Practical Clock Repairing

The repair of clocks calls for a variety of skills and crafts, few of which can be ''picked up'' by bench work alone. In the horological trade, it is technical practice that the ''prentice hand'' is first tried out on clocks, before attempting repair work on watches. Clocks have the advantage of possessing sizeable and robust parts and of being easier to handle. But there the advantage for the repairer ends. The sizes, shapes, complications and even the nationalities of clocks appear to be without end. Every movement has detail difference and, naturally, the defects when due for repair, are as varied. In this book, the author has dealt with the usual faults likely to develop in each type of movement in general use; from the lordly grandfather to the humble alarm. All the tools and equipment are described and illustrated, together with the ways of using them. The craftsman''s most important and valuable tools of all - his skilful fingers - are shown in use in the clearest manner. As is