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The Pocketwatch: Restoration, Maintenance and Repair
Christopher Barrow
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Description for The Pocketwatch: Restoration, Maintenance and Repair
Hardcover. This practical guide is the outcome of many years' hands-on experience and is the sort of book the author would have liked to have been able to access at the time he started, some twenty years ago, to clean and repair pocket watches.Using as examples six of the most typical types of watch from a period spanning the late 18th century to the early 2 Num Pages: 192 pages, ill. BIC Classification: WCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
An updated and revised edition of this practical guide--the book the author wished he had on hand at the start of his 20 years cleaning and repairing pocket watches Using as examples six of the most typical types of watch from a period spanning the late 18th century to the early 20th century, the author takes the intelligent enthusiast through the cleaning and repair process, step by careful step, using photographs of excellent clarity, and in lucid language, characterized by his own friendly and helpful tone. He aims to equip the reader with a sound basic knowledge not just of ... Read more
An updated and revised edition of this practical guide--the book the author wished he had on hand at the start of his 20 years cleaning and repairing pocket watches Using as examples six of the most typical types of watch from a period spanning the late 18th century to the early 20th century, the author takes the intelligent enthusiast through the cleaning and repair process, step by careful step, using photographs of excellent clarity, and in lucid language, characterized by his own friendly and helpful tone. He aims to equip the reader with a sound basic knowledge not just of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Robert Hale Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Ramsbury, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719803901
SKU
V9780719803901
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Christopher Barrow
Chris Barrow was an electronic design engineer for thirty years. For the past thirty years or so, he has been restoring and repairing pocket watches, and for the last sixteen years has run a successful web-based business selling restored pocket watches. He is fascinated by the intricate and often beautiful mechanisms of the evolving pocket watch, from the ... Read more
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