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A 19th-CENTURY REPAIRER'S MANUAL ‘The Watch Jobber's Handybook’ by Paul N. Hasluck (originally printed 1893)

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I believe this little work, originally published in London in 1887 and revised in 1893, will fill a substantial gap in the available literature on watch repair.   Unlike the popular works of relatively recent date by such authors as Fried and de Carle, it concentrates on English watches (although the author is well aware of both Swiss and American practices) and indeed draws most of its examples from the verge movement.   Compared with the larger works by F. J. Britten, it is a good deal less technical, but (I think) all the more accessible to the amateur in consequence. I can discover nothing of the author except that he published similar books on a remarkably wide range of subjects – cabinetmaking, wood-turning, model engine making and general metalwork.

The following .doc files are laid out on European A4 size paper but should also print without loss on U.S. Letter size sheets. A Watch Movement and How to Take It Apart Examining, Cleaning and Putting Together Repairs and Adjustment Glossary