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Practical Watch Repairing by Donald de Carle Horological

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Item specifics

Binding
Softcover, Wraps
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Subject
Watch Repair
Year Printed
2008
ISBN
9781602393578

About this product

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1602393575
ISBN-13
9781602393578
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66587440

Product Key Features

Language
English
Topic
Americana, Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades, Clocks & Watches, Care & Restoration, Technology & Engineering, Antiques & Collectibles
Author
Donald De Carle
Illustrator
Yes

Dimensions

Item Length
9 In.
Item Height
0.9 In.
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Width
6 In.

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2008-018956
Book Title
Practical Watch Repairing
Dewey Decimal
681.1/140288
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
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., 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 Number
3
Publication Year
2008
Format
Trade Paperback
Dewey Edition
22
LC Classification Number
TS547.D38 2008
Number of Pages
336 pages

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