Watchmaking (Rev. ed)

In the 16th century Europeans began to craft watches by hand; a tradition that thrived until the mechanization of the 20th century replaced the individual watchmaker with mass production.

Hand methods were further eclipsed by the advent of the electronic watch in the 1960s, and many people feared that the mechanical watch would disappear entirely.George Daniels completed his first watch in 1969, arousing enough interest to generate a renaissance in the art and skills of designing and making individual watches.

His book describes every aspect of the antique craft of watch construction.

Line drawings detail every manufacturing technique employed, whilst completed watches and their component details are illustrated in colour.Chapters cover: workshop and equipment; hand tools; finishing steel and brass; turning; wheels and pinions; making small components; jewelling; escapements; mainsprings and accessories; movement design; the balance and spring; casemaking; engine-turned; and dials.