Clock Cleaning and Repairing - With a Chapter on Adding Quarter-Chimes to a Grandfather Clock

This vintage text contains an accessible and novice-friendly guide to cleaning and repairing clocks. Complete with simple step-by-step instructions and a plethora of detailed, useful illustrations, this timeless text is ideal for anyone looking for a simple and easy-to-digest guide pertaining to watch repair. Although old, the information contained herein will still be of considerable utility to the modern reader, and it would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. The chapters of this book include: How a Simple Clock Works, Clock Repairers' Tools and Materials, General Repairs to Escapements, Recoil Escapements and their Repair, Dead-beat Escapements and their Repair, Cleaning Simple Clocks, Cleaning Dutch Clocks, etcetera. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of clocks and watches.

Author: Bernard E. Jones
Publisher: Adams Press
Published: 11/05/2012
Pages: 218
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781447464686
ISBN10: 1447464680
BISAC Categories:
- History | General
- Antiques & Collectibles | Clocks & Watches
- Crafts & Hobbies | Metal Work