takes 300 pages containing 24 chapters, two appendices and 553 illustrations. The fine draftsmanship 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 s