{"product_id":"b0h9x18xbq","title":"The Watchmaker's Bench: A Complete Illustrated Manual of Watch Servicing \u0026 Restoration (Horological Atlas)","description":"\u003cp\u003eExpanded edition with 122 figures, including step-by-step technical drawings for every core procedure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost watch repair books open with a movement. This one opens with the bench, because far more watches are ruined by a slipped screwdriver, a launched spring or a bent hairspring than by a wrong diagnosis. From there it takes you through the three families of movement in order of consequence: quartz first, where steady hands are learned cheaply, then mechanical, then automatic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery procedure is a numbered sequence with its own drawing.  Opening snap and screw casebacks, removing the movement from the case, battery replacement and contact cleaning, testing the coil with a multimeter, letting the mainspring down safely, removing the balance and pallet fork, cleaning, oiling the escapement, reassembly with checks, fitting a mainspring with a winder, correcting beat error, casing up, spring bars and crystals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eQuartz troubleshooting that starts with the cheapest cause:  the signal chain from cell to hands, a non-runner flowchart, coil readings, and when to replace a movement instead of repairing it. Mechanical servicing in the right order:  fragility first on the way apart, two cheap checks on the way back together, and a lubrication map you can read at a glance. Reading a timing machine:  rate, amplitude, beat error and lift angle, trace patterns, the positional check, and why you regulate last. Automatics, calendars and chronographs:  how reversers wind, the date-change danger window, and how a hammer and heart cam return a chronograph to zero. Honest workmanship:  resealing, water resistance stated plainly, case finishing without over-polishing, and a handover the owner can trust. Written for the hobbyist servicing a first movement at the kitchen table, the collector who wants to understand what a service involves, and the improver who already owns the tools and wants a method. A glossary of 46 bench terms closes the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlease note: the procedural figures are clear technical drawings made for this book, alongside a smaller number of illustrative images. Drawings show the principle of each step on a generic movement; always check the service data for your own calibre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":67924060733685,"sku":"YSL51127","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/8774\/8597\/files\/81mgLGbiMmL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793672429","url":"https:\/\/www.newbooks.store\/products\/b0h9x18xbq","provider":"NewBooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}