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

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: "e;Suggestions to Workmen"e;, "e;Preliminary Examination of the Movement"e;, "e;Magnetism and Magnetized Watches"e;, "e;The Demagnetization of Watches, Watch Parts, etc."e;, "e;Making Balance Springs"e;, "e;Treatment of Steel for Making Hair Springs"e;, "e;Making Cylindrical or Helical Springs"e;, "e;Making Flat Spiral and Breguet Springs"e;, "e;The Modern American Method of Making Hair Springs"e;, "e;Watch Balances"e;, "e;Balance Making"e;, 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.