ATOCI for Watch Jobbers Handy Book. 1889.
Table of Contents. 
 
I. EARLY TIME MEASURES AND MODERN WATCHES.	II-3 
II. A WATCH MOVEMENT AND HOW TO TAKE IT APART. 14-24 
III. EXAMINING, CLEANING AND PUTTING TOGETHER. 25-34 
IV. REPAIRS AND ADJUSTMENT. 35-49 
GLOSSARY of Terms, Tools, Materials, Parts and Processes Used in Watchwork. 50—140 
 
Index. 
ADJUSTING ROD 38,50 
Alarm Watch 50 
Anchor Escapement. 51 
Anvil. 51 
Apparatus, Filing. 92 
Appliance, Stepping. 130 
Arbor Chuck. 69 
Arbors. 51 
Arbors. Collet. 73 
Arbors. Cork. 75 
Arbors. Fusee-turning. 94 
Arbors. Plain. 52 
Arbors. Split. 52 
Arbors. Squaring Apparatus. 92 
Archimedian Drill-stock. 52 
Arnold, John. 10, 68 
Automatic Calendars. 6z 
BALANCE. 52 
BALANCE. Compensation. 74 
BALANCE. Poising Tool. 53 
BALANCE. Spring. 53 
BALANCE. Staff. 54 
BALANCE. Banking Pins. 55 
Bar. 55 
Barrels. 7, 55 
Barrels. Going. 95 
Beat. 55 
Bench. 18 
Bench. Keys. 56 
Bench. Vice. 57 
Bent Verge. 4t 
Berthoud, Ferdinand., 88 122 
Black Gloss. 95 
Block, Filing. 91 
Block, Polishing. 121 
Boiling Pan. 57 
Bolt. 57 
Bolt. Spring. 57 
Bone. 61 
Bouchons. 62 
Bow Pliers. 58 
Bow Saws. 58 
Bows. 58 
Box, or Barrel. 55 
Box Chalk. 67 
Brass Edge. 59 
Brass Hammers. 96 
Breguet, A. L. 9 
Breguet Spring. 59 
Bridge. 59 
Bright Grey. 69, 95 
Broach. 6a 
Broach, Diamond. 82 
Broach, Pivot. 119 
Broken Spring. 41 
Brushes. 18, 6o 
Buff Sticks. 60 
Bumping up Stake. 61 
Burnishers. 61 
Burnt Bone. 61 
Burnt Steel. 84 
Bush. 61 
CALENDAR Watch. 62 
Callipers. 62 
Cannon Pinion. 63 
Cap. 63 
Case, Double Bottom. 82 
Case, Hunting. 97 
Case, Open Face. 115 
Case, Stake. 63 
Case, Winding Watch. 63 
Cement Chucks. 7a 
Centre Seconds. 64 
Centre Wheel. 64 
Centres. 64 
Centres for Jacot Tool. 98 
Centring Tool. 65 
Chain. 65 
Chain, Cleaning „ 30 
Chain, Guard. 66 
Chain, Replacing. 33 
Chalk. 66 
Chalk Box. 67 
Chamfers. 67 
Chronograph. 67 
Chronometer. 68 
Chucks. 68 
Clamps. 72 
Cleaning. 14, 25, 72 
Cleaning Brush. 6o 
Clement. 5x 
Clepsydra. 3, 72 
Clicks. 73 
Clocks Taxed. xo 
Clock Watch. 73 
Cock. 73 
Collet. 73 
Collet, Arbors. 73 
Compensation Balance. 74 
Cone Point Chuck. 69 
Contrate Wheel. ,. 75 
Contate Depth. 37 
Conversion. 75 
Cork Arbors. 75 
Counter Shafts , 75 
Countersinking Tool. 77 
Crossing Files. 77 
Crown Wheel. I2, 75 
Cups for Oil. 115 
Curb Pies. 77 
Cutter, Jewel. 110 
Cutting Pliers. 77 
Cutting Wheels 137 
Cylinder Escapement. 77, 87 
Cylinder Gauge. 79 
De WYCK'S Clock. 5 
DE Dead-beat Escapements. 79 
Depthing Tool. 8o 
Depths. 35 
Detached Escapement. 8o 
Detent. 8o 
Dial. 81 
Dial Wheels. 81 
Diamentioe. 82 
Diamond Broaches. 82 
Dividers, Pump. 122 
Dog 82 
Double Bottom Cases. 82 
Douzieme Gauge. 83 
Drills. 83 
Drills. Archimediae. 53 
Drills. Bows. 58 
Drills. Pivot. 119 
Drills. Stocks. 85 
Duplex Escapement. 87 
EARNSHAW, Thomas. 10, 68, 74 
Edge Brass. 59 
Enamel Dial. 8c 
Endshakes. 35 
Endstooes. 86 
Engine, Wheel Cutting. 138 
Enlarging Holes in Dials. 81 
Escapements. 86 
Escapements. Anchor. 5r 
Escapements. Cylinder 77 
Escapements. Dead Beat. 79 
Escapements. Detached. 8o 
Escapements. Recoil. 123 
Escapements. Wheel Teeth. 37 
Equation Watch. 9r 
Examining. 24 
Extractor, Screw. 124 
Eye-glass. 17, 91 
Face Plate Chuck 69 
Facing Tools 
Ferrules. 9r 
Ferrules Screw. 125 
Files, Crossing. 77 
Files, Slittio g. 129 
Filing Apparatus. 92 
Filing Block. 91 
Finger, Stop. 130 
Finisher Screw End. 124 
First Divisions of Time. I 
Fly. 92 
Fly. Spring. 93 
Fly. Wheels. 93 
Follower. 93 
Foot Wheel. 93 
Fork. 93 
Fourth Wheel. 93 
Frame Saw. 58, 93 
Frames. 93 
Full Plate Watch. 94 
Fusees. 7,94 
Fusees. Turning Arbor. 94 
GALILEO. 5, 6 
Gauge, Cylinder. 79 
Gauge, Douzieme. 83 
Gauge, Key. 102 
Gauge, Pinion. x18 
Gauge, Pivot. rr9 
Geneva Stop. 95 
Glossing. 95 
Going Barrel. 95 
Graham, George 8, 77, 88, 90 
Gravers. 95 
Great Wheel. 31, 95 
Grey, Bright. 60 
Greying. 95 
Grinders, Emery. 86 
Guard, Chain. 66 
HAIRSPRING. 95 
Hale, Peter. 7 
Half Plate Watches. 96 
Hammers. 96 
Hand-Tongs. 96 
Hand Vice. 96 
Hands, Removing. 19 
Hard Lathe. 104 
Hardening. 97 
Hardening Drills. 84 
Harrison, John. 8, 9, 68, 114 
Hautefeuille, Abbe. 90, 122 
Holder, Movement. 115 
Holes, Jewel. 100 
Hollow Cone Chuck. 69 
Hooke, Robert. 6, 7, 8, 51, 54, 89 
Horizontal Escapement. 87 
Horologes.. 4 
Hour Glasses. 3 
Hour Wheel. 97 
Hunting Cases. 97 
Huygheos, Christian. 6 
INDEPENDENT Seconds. 97 
Index. 97 
JACOT Tool. 98 
Jewel Holes. 104 
Jewel Screwdrivers. xoo 
Jewelling Cutters. 100 
Jewelling Rests. 135 
Joint Pin. x8 
Joint Pusher. 102 
KEY, Bench. 56 
Keyless Mechanism. 102 
LAP Chuck. 69 
Lathes. 103 
Lathes. Bed Section. 105 
Lepine Movements. 111 
Lever. 111 
Lever. Escapement. 13, 87 
Lever. Rack. 122 
Lid Winding Watch. 111 
Lift. 36 
Locking Faces. 112 
MAlNSPRING. 112 
Mainspring. Adjusting. 28 
Mainspring. Cleaning. 28 
Mainspring. Punch. 112 
Mainspring. Replacing. 28 
Mainspring. Winder. 112 
Maintaining Power. 113 
Maltese Cross. 25, 130 
Mandrel. 114 
Material for Cleaning Brushes. 61 
Mean Day, 1 
Minute Wheel. 114 
Motion Wheels. 114 
Motion Work. 20 
Movement Holder. 115 
Movement Lepine. 111 
Mudge, Thomas. 9, 90 
NATURAL Day. 1 
Nippers. 115 
Noisy Drop. 78 
Nuremberg Eggs. 6 
OIL Cups. 115 
Oilers 115 
Oiling. 30 
Open Face Cases. 115 
Opening of Pallets. 3 
Oval Watches. 7 
PALLETS. 115 
Pan, Boiling . 57 
Pegwood. 116 
Pendant. 116 
Pendant Winder. 117 
Pendulum, Invention of. 5 
Pendulum, Spring. 117 
Pillar. 117 
Plate. 117 
Pin, Banking. 55 
Pin, Curb 77 
Pin, Ruby. 123 
Pin, Slide. 117 
Pin, Steady. 130 
Pin, Vice. 117 
Pinion Cannon. 63 
Pinion Gauge. 118 
Pinion Stake. l19 
Pivot, Broaches. 119 
Pivot, Drills. 119 
Pivot, Gauge. 119 
Pivot, Polishing. 119 
Plain Arbor. 52 
Plate, Pillar. 117 
Pliers. 12I 
Pliers. Cutting. 77 
Pliers. Bow. 56 
Poising Tool, Balance. 53 
Pocket Clocks. 6 
Polishing Block. 121 
Polishing Pivots. 11g 
Potence. 121 
Preparing Chalk. 66 
Pump Dividers. 122 
Punch. 122 
Punch, Closing. 73 
Punch, Mainspring. III 
Purhach. 7 
Pusher, Joint. 102 
Rack Lever. r22 
Ratchet. 122 
Rehushing 39 
Recoil. 36 
Recoil Escapements. 123 
Red-stuff. 91. 95 
Repeating Watch. 123 
Replacing Balance-staff. 54 
Replacing Barrel. 47 
Replacing Barrel Arbor. 46 
Replacing Broken Spring 41 
Replacing Chain. 44, 65 
Replacing Pivots. 48 
Replacing Verge. 48 
Riveting Tool. x23 
Rod, Adjusting. 50 
Roller. 123 
Roskell 
Rounding-up Tool. 123 
Ruby Pin. 123 
SAW, Bow, 59 
Saw Frame. 93 
Screw Chuck. 69 
Screw End Finisher. 114 
Screw Extractor. 124 
Screw Ferrule. 125 
Screw Head Tool. 125 
Screw Plates. 126 
Screwdrivers. 16, 100, 224 
Seconds, Centre. 64 
Seconds, Split. r2g 
Seconds, Sunk., 131 
Self-Winding Watches. 126 
Setting. 40 
Shoulder Chuck. 70 
Sidereal Time. 1 
Sizes of Watches. 127 
Slide, Pin. 117 
Tongs. 128 
Rests „ 127 
Slitting Files. 129 
 
Soft Lathe. 106 
Solar Day. I 
Split Arhor. 52 
Spring, to let down. 22 
Spring. 117 
Spring. Balance. 53 
Spring. Breguet. 59 
Spring. Fly. 93 
Spring. Over. 129 
Spring. Under. 129 
Staff. 129 
Staff, Balance. 54 
Stake, Case. 63 
Stake, Bumping Up. 61 
Stake, Pinion. 119 
Stake, Verge. 137 
Stand. 135 
Steady Pins. 130 
Stem Winder. 130 
Step Chucks. 7r 
Step Appliance. r30 
Sticks, Buff. 6o 
Stop Finger. 130 
Stop Watch. 130 
Stop Work. 130 
Straight Teeth. 47 
Stretcher, Wheel. 139 
Striking Watch ,. 73 
Sundials. 2 
Supplementary Arc. 36, 131 
Sunk Seconds. 131 
Swing Rests. 132 
Swing Wheel. 133 
Tail Stocks. 111, 107, 108 
Taper Mouth Chuck. 70 
Taps. 133 
Tempering. 234 
Tempering Drills. 84 
Third Wheel. 234 
Three-quarter-plate Watch. 134 
Timing Screws. 75, 134 
Timing Stand. 135 
Tightening Barrel Cover. 46 
Tightening Ruby Pin. 124 
Tompion, Thomas. 77 
Tool, Centring. 65 
Tool, Countersinking. 77 
Tool, Depthing. 8o 
Tool, Facing. 91 
Tool, Jacot. 98 
Tool, Riveting. 123 
Tool, Rounding Up. 123 
Tool, Screw Head. 125 
Tool, Uprighting. 136 
Tooth, Replacing Broken. 27 
Tongs, Hand. 96 
Tongs, Sliding. r28 
Traverse Spindle. 107, 108 
Turning Collets. 57 
Turns. 235 
Tweezers. 17,135 
Tycho-Brahe. 5 
UNDERSPRUNG. 129 
Unequal Drop 78 
Universal Chuck. 72 
Universal Head. 110 
Uprighting Tool. 136 
VERGE Escapement 36, 87 
Verge Stake. 137 
Vice, Bench. 57 
Vice, Hand. 96 
Vice, Pin. 117 
WATCH Alarm. 50 
Watch, Calendar. 62 
Watch, Case Winding. 63 
Watch, Clock. 73 
Watch, Described. 10 
Watch, Equation. 91 
Watch, Full Plate. 94 
Watch, Half Plate. g6 
Watch, Independent Seconds. 97 
Watch, Introduction of. 6 
Watch, Lid Winding. 111 
Watch, Repeating., 123 
Watch, Self-winding. 126 
Watch, Sizes of. 127 
Watch, Stop. 130 
Watch, Taxed. 10 
Watch, Three-quarter-plate., 234 
Water Clocks. 3 
Wheel, Centre. 64 
Wheel, Contrate. 75 
Wheel, Crown. 75 
Wheel, Cutting. 137 
Wheel, Cutting Engine. 138 
Wheel, Dial. 81 
Wheel, Fly. 93 
Wheel, Fourth. 93 
Wheel, Gearing. 38 
Wheel, Great. 95 
Wheel, Hour. 97 
Wheel, Minute. 114 
Wheel, Motion. 114 
Wheel, Stretcher. 139 
Wheel, Swing. 133 
Wheel, Third. 134 
Wig-Wag. 139 
Wild Cornel. 116 
Winder, Mainsprin. 112 
Pendant. 117 
Stem. 230 
Wire Chucks. 71 
Gauge. 140