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Watchmakers AND Jewelers.

FOR SALE BY

GEO. K. HAZLITT & C^o.,

91 PLYMOUTH PLACE,

CHICAGO.

Staff Making and Pivoting. Practical directions for making new staffs from raw material. By Eugene E. Hall. Chapter I. The raw material; the gravers; the roughing out; the hardening and tempering. Chapter II. Kinds of pivots; their shape; capillarity; the requirements of a good pivot. Chapter III. The proper measurements and how obtained. Chapter IV. The gauging of holes; the side shake; the position of the graver. Chapter V. The grinding and polishing; the reversal of the work; the wax chuck. Chapter VI. Another wax chuck; the centering of the work. Chapter VII. The finishing of the staff; pivoting; making pivot drills: hardening drills; the drilling and fitting of new pivots. Illustrated with 24 engravings. 48 pages.

Paper covers                                      $    25

Watch Repairing. By N. B. Sherwood. Contents: The Bench and its Accessories; The Vise and Oilstone; Lathe Appliances; The Jacot Lathe; Depthing Tool; Expanding the Web of a Wheel; The Spreading Tool and its Use; The Rounding-Up Tool; Stud Remover; Opening the Regulator; Roller Remover; Replacing Broken Teeth; Graining Polishing Blocks; Polishing Steel Work; Polishing Pivots; Superiority of Conical Pivots; The Cutting Engine; To Cut ’Scape Wheels; Replacing Broken Arbors: Hardening and Tempering. Illustrated.

Price                                                35

The Watchmakers’ and Jewelers’ Practical Hand Book. A guide to the student and a workshop companion for the practical watchmaker. Hundreds of valuable suggestions from private formulas and the best authorities, together with hints on making certain repairs. An invaluable book for the workman. The most valuable book for the money ever offered to the trade. Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Edited and compiled by Henry G. Abbott. Illustrated with 154 zinc etchings. 118 Pages. Flexible muslin, 50 cents. Paper covers

35

Prize Essay on the Detached Lever Escapement for watches and timepieces. A practical and theoretical treatise, by Moritz Grossman, to which the first prize was awarded by adjudicators appointed by the British Horological Institute, London. 118 pages, bound in paper covers, with 20 full page plates, bound in a separate volume. Two volumes, price,

1 50

Acme Record of Watches Bought and Sold. A complete record for dealers in watches, by which they can at all times tell what watches have been sold, by whom bought, price paid, profit made, etc., and in case of the watch being imperfect, the dealer can readily ascertain from whom he purchased it, or if stolen he has a full description of them which should materially aid in their recovery. Books of 3,000 Entries, substantially bound

$1 00

The Acme Record of Watch Repairs. A simple and economical method of recording watch repairs. Book of 1,000 entries, substantially bound

1 00

The Acme Record of Jewelry Repairs. A simple and economical method of recording jewelry and miscellaneous repairs. Book of 1,000 entries, substantially bound

1 00

The Acme Watch Guarantee Book. If you desire to increase your watch repair business, purchase an Acme Guarantee Book, and advertise the fact that you “give a written guarantee with all work turned out.” These books are printed with a stub so that you may keep a record of all guarantees made, with date, name of owner, description of movement and case, repairs, etc. They are bound in heavy, substantial covers printed on good paper and perforated all around so they can be easily torn out.

Books of 200 Guarantees 1 00
Books of 300 Guarantees 1 50
Books of 500 Guarantees 2 52

Abbott’s Americas Watchmaker and Jeweler. By Henry G. Abbott. An Encyclopedia for the Horologist, Jeweler, Gold and Silversmith. Containing Hundreds of Private Receipts and Formulas, Compiled from the Most Reliable Sources. Complete Directions for Using all the Latest Tools, Attachments and Devices for Watchmakers and Jewelers.

Among other things contained in this volume may be mentioned a thorough explanation of adjustments, both to positions and isochronism; directions for making all the alloys used by a watchmaker, jeweler and metalworker; a review of all the escapements, their action, construction and proportion, together with diagrams of each escapement; an exhaustive treatise on balances, their expansion and contraction, auxiliaries, sizes and weights and direction for poising; the balance staff, and full and complete directions for making and replacing new staffs, together with the use of the graver in turning and the manipulation of measuring instruments; directions for making twenty different cements of great value to the watchmaker and jeweler, including lathe wax; directions for cleansing, pickling and polishing all kinds of metals: magnetism and the use of the various demagnetizers; electroplating, bronzing and staining all metals; gauges of all kinds, and directions for using; soldering and directions for making all kinds of hard and soft solder and fluxes; steel, its treatment in annealing, hardening, tempering, etc.; watch cleaning, repairing, etc.: a treatise on wheels and pinions: directions for using all modern tools and appliances; and hundreds of miscellaneous receipts, formulas and hints on all kinds of work, of great value to every workman. This edition contains forty-four pages more than former editions, and each page contains one-third more matter than the pages of former editions. An alphabetical list of over five hundred European watchmakers who manufactured watches prior to 1800, with years in which they carried on business, from which the watchmaker can easily establish the age of any movement that a customer may desire to know about; an alphabetical list of all books on horology published in the English or French language prior to 1850; portraits and sketches of all the celebrated watchmakers of the world from 1600 to 1894. 354 pages. Illustrated with 288 engravings. Paper covers, $1 25. Fine muslin

$1 50

A Simple and Mechanically Perfect Watch. By Moritz Grossmann. A Prize Essay on the Construction of a Simple yet Perfect Watch. Written in a masterly manner by one of the greatest of Horological Authors. Illustrated with many engravings. From the standpoint of the practical man at the bench this is one of the most exhaustive essays ever written on the subject and no practical workman can fail to appreciate it. 96 pages 38 diagrams. Paper, 75c. Fine muslin

1 00

The Watchmakers’ Library. This book consists of a collection of the best articles from the various trade journals of this country and Europe, among the authors being Moritz Grossmann, M. Kessels, Chas. Spiro, Chas. Reiss, Herman Horrman, P. M. Youlen, M. Sandoz, Herman Grosch, James U. Poole, E. Sordet and Vincent Lauer. The papers are all of a practical nature and of great value to the practical watchmaker, the whole forming a volume of 290 pages and index. In Paper Covers

1 00

Prize Essay on the Balance Spring and its Technical Adjustments (Baroness Burdett Coutt’s Prize). By M. Immisch. A description of the invention of the balance spring, its effect upon the art of watchmaking; the effects of inertia of the balance; resistance of the air; balance adjustment by means of turning screws and washers; proportions of spring and balance; nature of spirals; lengths of balance vibrations and their effect upon the timing; pinning in equal and unequal coils; the Breguet spring; making its curves, pinning; regulating isochronal springs, etc. Fully illustrated with numerous engravings and diagrams. Cloth. Price

1 00

Repairing Repeating Watches. By C. T. Etchells. A practical treatise on the subject and the only one in print. Fully illustrated. The most vexatious repairs that come to the watchmaker are those on repeating watches—and yet they are the most profitable if you know just how to make them. Not every watchmaker can make them, and that is just why they are profitable. Do you know how? If not, why not? You are never too old to learn. Paper covers

35

The Escapements. Their Action, Construction and Proportion. All watch and clock escapements thoroughly illustrated and described Illustrated with twenty diagrams. Paper Covers Price

$ 50
Same in cloth binding      75

Prize Essay on Watch Cleaning and Repairing. By F. C. Ries. This work took the first prize, (offered by The American Jeweler) in competition with thirty-six other writers. Contents: Examination of the Movement; Taking Down; Fitting the Dial; Fitting Center Pivot and Bridge; Bushing; Endshake; Worn Center Pinions; Truing the Barrel; Repairing the Ratchet; Putting on Square on a Fusee; Examination of Mainspring; Stemwind Mechanism; Examination of Train; Imitation Gilding; Pivots; Making Balance Staff; The Hairspring; Jeweling; Cleaning in General. Price

25

Watch and Chronometer Jeweling. By N. B. Sherwood. A complete treatise on this subject and the only one in print. Contents: Peculiarities of Gems used in Making Jewels; Requisite Tools and How to Use Them; Shaping and Polishing the Jewel; Opening the Jewel; Setting the Jewel; The Endshake Tool; General Hints to the Repairer. Illustrated. Price

35

General Letter Engraving. By G. F. Whelpley, the acknowledged authority on engraving. His latest and best work. Contents: General Hints to Beginners; Lines and Curves; Originality; Practice Material; Position of Graver; Treatment of Gravers; Correct Spacing; Coffin Plate Engraving; Necessary Tools; Laying out the Work Preparation of Plate; Use of Gravers; Methods of Cutting; Slope and Height of Letters; Inclination of Graver; Transfering; Letters Appropriate for Long and Short Names; Harmony in Laying Out; Touching Up; Difficult Materials and their Treatment; Tools and Materials; Sharpening Gravers; Choice of Tools; Engraving in Rings; Gravers for Same: Engraving Blocks and Stands: Ciphers, their Formation and Ornamentation; Inscriptions; Best Manner of Cutting; Ciphers as Compared with Monograms; Monograms and their Treatment; Figure Monograms or Cipheroids; Intertwining, Complex Monograms; General Treatment. Copiously Illustrated. 112 pp. Paper $1.00. Cloth

1 25

The Watchmakers’ and Jewelers’ Practical Receipt Book. A workshop companion, comprising full and practical formula and directions for solders and soldering, cleaning, pickling, polishing, bronzing, coloring, staining, cementing, etching, lacquering, varnishing, general directions for finishing all metals, hundreds of miscellaneous receipts and processes of great value to all practical watchmakers and jewelers. This is the only book on the market to-day that gives full and complete directions for etching names, portraits, etc., in the bowls of souvenir spoons and silver articles in general. This so-called trade secret is sold by certain persons at $5.00. Dozens of other “trade secrets” that are advertised for sale in trade papers at from $1.00 to $5.00 can be found in this book. Worth its weight in gold to any practical watchmaker and jeweler. 132 pages, illustrated. Paper covers, $1.00. Fine English muslin binding

1 25

Poising the Balance. An Essay of unusual merit. By J. L. Finn          25

Hairspringing. A complete treatise on the art of hairspringing. By A. Z. Price

25

Adjustments to Positions, Isochronism and Compensation. The only work on the subject in print. 50 pp. Illustrated. Price

25

Repairing Watch-Cases. A practical treatise on the subject. By W. Schwanatus. Contents: Repairing the Pendant; Lining Pendant Holes; Work at the Joints; Soldering the Bezel; The Closing of the Case; Taking Out the Dents. 40 pp. Price.

25

Jewelers’ Practical Receipt Book. Contains a mass of most valuable receipts, formulas and information, gathered from the best and most reliable sources. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. 48 pp. Price

15

Prize Essay on the Balance Staff and Cylinder. By P. W. Eigner. This essay took the first prize offered by the American Horological Society. Gives methods for turning, grinding and polishing, from staff to pivots. Illustrated with numerous engravings. Paper covers

25

Compensating Pendulums and How to Make Them. A practical treatise on the construction of mechanically perfect Pendulums, for the use of watchmakers. By J. L. Finn and S. Riefler. Illustrated. Paper covers, Price

35