Maintaining and Repairing Mechanical Watches A Practical Guide By: MARK W. WILES
This invaluable and practical book is written by a watch repairer with over twenty years of experience. It is aimed primarily at novice mechanical watch repairers, though those with more experience will also find it highly useful. Key Features: Workspace Essentials: Covers the essential requirements of a workspace. Tools: Discusses basic tools, their usage, and maintenance. Disassembly and Reassembly: Illustrates how to take a mechanical watch apart and reassemble it. Watch Cases: Examines types of watch cases, case backs, and how to open and refit them. Movement Handling: Considers the movement and how to remove it from the case. Hands and Dial: Demonstrates how to remove the hands and dial, and discusses motion work and the removal of the cannon pinion. Components: Pays attention to keyless work, the mainspring and barrel, the balance wheel, the escapement, the gearing and gear train, pivots and arbours, bearings and jewels, and much more. Servicing: Shows the reader how to