The Book
Contents:
FOREWORD 3
1 INTRODUCTION 9
2 THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF
THE WATCH MOVEMENT 11
2.1 THE BASIC PRINCIPLE
2.2 THE OSCILLATOR
3 THE MOVEMENT’S MAIN PARTS
AND FUNCTIONALITY 14
3.1 EXPANDED MODEL
3.2 MAINSPRING SYSTEM [1]
3.3 MOTION WORKS [2,3]
3.4 KEYLESS WORKS [4]
3.5 ESCAPEMENT AND BALANCE
3.6 REGULATOR [6]
3.7 WHEEL TRAIN [7]
3.8 MODELING OF WHEELS
3.9 WHEEL TRAIN MODEL
4 THE CLASSICAL MOVEMENT 31
4.1 MOVEMENT TYPES
4.2 DRAWING OF ALL PARTS
4.3 DRAWING OF A MOVEMENT
4.4 MOVEMENT OUTLINES
5 COMPLETE MODEL OF
THE CLASSICAL MOVEMENT 38
6 JEWELED BEARINGS 40
6.1 WHY JEWELS
6.2 SHOCK PROTECTION
6.3 JEWELS IN THE MOVEMENT
7 GEAR RATIO ANALYSIS 43
8 YOUR WORKSHOP 45
8.1 WATCHMAKER REPAIR BOOK
8.2 THE WORKING BENCH
8.3 TOOLS REQUIRED
8.4 TOOLS RECOMMENDATION
9 SOME HELPFUL HINTS 51
9.1 HOW TO HOLD THE MOVEMENT
9.2 HOW TO HOLD THE SCREWDRIVER
9.3 DEALING WITH SMALL PARTS
10 PREPARING FOR DISASSEMBLY 54
10.1 REMOVING THE MOVEMENT
10.2 REMOVING THE HANDS AND DIAL
10.3 FIRST MOVEMENT INSPECTION
11 DISASSEMBLY OF MOVEMENT 58
11.1 MOTION WORKS
11.2 KEYLESS WORKS
11.3 MAINSPRING SYSTEM
11.4 SHOCK ABSORBERS
11.5 BALANCE
11.6 PALLET LEVER
11.7 CANNON PINION
11.8 WHEEL TRAIN
11.9 ALL PARTS
12 CLEANING 67
12.1 DIFFERENT METHODS
12.2 THE BARREL
12.3 THE BEARINGS
13 ASSEMBLY 70
13.1 INTRODUCTION
13.2 MAIN SPRING BARREL
13.3 WHEEL TRAIN AND BRIDGE
13.4 RATCHET WHEEL AND CLICK
13.5 MOTION WORKS
13.6 KEYLESS WORKS
13.7 THE PALLET LEVER
13.8 THE BALANCE SYSTEM
14 OILS, OILING AND
OILING SCHEME 78
14.1 THE ART OF OILING
14.2 OIL DOSE
14.3 OILS
14.4 OILING
14.5 OILING IN SHORT
15 FINAL ASSEMBLY 84
15.1 INSTALLING SHOCK ABSORBERS
15.2 MOTION AND KEYLESS WORKS
15.3 TEST RUNNING
16 CONCLUSIONS 86
17 APPENDIX I – DISASSEMBLY
SCHEME 87
18 APPENDIX II – OILING SCHEME 88
19 APPENDIX III – A BASIC
DICTIONARY 91
20 APPENDIX IV - DISASSEMBLY
PHOTO SERIES 99
21 INDEX 102
Be careful in there!
/Per
Looking forwad to your responce of my new site! per.torphammar@watchmaking.se
The purpose of this book is to help you to the skill level
where you can start to disassemble and re-assemble a watch movement by understanding the different parts, their names, and functionality.
This book will also guide you in the process of choosing the right tools and help you over the main obstacles when working with one of the world’s smallest and most sophisticated machines, including cleaning and oiling.
After having read this book you will not be a professional watchmaker but you might be in the process of becoming one, or you might have found a very deep satisfaction being an amateur watchmaker.
"Because of an Internet Watch School, I "met" the author of this book,
Per Torphammar, who is a very enthusiastic (amateur) watchmaker.
In this book he explains the way a hand-wound movement of a watch works in simple words so that everybody can understand the mechanism.
I am not saying that I agree with every detail of the way he works; but the enthusiasm he shows in his explanations makes this book a source of inspiration for anybody who is interested in watches.
Thanks Per for doing such a great job!"
Machiel Kalf, Instructor and Teacher of Watchmaking, Holland.
