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To those that are interested in Watchmaking. 1. All books by Henry Fried. (A. many books overlap info., but if reasonably priced are work buying.) 2. All b
by hellbannedguy 5y ago
To those that are interested in Watchmaking.
1. All books by Henry Fried. (A. many books overlap info., but if reasonably priced are work buying.)
2. All books by DeCarle. (see A above.)
3. George Daniel's book.
4. All past issues of AWCI magazine.
5. Oh yea, get Questions, and Answers for AWCI test questions.
(Don't pay a lot for these books, pamphlets. They can be found, but you need to hunt.)
6. Decide if you want to use a loupe, or stereoscope.
7. Yes--it does take a few years to get good.
8. You will not get rich repairing watches, but you can do it forever.
(If you are in the need if a watchmaker in the bay area, in a few months I will have a small shop. The business will be under the name of Jacob Decosta. I'm honest. There will be some very complicated watches I won't work on though. My prices will be vastly lower than factory prices.)
- dole 5y agoKind of a niche for HN, but there's a few watchmaking programs catering to US military veterans that began after WWII, dried up a bit but seem to be making a bit of a resurgence. https://www.veteranswatchmakerinitiative.org https://www.veteranswatchmakerinitiative.org
- mvanga 5y agoI really enjoyed the courses at: https://learnwatchmaking.com/ https://learnwatchmaking.com/
- aranchelk 5y agoDo you have a Google Form or something where people can sign up for an email notification when you open your shop?
- hellbannedguy 5y agoNot yet, but I'm on FB. I have a neglected page that tries to teach Watch Repairing--It's called "Watch Repairing". My page has a b/w picture of my bench. You can message me here--I believe: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=732457960219638&ref=content_filter https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=732457960219638&ref=co...