Beginner Watchmaking: How to Build Your Very First Watch

by Tim Swike

This book will introduce you to the fascinating world of watch making. It is designed for the average person with zero knowledge of watch mechanics, building, or repair. This book will teach you some of the basics on how a watch works. It will also show you where to buy the right watch parts, how to assemble them, and how to regulate the time. Don't buy another $1000 watch when you can build a similar one for $100. This book also comes with a full color PDF file ebook for your computer or smart phone.

Genres: Nonfiction

288 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 17, 2010

Reviews

[Cedric Satterfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

A highly detailed book on the mechanics of watch building and why the parts work as they do. Written for the layman, it will take you from a pile of parts and tools (and where to get them) to a working mechanical watch. This book focuses on pocket watch movements due to the size bring easier to work with and fewer mechanical complications.

[Rafael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great as a "let me look this up" book.
Read as an e-book. Hence the quality of the pictures were not great. However if you really want to know what makes a mechanical watch tick (...yeah I went there) I can recommend this. I read it because at some point in the future I want to design and assemble a watch for myself. This book will be helpful but it also goes on into mechanical details which, while necessary, were not very enjoyable to read.