The Watch Repairer's Manual: Second Edition
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2018 Reprint of 1961 Second Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. As The New York Times wrote after his death, Henry B. Fried was "widely acknowledged as the dean of American watchmakers." In the revised, 1961 edition of his classic book The Watch Repairer's Manual, reprinted here, Fried addresses topics important to contemporary watch repairers, such as self-winding watches, waterproofing, calendar watches, alarm wristwatches, and chronographs. The Watch Repairer's Manual also includes a fine visual dictionary of exploded views in isometric, which are very helpful for ordering watch parts. One of the few modern books available on the techniques of watch repair and certainly the most esteemed, The Watch Repairer's Manual is outstanding for its sequence of presentation and its many useful illustrations, including enlarged details of alarm and self-winding watches. The consummate craftsman and master of details, Fried himself created the illustrations. From teaching others, Fried has learned that if you have a good understanding of how and why the mechanisms work, you will become better at fixing any problems you face-often without needing to consult a book. The Watch Repairer's Manual provides: - Helpful background material, such as full descriptions of the main divisions of the modern watch mechanisms, including the purpose and function of each unit. - Complete directions for cleaning and overhauling a watch movement for casing. - A section devoted to general repairs and troubleshooting. For anyone interested in watch repair, this volume will serve as a working manual, a reference manual, and even a course of study. Assuming little previous knowledge on the part of the reader, Fried provides complete and clear detail on each operation. The Watch Repairer's Manual should be of great value to the student, hobbyist, watch collector, and instrument maker. Henry B. Fried wrote and illustrated 14 books, many pamphlets, and hundreds of articles on horology, the science of timepieces. The first American to receive the Silver Medal of the British Horological Institute, he served as president of the New York City Horological Society and the New York State Watchmakers Association and vice president of the old Horological Institute of America. He taught and lectured on horology and served as an industry consultant. He also was a consultant for the Random House Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Review: Highly Recommended - Very nice. The author does a wonderful job of taking one from the place of knowing nothing about watches to being able to work on them. This book is truly for beginners, but is definitely useful for the intermediate and advanced students as well. Every page has diagrams that make it easy to follow along. The information is laid out in a logical, orderly manner, which greatly aides in understanding the concepts as well as the procedures. In addition, the back of the book has a chapter about troubleshooting watch issues. This alone makes this book highly valuable to the student / professional, and well worth the cost of the book. I highly recommend this book to anyone who’s interested in watch work. Review: Essential (specialize knowledge) - Yet to read but has very useful info if your just dipping your toes into the hobby
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| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 381 Reviews |
T**N
Highly Recommended
Very nice. The author does a wonderful job of taking one from the place of knowing nothing about watches to being able to work on them. This book is truly for beginners, but is definitely useful for the intermediate and advanced students as well. Every page has diagrams that make it easy to follow along. The information is laid out in a logical, orderly manner, which greatly aides in understanding the concepts as well as the procedures. In addition, the back of the book has a chapter about troubleshooting watch issues. This alone makes this book highly valuable to the student / professional, and well worth the cost of the book. I highly recommend this book to anyone who’s interested in watch work.
B**V
Essential (specialize knowledge)
Yet to read but has very useful info if your just dipping your toes into the hobby
J**.
Awesome book for anyone fixing watches!!!!
Very well written book with easily understood concepts and great illustrations showing how it actually works. You get the excellent reference text and reference drawings Perfect for anyone who wants to learn watch repair.
W**O
Great Book, Easy to Read
Love this book, it takes many books to learn watch repair on your own this book is a great start. As soon as I flipped through it l learned how to tighten watch hands. Not covered in any other book I have. Suddenly that stockpile of old watch hands has become more useful. Plan to purchase the newest version but you can't go wrong with this as a starter.
C**T
Waste of paper.
The watch content is good. However, the entire first third (more than 100 pages) is comprised of 1. Substance abuse treatment, 2. Today I’m a princess coloring book, and 3. An 1815 oration by George Washington Stanley.
R**“
Awesome watch building book
A classic watchmaker book, written by arguably the best US watchmaker. To me is not a repair book, is more a fabrication book. The way things were done 60 or so years ago. If you really want to learn watchmaking get it, if you plan to change a battery on a watch don’t.
A**R
This Is The One!
If your looking to start this as a hobby for repairs/servicing and need an actual teaching aid to get you started this is it. Exactly what I was looking for. Between this and Wristwatch Revival on YouTube I have no fear or trepidation anymore. I have the tools, now it’s time to get to work.
Z**N
Time After Time Repair Guide
A must have guide to watch repair. Lots of detailed pics. We are very pleased to have such a detailed guide for our horological adventure.
C**U
excelent
Very good book with great ilustrations and explanations. But please keep in mind that this book was written long time ago and still have the old watches, though the basics never change. For me it was a gold mine, with its horology principles and movement presentation, these will never gets old.
M**O
Damaged
Book cover was damaged. Pictures are really bad . Not easy to read at all . I’ll give it a shot but it looks like it’s for someone who already have good experience in watch repair so just needs some information about the parts … even that is easier to find online . So far nothing special. I was looking for book that will help me in my beginning and this is definitely not one . Instead of paying for it - buy some tools and follow the instructions on YouTube .
P**.
Great reference book for anyone
I’m looking into watch repair as a hobby and find this book an excellent source of info as I start out. This book also contains detailed info required as my experience increases. In my opinion this is a must have book for anyone looking into watch repair.
C**E
Ok
Ok
C**L
Excelente manual para relojoeiro
Um dos melhores livros sobre a relojoaria, consertos, manutenção de relógios. Altamente didático. Livro em inglês pois não existe no Brasil.
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