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PREFACE.. IN this volume the aim of the Author, who has I himself
served an apprenticeship to the trade of Watchmaking, and worked at the
watchmakers bench for the best years of his life, is to give in plain
language practical directions for carrying out the various operations
involved in Repairing and Cleaning Watches. He has attempted to cover
the whole ground of Watch Repairing, from the simplest operations to the
most complex and difficult and it is hoped that the book will prove of
service alike to the workman, the apprentice, and the arnateur. To the
first-mentioned, the chapters on Springing and Adjusting and on
Complicated Watches are mofe particularly addressed. These chapters, in
particular, contain informatlon which it is believed cannot be found
elsewhere, and will, the Autlior feels assured, be welcome even to those
who are aiready adepts in the art of Watch . Repairing. The
illustrations are a special feature, being all original and the Author
having tried to avoid the tendency which so many technical books have of
degenerating into mere catalogues of tools and appliances, he may
confidently say of the present work that it at least has the merit of
being fresh from cover to cover. F. J GARRARD CONTENTS. CHAPTER I
.-INTRODUCTION, PAGES Description of a Watch Movement-Motive Power-The
Train --Escapement and Balance-Motion Work. Figs. 1-5 . 1-7 CHAPTER
11.-THE MATERIALS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF WATCHES. Steel,
SoRening, Hardening, Tempering-Brass, Softening, Hardening,
Tempering-Gold-Silver - German Silver- Platinum - Palladium - Aluminium
Bronze - Invar-Rcd- stuff - Diamantine -Diamond Powder -Oilstone Dust-
Emery-Water-of-Ayr Stone-Chalk-Benzine-Petrol-Oil -Methylated Spirit -
Turpentine - Acids-Mercury-Peg- wood-Pith-Tissue-paper-Shellac . . . . .
8-18 CHAPTER 111.-WORKSHOP, TOOLS, G Heating the Workshop - Light -
Work-board -Tools - Eyeglasses. Figs. 6-26 . . L 19-29 CHAPTER 1V.-THE
USE OF TOOLS Flat Filing-Pin Filing-The Use of Files-Drilling-Broaching
-Cutting Screw Threads. Figs. 27-31 . . . 30-33 CONTENTS. CHAPTER
V.-TURNING. PAGE3 Using the Turns-Gravers-Methods of Cutting-Turning for
Practice-The Watch Lathe-Its Appliances and Chucks- Methods cff Driving.
Figs. 32-53 . . . 36-47 CHAPTER V1.-MAKING SMALL TOOLS. Drills - Taps -
Punches - Screwdrivers - Soft Soldering - Countersinks-Chamfering
Tools-Joint Pusher-Oiler- Blueing Slip - Hard Soldering - Brass
Tweezers. Figs. 54-61. . . CHAPTER VI1,-CLEANING WATCHES. . 453 Why
Watches want Cleaning-Key-wind Geneva Watches- , Taking to
Pieces-Cleaning-Putting together-Endshakes Oiling-Keyless Watches-Taking
out of Cases-English Watches-Verge Watches-English Cylinder and Duplex
Watches-Pocket Chronometers-English Keyless Watches -American Keyless
Watches-General Remarks on Cleaning Watches. Figs. 62-71 . . . 54-69
CHAPTER VII1.-BARRELS, FUSEES, MAIN- SPRINGS, AND CHAINS. Broken
Mainsprings - Barrels, Repairing - New Barrels - Mending Chains - Fusee
Clickwork - Stopwork - Safety Pinions-Going-barrel Clickwork. Figs.
72-86 . . 70-81 CHAPTER 1X.-DEPTHS, TRAIN WHEELS, C. Depths-Correcting
Bad Depths-Worn Pivots-Polishing Pivots -Turning Pinions - Turning
Pivots - Cement Chucks - Bushing Pivot Holes-Fitting New Wheel Teeth-New
Pivots - Jewel Holes - Jewelling - Frames, Screws, c Figs. 87-119 . . .
. 82-99 CHAPTER X.-ESCAPEMENTS...
