Book The wrist and pocket watch under repair - NEW EDITION 2021 - German

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Book The wrist and pocket watch under repair - NEW EDITION 2021 - German

The classic in the new edition 2021! Completely revised and significantly expanded.

The content is divided into the main areas:

Watch strap - watch case - repairs with the laser - winding crown - polishing and cleaning - watch glasses - pointer - dial - luminous colors - troubleshooting when dismantling - dismantling - winding and pointer positions - pointer mechanism - balance shaft - double disc - balance - spiral spring - escapements in the repair - pin, Journal bearings and shock protection - watch cleaning - assembling and oiling - timing machine - watertightness test - final inspection.

Unique help and indispensable in repairs!

Hans Jendritzki with M. Ph. Horlbeck - M. Stern and H. Heydt

A manual for watchmakers and watch lovers.

Indispensable help with the repair of small watches with a multitude of suggestions and examples for work that needs to be done.

scope of delivery
With approx. 870 annotated pictures. Approx. 320 pages, format 17 x 24 cm.

Available in German only.

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Publisher's text

"Repairing wrist and pocket watches" is a detailed book on wristwatch repairs. The watch book is not only concerned with watch repairs in general, but also goes into specific aspects of the repair of a wristwatch. The expansion of a wristwatch movement is described, the winding crowns, watch glasses, hands and dials are discussed, and there is even a chapter on luminous colors. A comprehensive overview of the contents of this book on wristwatch repair can be found in our reading excerpt.

Table of contents and some sample pages
(approx. 1.7 MB)

Note on the equipment of the book

Including download information in the book about additional articles and animations on escapements and assembly / disassembly of clocks. There you can also find oil plans, error tables and maintenance instructions for printing.


Wristwatches open with and without tools

A detailed chapter of the watch book "The wrist and pocket watch in repair" deals with the expansion of the clock mechanism and thus with the opening and closing of a wrist watch. The opening of a wristwatch is described for screwed, screwed and blown covers. The opening and closing of the case of a wristwatch is also described.

• Clean watches

The 10th chapter of the watch book "The wristwatch and pocket watch in repair" deals with the cleaning of a wristwatch. Both the mechanical cleaning of a wristwatch in an ultrasonic bath and the hand cleaning of a wristwatch are described. Of course, the external cleaning and reconditioning of the watch case and the watch glass (polishing watch glass) is also described.

• Set and regulate wristwatches

Setting or regulating a wristwatch or pocket watch is given in Chapter 13 of the watch book "The wrist and pocket watch in repair". A lot of attention is paid to working with the timing machine.

• Watch battery change

Excursus 2 of the book deals with changing the battery in a wristwatch.

• Repair pocket watches

"The wrist and pocket watch under repair" is a detailed watch book about the repair of a pocket watch. It is not only concerned with the repair of watches in general, but also goes into specific aspects of the repair of a pocket watch. The expansion of a pocket watch movement is described, the winding crowns, watch glasses, hands and dials are discussed, and there is even a chapter on luminous colors. A comprehensive overview of the contents of this book on pocket watch repair can be found in our reading sample.

• Open pocket watches

A detailed chapter of the watch book "The wrist and pocket watch in repair" deals with the expansion of the clock mechanism and thus with the opening and closing of a pocket watch. The opening of a pocket watch is described for screwed, screwed and blown covers. The opening and closing of the case of a pocket watch is also described.

• Make pocket watches

Setting up a pocket watch is discussed in Chapter 13 of the watch book "The wrist and pocket watch in repair".

Book about the repair of wristwatches and pocket watches

In the last 10 years this watch book has developed into the standard work for the repair of wristwatches and the repair of pocket watches. Many watchmaking schools use it for training purposes, watchmakers for reference purposes and hobbyists to get a sound introduction to the repair of pocket watches and wristwatches. The watch book by Hans Jendritzkis "The modern watchmaker" has been incorporated into this unique watch book. Something similar is on the book market e.g. Not to be found at the moment.

This watch repair textbook, updated and revised again in 2016, deals in detail with the repair of simple pocket watches and wristwatches, i.e. watches without complications. The target group of watch lovers is increasingly addressed, but there are also valuable suggestions for watchmakers.

Watch repair book

On the subject of the repair of small mechanical watches (pocket watch and wristwatch) there was only one recent watch book: "The modern watchmaker" by Hans Jendritzki. It was valued for its uniqueness and has been translated into eight languages. Thanks to the modern conception of this book, thousands of watchmakers have learned their trade or improved their working methods. It was a great help to watch lovers because of its clarity and easily understandable presentation in words and pictures.

With the "renaissance" of small mechanical watches, the watchmaker's profession became interesting again and numerous interested "non-specialists" developed a new and strong interest in an easily understandable watchmaker's textbook with comprehensible work steps and numerous informative drawings and photos.

The author Michael Stern, who has been taking care of the preservation of old watch literature for a long time, has now published a new watch book on this subject using the old Jendritzki template. Horst Heydt was at his side as a co-author. Both were in turn supported by the master watchmakers C. Höller and H. Stevens.

When Hans Jendritzki designed his watch revision book, the essential prerequisites were different from today. The authors were looking for a contemporary solution and were faced with the task of taking today's conditions into account.

Taking into account the wider audience - watchmakers and interested non-specialists - changes, additions and expansions, but also deletions, were planned and implemented.

The didactic way of describing clock repairs has been changed: the clock is now viewed from the outside in. Everyone can get out of the watch repair at many points after their ability. If it is enough for one to be able to open a pocket watch or wristwatch, the next one wants to at least expand the clockwork. And if that is not enough, the dismantling of the movement and its repair will be brought closer to you "step by step".

Introductory notes to each chapter are helpful to the interested non-specialist. As soon as the movement is discussed, the Peseux 7001 caliber (now ETA 7001) is used throughout for clarification.

Even if the essential basics of precision mechanics and the repair of wristwatches and pocket watches have remained unchanged, attempts have been made to incorporate newer tools, methods and materials. Here, some suppliers and sources of supply are also named in order to make it easier for interested parties to get started with watch repairs.

In the present watch repair book, the tried and tested have been preserved and the new taken into account!

In an apparently successful cooperation between the authors, Hans Jendritzki's watch repair book has been fundamentally revised, creating a new, better and clearer basic structure with general introductions, which are also interesting for the specialist, in a total of 23 chapters, with earlier chapters being combined in a new, subdivided system. With regard to the restoration of clocks, not only are the references in many book chapters commendable, but also the new inclusion of the "cylinder escapement" in function and repair.

In contrast to the original, not only general information about watch repairs have been added. The authors understand how to bring difficult facts into a graphic, uncomplicated, refreshingly simple language and form, so that even without the considerably expanded, consistently high-quality illustration, the ambitious non-specialists and amateur watchmakers who are newly examined quickly become apparent in addition to the watchmaker professionals Being able to "make your picture" in several ways and quickly grasp the technical background, work processes and possible sources of error in the repair of wristwatches and pocket watches.

The descriptions are precise and correct, and the images are prepared in such a way that they optimally document the work processes involved in repairing wristwatches and pocket watches along with the text. Many images are self-explanatory in their excerpts and the attached short text. Images and text are related to each other in the new editions and the new basic structure means that the tedious search for the images associated with the text in the old original is now a thing of the past. The entire new watch repair book shows the didactic and technical competence of the authors and is therefore also a successful continuation of the original watchmaking textbook.

Old and new work materials and tools are presented to repair wristwatches and pocket watches, work instructions are given, alternative techniques and possibilities are named and the sometimes controversial discussion about cleaning and oiling wristwatches and pocket watches is not excluded.

The updating of the use of modern materials, but also the use of the timing machine up to the latest developments with computer technology, close a gap that was previously noticeable in the watch literature and are also a current, extremely successful, technically well-founded summary with a high level.

The volume of the fifth edition of the watch book "The wrist and pocket watch in repair" was 136 pages - the new version and revision has become more than twice as strong with 312 pages. Some of Hans Jendritzki's recommendations, which were sometimes highly controversial, were no longer reprinted, and in other critical cases appropriate warnings and restrictions were clearly given to assess the condition of a watch. Approx. 370 new images were added.

Work steps or contexts of wristwatch and pocket watch repairs have been added in words and pictures for better comprehensibility and also open up the technology and repair of wrist and pocket watches to the ambitious non-specialist and hobbyist.

References to sources of supply and Internet addresses that were updated in 2014 are also very positive. The high quality in terms of content and letterpress printing of the thread-stitched watch book in the format 14 x 24 cm is explained by the commitment of the authors to forego possible profits, but in the best sense to present a new, understandable and comprehensible "picture book" of the wristwatch, which is ideal for self-study and for training watchmakers.
Article name The wrist and pocket watch under repair (German)
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Inhalt 320.00
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