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100 1 _aWiles, Mark W.,
_eauthor.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2017024557
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245 1 0 _aMaintaining and repairing mechanical watches :
_ba practical guide /
_cMark W. Wiles.
250 _a[First edition].
264 1 _aRamsbury :
_bThe Crowood Press,
_c2016.
300 _a208 pages :
_billustrations (colour) ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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336 _astill image
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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505 0 _aIntroduction -- Part one: The basics (1. Basic tool kit ; 2. Caring for your tools and using them ; 3. The workspace ; 4. A basic mechanical watch ; 5. Types of watch case ; 6. Opening and refitting watch case backs ; 7. Removing and refitting straps and bracelets ; 8. Picking your first watch ; 9. The movement).
505 0 _aPart two: How a watch works (10. Removing the movement from its case ; 11. Removing the hands ; 12. Removing the dial ; 13. The motion work ; 14. Keyless work ; 15. Removing and refitting the keyless work ; 16. The mainspring and barrel ; 17. Removing and replacing the click ; 18. Removing the barrel bridge, cap and arbor ; 19. Removing and refitting the mainspring ; 20. Alternative methods of fitting a mainspring ; 21. The escapement and the balance wheel ; 22. The action of the lever escapement ; 23. The balance wheel ; 24. Refitting the balance and the wheel ; 25. Gearing and the gear train ; 26. Pivots and arbors ; 27. Bearings and jewels ; 28. Stripdown and reassembly of a watch).
505 0 _aPart three: Servicing and cleaning a watch (29. Servicing a watch ; 30. Cleaning a watch ; 31. Oiling ; 32. Cleaning and oiling and incabloc ; 33. Adjusting [and regulating] a balance spring ; 34. Regulating a watch ; 35. Correct hand-fitting).
505 0 _aPart four: Common repairs (Replacing a mainspring ; 37. Replacing a crown and winding stem ; 38. Fitting watch glasses ; 39. Adjusting the hand friction ; 40. Replacing luminous paint).
505 0 _aPart five: Different types of watch mechanism (41. Alternative hand friction in watches ; 42. Other types of keyless work ; 43. Fusee watches ; 44. Other escapements ; 45. Sweep seconds).
520 _aThis invaluable, practical book is written by a watch repairer with more than 20 years' experience. It is aimed principally at the novice mechanical watch repairer, although those with more experience will also find it most useful. Brimming with advice and useful tips, it provides step-by-step photographs with accompanying text and demonstrates how to maintain a mechanical watch, and how to identify problems and correct them. The author discusses the theory behind how a watch works and reveals how to take a watch apart and how to reassemble it without causing any damage.
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650 0 _aClocks and watches
_xRepairing
_vAmateurs' manuals.
650 7 _aClocks and watches
_xRepairing.
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653 0 _aRepair
653 2 _aWatch practical how-to
653 0 _aWatch (general)
655 7 _aHandbooks and manuals.
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