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Product Identifiers

PublisherSkyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-101602393575

ISBN-139781602393578

eBay Product ID (ePID)66587440

Product Key Features

LanguageEnglish

TopicAmericana, Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades, Clocks & Watches, Care & Restoration, Technology & Engineering, Antiques & Collectibles

AuthorDonald De Carle

IllustratorYes

Dimensions

Item Length9 In.

Item Height0.9 In.

Item Width6 In.

Item Weight15.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN2008-018956

Book TitlePractical Watch Repairing

Dewey Decimal681.1/140288

Intended AudienceTrade

SynopsisWith over 550 black-and-white illustrations and an approach that assumes no prior watch-repairing experience, Donald de Carle's classic book is essential for any beginner or experienced horologist. It's been called "the best illustrated book on practical horology ever written"-- Horological Journal The absorbing and everlasting subject of watch repairing has been dealt with in books in many languages throughout the years. But when Practical Watch Repairing was first published in the middle of the twentieth century, he intended to create a book "that a watchmaker can understand, even if he can't read." For the readers in his audience, de Carle has provided well-informed discourse on every topic a watchmaker, or aspiring watchmaker, needs to know. He covers: Workshop and Workbench Essential Tools Case, Dial, and Hands Barrel and Mainspring Hand Cleaning and Oiling Springing and Timing Friction Jewelling And much more With Practical Watch Repairing , even a layman can become a watch-repair specialist., With over 550 black-and-white illustrations and an approach that assumes no prior watch-repairing experience, Donald de Carle's classic book is essential for any beginner or experienced horologist. It's been called the best illustrated book on practical horology ever written-- Horological Journal The absorbing and everlasting subject of watch repairing has been dealt with in books in many languages throughout the years. But when Practical Watch Repairing was first published in the middle of the twentieth century, he intended to create a book that a watchmaker can understand, even if he can't read. For the readers in his audience, de Carle has provided well-informed discourse on every topic a watchmaker, or aspiring watchmaker, needs to know. He covers: Workshop and Workbench Essential Tools Case, Dial, and Hands Barrel and Mainspring Hand Cleaning and Oiling Springing and Timing Friction Jewelling And much more With Practical Watch Repairing , even a layman can become a watch-repair specialist., With over 550 black-and-white illustrations and an approach that assumes no prior watch-repairing experience, Donald de Carle's classic book is essential for any beginner or experienced horologist. It's been called "the best illustrated book on practical horology ever written"-- Horological Journal The absorbing and everlasting subject of watch repairing has been dealt with in books in many languages throughout the years. But when Practical Watch Repairing was first published in the middle of the twentieth century, he intended to create a book "that a watchmaker can understand, even if he can't read." For the readers in his audience, de Carle has provided well-informed discourse on every topic a watchmaker, or aspiring watchmaker, needs to know. He covers: Workshop and Workbench Essential Tools Case, Dial, and Hands Barrel and Mainspring Hand Cleaning and Oiling Springing and Timing Friction Jewelling And much more! With Practical Watch Repairing , even a layman can become a watch-repair specialist., The absorbing and everlasting subject of watch repairing has been dealt with in books in many languages throughout the years. But when de Carle first set out to write Practical Watch Repairing in 1946, it was with the intention of creating a textbook "that a watchmaker can understand, even if he can't read." With over 550 instructional black-and-white illustrations and an approach that assumes no prior watch-repairing experience, this book achieves and surpasses that lofty mission, and has been touted as "the best illustrated book on practical horology" (Horological Journal) ever written. For the readers in his audience, de Carle has provided well-informed discourse on every topic a watchmaker, or aspiring watchmaker, needs to know. With Practical Watch Repairing, even a layman can become a watch-repair specialist.

Edition Number3

Publication Year2008

Dewey Edition22

FormatTrade Paperback

LC Classification NumberTS547.D38 2008

Number of Pages336 pages