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# Practical Watch Repairing

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Review: Practical Watch Repairing - Keep in mind that this book was first written in 1946 and additions made to it up until 1963. With that being said, this has got to be the complete encyclopedia of watch making at the time of writing it. The author, Donald E. Carle is no doubt an authority of horology. The language he uses is old British and a little hard to understand in places and some of the equipment and materials he advises are no longer available or have been found to be health hazards in today's world. This book contains a wealth of information, but unless you are a professional horologist and willing to invest 10's of thousands of dollars in tools and equipment it has more information than you will ever use. But it does contain everything and I mean everything that you could possibly want to know about vintage mechanical watches. I guess the author assumes that the reader already has considerable experience in watch repair by the layout of the book. It starts out discussing needed tools and then by chapter 3 it explains completely disassembling a wrist watch movement. The steps he uses are not what I would recommend. The first thing he suggests removing on the back of the movement is the balance wheel assembly, which in my opinion has got to be the most difficult part of watch disassembly of all. Unless you have an extreme amount of previous experience, you will permanently trash your watch by starting at this point. The balance wheel assembly is very delicate and easily damaged. In the time period this book was written replacement parts may have been readily available. That is not the case today. The majority of the parts for these vintage watches are no longer made in today's market place and finding a replacement part can in some cases be close to impossible. He does explain how to make or repair some parts of a watch, but without the specialized tools needed to do this, it would be impossible to do today and finding those specialized tools would be a difficult task in itself and very expensive. Overall, I would highly recommend this book if you want to learn extensive watch repair.
Review: This is a fairly comprehensive book, especially from the viewpoint of a novice. - This is a fairly comprehensive book, especially from the viewpoint of a novice. It has a lot of watchmaking lore that I believe will become very helpful as I get more familiar with the world inside watches. I think it will be a fine reference book when I gain more experience and insight.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #42,700 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Antique & Collectible Care & Restoration (Books) #5 in Antique & Collectible Jewelry (Books) #7 in Antique & Collectible Clocks & Watches (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (701) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 0.84 x 9 inches |
| Edition  | 3rd ed. |
| ISBN-10  | 1602393575 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1602393578 |
| Item Weight  | 1 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 336 pages |
| Publication date  | September 17, 2008 |
| Publisher  | Skyhorse Publishing |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Practical Watch Repairing
*by A***N on January 22, 2013*

Keep in mind that this book was first written in 1946 and additions made to it up until 1963. With that being said, this has got to be the complete encyclopedia of watch making at the time of writing it. The author, Donald E. Carle is no doubt an authority of horology. The language he uses is old British and a little hard to understand in places and some of the equipment and materials he advises are no longer available or have been found to be health hazards in today's world. This book contains a wealth of information, but unless you are a professional horologist and willing to invest 10's of thousands of dollars in tools and equipment it has more information than you will ever use. But it does contain everything and I mean everything that you could possibly want to know about vintage mechanical watches. I guess the author assumes that the reader already has considerable experience in watch repair by the layout of the book. It starts out discussing needed tools and then by chapter 3 it explains completely disassembling a wrist watch movement. The steps he uses are not what I would recommend. The first thing he suggests removing on the back of the movement is the balance wheel assembly, which in my opinion has got to be the most difficult part of watch disassembly of all. Unless you have an extreme amount of previous experience, you will permanently trash your watch by starting at this point. The balance wheel assembly is very delicate and easily damaged. In the time period this book was written replacement parts may have been readily available. That is not the case today. The majority of the parts for these vintage watches are no longer made in today's market place and finding a replacement part can in some cases be close to impossible. He does explain how to make or repair some parts of a watch, but without the specialized tools needed to do this, it would be impossible to do today and finding those specialized tools would be a difficult task in itself and very expensive. Overall, I would highly recommend this book if you want to learn extensive watch repair.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is a fairly comprehensive book, especially from the viewpoint of a novice.
*by R***. on September 20, 2025*

This is a fairly comprehensive book, especially from the viewpoint of a novice. It has a lot of watchmaking lore that I believe will become very helpful as I get more familiar with the world inside watches. I think it will be a fine reference book when I gain more experience and insight.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very good resource but you will need more
*by F***W on August 22, 2010*

Mechanical watches are precision micro machines. It is unrealistic for anyone to think that it is possible to learn to repair mechanical watches just by reading books. There are drawn illustrations through out the book. However; the illustrations do not show step by step of the operations being discussed. On the other hand,in the age of the internet it is not difficult to overcome this problem. There are plenty information that can be found on the topic on the internet. There are documents showing step by step instructions to disassembled and reassembled a simple mechanical watch. However, even with these step by step instructions the only way to learn is through practicing. Together with information that you can find on the internet, you will then realize the gold that is hidden between the pages of this very affordable book. To Work on a mechanical watch you will need time, patience, steady hands and the right tools. The purpose of this book review is to help the interested readers to set realistic expectations of any book on watch repairing. Should you buy this book? If you are interested in mechanical watch repair then you must.

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