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.