Sensible Watch Repairing
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With over 550 black-and-white illustrations and an method that assumes no prior watch-repairing expertise, Donald de Carle’s basic ebook is important for any newbie or skilled horologist. It’s been referred to as “one of the best illustrated ebook on sensible horology ever written”—Horological Journal
The absorbing and eternal topic of watch repairing has been handled in books in lots of languages all through the years. However when Sensible Watch Repairing was first revealed in the midst of the 20th century, he supposed to create a ebook “{that a} watchmaker can perceive, even when he cannot learn.” For the readers in his viewers, de Carle has supplied well-informed discourse on each matter a watchmaker, or aspiring watchmaker, must know. He covers:
Workshop and WorkbenchEssential ToolsCase, Dial, and HandsBarrel and MainspringHand Cleansing and OilingSpringing and TimingFriction JewellingAnd far more!
With Sensible Watch Repairing, even a layman can turn out to be a watch-repair specialist.
Writer : Skyhorse Publishing; third ed. version (September 17, 2008)
Language : English
Paperback : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 1602393575
ISBN-13 : 978-1602393578
Merchandise Weight : 1 kilos
Dimensions : 6 x 0.84 x 9 inches
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Alan Brown –
Practical Watch Repairing
Keep in mind that this book was first written in 1946 and additions made to it up until 1963. With that being said, this has got to be the complete encyclopedia of watch making at the time of writing it. The author, Donald E. Carle is no doubt an authority of horology. The language he uses is old British and a little hard to understand in places and some of the equipment and materials he advises are no longer available or have been found to be health hazards in today’s world. This book contains a wealth of information, but unless you are a professional horologist and willing to invest 10’s of thousands of dollars in tools and equipment it has more information than you will ever use. But it does contain everything and I mean everything that you could possibly want to know about vintage mechanical watches. I guess the author assumes that the reader already has considerable experience in watch repair by the layout of the book. It starts out discussing needed tools and then by chapter 3 it explains completely disassembling a wrist watch movement. The steps he uses are not what I would recommend. The first thing he suggests removing on the back of the movement is the balance wheel assembly, which in my opinion has got to be the most difficult part of watch disassembly of all. Unless you have an extreme amount of previous experience, you will permanently trash your watch by starting at this point. The balance wheel assembly is very delicate and easily damaged. In the time period this book was written replacement parts may have been readily available. That is not the case today. The majority of the parts for these vintage watches are no longer made in today’s market place and finding a replacement part can in some cases be close to impossible. He does explain how to make or repair some parts of a watch, but without the specialized tools needed to do this, it would be impossible to do today and finding those specialized tools would be a difficult task in itself and very expensive. Overall, I would highly recommend this book if you want to learn extensive watch repair.
Jeff Frick –
Good read for every watchmaker
This is an excellent overview of watchmaking. The language is a bit antiquated but after the first chapter you will get it. Covers all aspects from beginner to advanced
42 is the answer –
so much detailed information
I’m just getting into watch repair. Two weeks ago I knew absolutely nothing about watches.I think I read somewhere that this book focused only on pocket watches but that’s not the case. I bought a few Westclox pocket watches, hoping to use them to learn with. I soon discovered that Westclox watches are terrible for repair because most weren’t meant to be disassembled.This is not a perfect book – and it’s not easy to understand but it is a terrific read and it has a wealth of information. There are many illustrations, but only a 30th of the number of illustrations that would really be necessary to see what the author is referring to in most cases.My biggest complaint so far is that the author jumps into the most intricate minutia almost immediately, yet he says that he assumes we know absolutely nothing about watches.I haven’t finished this book, but really think that I’m going to need another more general book that explains how to take a watch apart – clean it – and put it back together. This book doesn’t do a good job of explaining the big picture before diving into the details.There are many, many tips and conversations based on determining if each part of your watch is absolutely perfect long before more general understanding of the parts has been offered.Some of the illustrations are out of order and many illustrations are missing (not because of error – just omitted).The author says that his publisher wanted a book that would teach even people who couldn’t read how to repair a watch. Trust me, you have to know how to read to even start understanding this book.
jim –
use
great book for beginners can refer as you work diagrams are great
Amazon Customer –
Better that the Bible BUT
Better book than the Bible good quality illustrations BUT no section on changing wrist watch batteries .
Prof. Rich –
Excellent book but not for noobs or beginners
Let’s start by saying that if you are looking for colorful high-resolution photographs or how to perform basic watch repair operations – this is not the book.Unless you are a certified watch repairer, this book will likely take you from a beginner level (or like me, from an online watch repair school grad) to the next level. You already need to know about the mechanisms and concepts of a mechanical watch to get the maximum benefit from this book. You may read sections several times, each time getting more insight and information.Every section of the book is really excellent. I reference the section on interpreting timegrapher results constantly… at least until it’s all memorized and understood. I’m currently reading the chapter on the pallet fork and escape wheel for the third time and can see it’s going to require another 2-3 times through it to fully appreciate all the subtleties.
S. T. –
Fantastic book for the money
If one wants to learn about repairing watches, this book will last the beginners for a long time as there’s so much to learn from this book. Chapter 5 alone (where the author described how the Lever Escapement works, how to examine it and how to correct it) is worth more than the $12 that I paid for this book. -Five-star easily !
Bill Deutermann –
Still relevant
This is an update from the 1950s or 60s. But still very relevant. Best book on the subject that I know of.
Clayton Beare –
This book has a lot of great content
AlexLB –
Pros: Beautifully written and thoroughly comprehensive coverage of mechanical and automatic service and repair techniques for watches made before 1960. Lots of diagrams.Cons: Technical diagram print quality hasn’t been updated through the reprint editions so while the diagrams are comprehensive it’s tricky to see small details.Scoring full marks because it is an enjoyable book to read and satisfying to learn from, and it fulfils it’s goals for covering the era of watchmaking it sets out to.I add that this book does not contain modern tools, techniques or technologies since 1957, so if you are looking for this (ie electronics, LCD, LED or quartz movement) information.
Client d’Amazon –
The book is listed as â from 2008â . That is not the case. This is a facsimile (scanned) reprint of a 1949-1969 book. And that is for watch repairing old. Some principles are the same, but things have progressed. But not in the book.And the facsimile (scanned) version is also no fun to read.
Felipe Bueno Barbosa –
This is a very detailed book on mechanical watch repairing, begining from how to set up your shop, the kind of tools you will need from start up and how to check if the tools are in good shape, and going through every part of a mechanical watch movement. It’s as generic as possible because there are a number of different movements in the marked but you get to understand the concepts, which will allow you to identify those parts in any movement you are working with.If you are looking to understand mechanical movements without the idea to become a watch repairer, but serving different purposes, this book is also a very good start.
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