WATCHMAKER'S BOOKS

#98391 Elgin Factory Book: Has serial number to grade listing, then complete part number lineup for each grade, invaluable; $39. Another picture here .
#98340 Original K&D 1910 Catalog: It's been a long long time since I've seen one of these, softcover, published 1910 by K&D, 71 pages, slightly loose binding; $39. Another picture here and here .
#98312 Watch Repairer's Manual : By H Fried, hard cover, published 1961, 310 pages, ex-library, very technical, well illustrated, almost a course in itself; $29. Another picture here .
#98310 Practical Course in Horology : By H Kelly, hard cover, published 1944, 192 pages, a bit technical, well illustrated; $29. Another picture here .
#98300 Hampden Catalog: Reprint of 1923 factory catalog, 45 pages, note that while it does show some information on models it is NOT a model by model breakdown, 45 pages; $19. Another picture here .
#98227 Bulova Interchangeability: Factory Bulova parts catalog and interchangeableability, with price list, from the early 50s; $19. Another picture here .
#98226 Handbook of Watch & Clock Repairs: Nice condition, hard cover 175 pages, published 1961; $15. Another picture here .
#98224 Bench Pratices: As in all books by Henry Fried, very well done, heavily illustrated, and a goldmine of information, soft cover 260 pages; $29. Another picture here .
#98221 Bestfit (Auto): Bestfit's supplement book for automatics; $25. Another picture here .
#98220 Bestfit: The bible for looking up parts & interchangeability. Note that this is a well worn copy, and the cover is missing. The picture is NOT the copy you are buying, rather a sample. However, there are no missing pages and the book is completely useable; $25. Another picture here .
#98151 Swiss Parts Catalog: Technical Dictionary of Watch Parts, published 1953, 224 pages; $15. Another picture here .
#98150 Swiss Parts Catalog: Official Catalog of Swiss Watch Repair Parts, both volume 1 and 2 in one book, good condition; $15. Another picture here .
#98148 Swiss Parts Catalog: Official Catalog of Swiss Watch Repair Parts, both volume 1 and 2, a bit dirty from storage good condition; $15.
#98111 Tool Catalog: Large tool catalog from Gunther's, 200 pages spirol bound, vintage 70s I would guess; $19. Sample page here.
#98102 Lathe Course: These are the four chapters from the Chicago Watchmaking course on lathe work, they are high quality copies, bound and drilled for a three ring binder; $25. Sample page here.
#98008 Watchmaker's Lathe: One of the better lathe books, soft cover, published 1987, 264 pages, heavily illustrated, binding loose; $25. Sample page here.
#97888 Practical Watch Repairing: By DeCarle, published 1952, 2nd edition published 1946, hardcover, 299 pages, heavily illustrated, a bit technical. Sample page here; $29.
#97887 Practical Watch Adjusting, 1st Edition: By DeCarle, published 1964, hardcover with dustcover, 150 pages, heavily illustrated, a rare first edition offered at $59. Sample page here.
#97886 Watch & Clock Handbook: Published 1938, hardcover, 547 pages, heavily illustrated...this is published in "dictionary" style, but with extensive writeups per word, more watches than clocks, a rare book offered at $59. Sample page here.
#97839B Accutron Equipment:
This listing is for all of the original owners large collection of both Accutron and other makes of electronic watches manuals plus technical bulletins. There is a binder and a folder, both chuck full.....note this is heavy and shipping will be a bit expensive. But it is also the most complete collection of literature on this subject you will find; $89. More pictures here and here .
#97777 Rules and Practise for Adjusting Watches: Hardcover, published 1940, 133 pages, very technical. Sample page here; $29.
#97561 Bulova Training Course: A complete course on wristwatch servicing, done very very well, published by Bulova, in training sections that begin at the beginning and take you all the way through; highly recommended. Hardcover; $69. Sample page here.
#97560 Bulova Training Course: A complete course on wristwatch servicing, done very very well, published by Bulova, in training sections that begin at the beginning and take you all the way through; highly recommended. Softcover; $49. Sample page here.
#97527 Analysis of Lever Escapement: Hardcover 57 pages, undated but certainly old, quite technical; $19. Sample page here.
#97468 Elgin Grade Book: This is Ehrhardt's reprint of Elgin's serial number to grade number book, but note that it does not have the part numbers. It also includes a cross section drawing of both 18s and 16S wind indicators, and a production run number for each grade; $25. Sample pages here and here.
#97452 Flume Catalog: Published 1952, this Flume catalog covers watches, some English but mostly German/Swiss; $8. Sample page here.
#97451 Escapements: Their Action, Construction and Proportion: Softcover, published 1984, 66 pages of well written, quite technical book on escapements; $19. Sample page here.
#97425X Vibrograf Interpretations: Note that this a copy of a copy, done because of the difficulties in finding original manuals for the various timing machines. Published by Vibgrograf, it is a 12 page booklet that gives a summary/overview of the various readings/faults; $10. Sample page here.
#97293 Flume Catalog: This catalog covers the Flume series of parts, note this NOT in English; $12. Sample page here.
#97148 Service & Repair of Hamilton Electric Watches: If you're a fan of Hamilton electrics, this is the bible for you......very very thorough coverage, published 1959, 106 pages softcover, lots of illustrations; $25. Sample page here.
#95883 Vibrograf Manual: Original factory manual for Swiss made Vibrograf VS32, not in English, 26 pages; $12. Sample page here.
#95843 Chronographs Explained by Their Dials: Small but very handy book to determine chronograph types by their dials, about 35 pages with good pictures, spirol bound; $10. Sample page here .
#95779 Bulova Interchangeability: Factory interchangeability book from Bulova, includes Accutron, supplement included; $15/pr. Sample page here .
#95530 Service and Repair of the Hamilton Electric Watch: Factory Hamilton book, published 1958, softcover, 106 pages, very thorough servicing information; $19. Sample page here .
#95529 Hamilton Electric Watch: Published 1958, spirol bound, 36 pages, this is more a sales aid for the jeweler or watchmaker doing minor repairs, covers basic theory; $8. Sample page here .
#95502 Science of Watch Repairing Simplified: Hardcover, published 1942, 218 pages, average technical level, has a good section on reading timing machine faults; $19. Sample page here .
#95245 Horological "Odd but True": Similar to Ripley's Believe It or Not, this 46 page softcover book published in 1964 is full of carton depictions of horology's oddities; $6. Sample page here.
#999 Home Study Watchmaking Course: Originally we printed this for a few customers and made a few extras; the demand was so high we just had some more done. Produced by the Chicago School of Watchmaking in 1952, long since out of business. Thirty five lessons, about 1000 pages (that's right 1000!), extremely well written and profusely illustrated. First generation copy, not done at the local library's xerox machine but rather laser copied by a printer, each lesson bound. Two of the chapters (NOT incomplete) are slightly out of sequence, exactly the same as the original. We don't normally hype the stuff we sell, especially as in this case where there is almost no profit, but if you ask around you will find how highly people speak of this course. Whether you are a hobbyist wanting to do your own service work or have an eye towards a future part or full time occupation, if you follow the course and do the practise work, you cannot lose! $169 includes surface postage within North America.