Amateur Watchmaking

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   FOREWORD                                                                                                       3

1 INTRODUCTION                                                                                               9

2 THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF THE WATCH MOVEMENT                11
2.1 THE BASIC PRINCIPLE                                                                              11
2.2 THE OSCILLATOR                                                                                      11

3 THE MOVEMENT’S MAIN PARTS AND FUNCTIONALITY                14
3.1 EXPANDED MODEL                                                                                  14
3.2 MAINSPRING SYSTEM [1]                                                                       15
3.3 MOTION WORKS [2,3]                                                                              16
3.4 KEYLESS WORKS [4]                                                                                 17
3.5 ESCAPEMENT AND BALANCE [5, 6]                                                    19
3.6 REGULATOR [6]                                                                                          26
3.7 WHEEL TRAIN [7]                                                                                      27
3.8 MODELING OF WHEELS                                                                          28
3.9 WHEEL TRAIN MODEL                                                                            29

4 THE CLASSICAL MOVEMENT                                                                   31
4.1 MOVEMENT TYPES                                                                                   31
4.2 REFERENCE DRAWING OF ALL PARTS                                               31
4.3 DRAWING OF A MOVEMENT                                                                34
4.4 MOVEMENT OUTLINES, SWEEP SECOND                                          35

5 COMPLETE MODEL OF THE CLASSICAL MOVEMENT                   38

6 JEWELED BEARINGS                                                                                   40
6.1 WHY JEWELS                                                                                              40
6.2 SHOCK PROTECTION                                                                                40
6.3 JEWELS IN THE CLASSICAL MOVEMENT                                          41

7 GEAR RATIO ANALYSIS                                                                             43

8 YOUR WORKSHOP                                                                                       45
8.1 YOUR WATCHMAKER REPAIR BOOK                                                 45
8.2 THE WORKING BENCH                                                                             45
8.3 TOOLS REQUIRED                                                                                      46
8.4 TOOLS RECOMMENDATION                                                                  50

9 SOME HELPFUL HINTS                                                                                51
9.1 HOW TO HOLD THE MOVEMENT                                                         51
9.2 HOW TO HOLD THE SCREWDRIVER                                                    51
9.3 DEALING WITH SMALL PARTS                                                            52

10 PREPARING FOR DISASSEMBLY                                                         54
10.1 REMOVING THE MOVEMENT                                                              54
10.2 REMOVING THE HANDS AND DIAL                                                  55
10.3 FIRST REAL MOVEMENT INSPECTION                                             56

11 DISASSEMBLY OF THE MOVEMENT                                                    58
11.1 MOTION WORKS                                                                                     59
11.2 KEYLESS WORKS                                                                                     59
11.3 MAINSPRING SYSTEM                                                                           60
11.4 SHOCK ABSORBERS                                                                                61
11.5 BALANCE                                                                                                   64
11.6 PALLET LEVER                                                                                          65
11.7 CANNON PINION                                                                                      65
11.8 WHEEL TRAIN                                                                                           65
11.9 ALL PARTS                                                                                                 66

12 CLEANING                                                                                                     67
12.1 DIFFERENT METHODS                                                                           67
12.2 THE BARREL                                                                                             68
12.3 THE BEARINGS                                                                                         68

13 ASSEMBLY                                                                                                    70
13.1 INTRODUCTION                                                                                       70
13.2 MAIN SPRING BARREL AND BRIDGE                                                 71
13.3 WHEEL TRAIN AND BRIDGE                                                                72
13.4 RATCHET WHEEL AND CLICK                                                             73
13.5 MOTION WORKS                                                                                     73
13.6 KEYLESS WORKS                                                                                     74
13.7 THE PALLET LEVER                                                                                 75
13.8 THE BALANCE SYSTEM                                                                         75

14 OILS, OILING AND OILING SCHEME                                                   78
14.1 THE ART OF OILING                                                                                78
14.2 OIL DOSE                                                                                                    78
14.3 OILS                                                                                                              80
14.4 OILING                                                                                                         81
14.5 OILING IN SHORT                                                                                     83

15 FINAL ASSEMBLY                                                                                       84
15.1 INSTALLING THE SHOCK ABSORBERS                                              84
15.2 MOTION AND KEYLESS WORKS                                                         84
15.3 TEST RUNNING                                                                                         84

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

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