The Watch Adjuster’s Manual - A Practical Guide for the Watch and Chronometer Adjuster in Making, Springing, Timing and Adjusting for Isochronism, Positions and Temperatures

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This vintage book contains a complete guide to making, adjusting, springing, timing and adjusting a variety of watches. With simple, clear instructions and many helpful diagrams, this book will be of considerable utility to novice, apprentice, and amateur watch repairers. Contents include: Suggestions to Workmen , Preliminary Examination of the Movement , Magnetism and Magnetized Watches , The Demagnetization of Watches, Watch Parts, etc. , Making Balance Springs , Treatment of Steel for Making Hair Springs , Making Cylindrical or Helical Springs , Making Flat Spiral and Breguet Springs , The Modern American Method of Making Hair Springs , Watch Balances , Balance Making , et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction. First published in 1904.