Watchmaking
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Product details:
- Edition number Updated, New edition
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 3 May 2011
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9780856677045
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages464 pages
- Size 270x202x34 mm
- Weight 1639 g
- Language English
- Illustrations Approximately 130 colour / 777 line drawings 0
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Long description:
Many years after its first publication, the best-selling Watchmaking continues to inspire and encourage the art of watchmaking, especially among new generations of enthusiasts.
As a supreme master of his art, George Daniels' advice is constantly sought by both students and watch repairers, his understanding of the problems that can beset the would-be watchmaker, especially in an age of mass production, and his expert knowledge of the history of watchmaking being second to none.
Here, the making of the precision timekeeper is described step by step and illustrated at each stage with line drawings and brief explanatory captions. The text is easy to follow and care has been taken to avoid complicated technical descriptions. As Daniels is particularly interested in the development of the escapement - many are described in this book, several of his own design - the reader is encouraged to explore this aspect of watchmaking in even greater detail.
This classic handbook still remains indispensable to generations of watchmakers and repairers, and also provides a fascinating insight to the enthusiast and watch-collector who, until its publication, had rarely been able to admire the superb craftsmanship of a fine watch without understanding how it works.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface
The Colour Plates
1. Workshop and Equipment
2. Hand Tools
3. Finishing Steel and Brass
4. Turning
5. Wheels and Pinions
6. Making Small Components
7. Jewelling
8. Escapements
9. Mainsprings and Accessories
10. Movement Design
11. The Balance and Spring
12. Casemaking
13. Engine-Turned Cases and Dials
Select Bibliography
Appendices
Index
