new student

[bobokon]

Hi every one.
I'm new on vintage antique watches and i'd like to learn all about the history ,building and maintaining of the old watches.
Is there any good e-books helping me on that?
Thanks.

[Beau8]

Hi every one.
I'm new on vintage antique watches and i'd like to learn all about the history ,building and maintaining of the old watches.
Is there any good e-books helping me on that?
Thanks.

I found a lot of good references in my local library reference section~Most if not all deal primarily with repairing of old clocks and minor repairs of wristwatches~Cheers! ;-)

[nsmike]

As far as maintaing old watches start with the Time Zone watch courses. They will teach you the basics includeing proper lubrication. Learning the history is such a vast subject that it's best to find one brand and study it. That will create a bit of a dilemma because the better the history the more expensive the watch tends to be.

[bobokon]

I found a lot of good references in my local library reference section~Most if not all deal primarily with repairing of old clocks and minor repairs of wristwatches~Cheers! ;-)
Thanks BEAU8 :thanks
Could you advice me any reference that you it is usefull?
Regards.

[bobokon]

As far as maintaing old watches start with the Time Zone watch courses. They will teach you the basics includeing proper lubrication. Learning the history is such a vast subject that it's best to find one brand and study it. That will create a bit of a dilemma because the better the history the more expensive the watch tends to be.

Thanks nsmike :thanks
let us talk about the basic theories and rebuilding of watches, the hestory i'm talking about is about the wristwatches building in general.
studying the brands i think is good only for buying watches to detemined the age of it, and to avoid faked deals.
Regards.

[nsmike]

This Wikpedia link is a good start http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_watch

[AbslomRob]

Google books has a couple of older titles for full view, like this one:
http://books.google.com/books?id=jc0AAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover

[bobokon]

Thanks guys, links looks good.:thanks
i'll start reading......|>