wiseman Posted October 16, 2008 Report Posted October 16, 2008 After lurking here for a while (and doing some sporadic posts) I have come to the conslusion that I wanted to know more about watches, movements etc. I searched for courses in Sweden, but these seems to be far and few between, so I Googled for books instead. It turns out that there is a Swedish guy (Im from Sweden too) selling a book called "Amateur Watchmaking" which looked interesting and wasnt very expensive so I ordered it yesterday and is waiting the delivery of it any day now. I found it on this site: http://www.watchmaking.se/index.htm and I will update you all guys whether the book is worth buying and reading or not.
ubiquitous Posted October 16, 2008 Report Posted October 16, 2008 I have that book. Bought it back in early 2004. Good book and explains the basics, but if you want to get waist deep into it, you should check out the TZ course.
wiseman Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Posted October 16, 2008 I probably need to learn all the basics first...but tell me about the courses you mention? TZ? Can you point me in the right direction?
ubiquitous Posted October 16, 2008 Report Posted October 16, 2008 Certainly www.timezonewatchschool.com (copy/paste into a browser) P.S. Perhaps some of our membership here can comment further on this course. I haven't taken it yet... But I'm pretty sure that some here have
freddy333 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Posted October 16, 2008 I took it some years ago & highly recommend it. Follow Ubi's link & read the info on the site for details.
azerbyjam Posted October 16, 2008 Report Posted October 16, 2008 I took it some years ago & highly recommend it. Me too! Great feeling to be able to completely strip a 2836-2 and rebuild to working condition>
vric Posted October 16, 2008 Report Posted October 16, 2008 x2 for Tz.. I took it (with the tool) and it gives you a nice base to start
offshore Posted October 17, 2008 Report Posted October 17, 2008 Guys, Don't forget that I have the TZ course and other stuff available FS! http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=60496&hl= This is now a download, so you can have it in minutes after receiving the links. PM me if anyone is interested in anything. Offshore
bwhitesox Posted October 17, 2008 Report Posted October 17, 2008 I was just about to link to that as well Offshore. This is an excellent course and really all you need to get started and beyond.
AMK000 Posted October 17, 2008 Report Posted October 17, 2008 After lurking here for a while (and doing some sporadic posts) I have come to the conslusion that I wanted to know more about watches, movements etc. I searched for courses in Sweden, but these seems to be far and few between, so I Googled for books instead. It turns out that there is a Swedish guy (Im from Sweden too) selling a book called "Amateur Watchmaking" which looked interesting and wasnt very expensive so I ordered it yesterday and is waiting the delivery of it any day now. I found it on this site: http://www.watchmaking.se/index.htm and I will update you all guys whether the book is worth buying and reading or not. Good find
wiseman Posted October 22, 2008 Author Report Posted October 22, 2008 I received the book 2 days ago and have been reading now and then as soon as I could get some time to myself...with 3 kids in the house (and a constant battle with my 2 teenagers on the value of doing homework instead of playing Warhammer Online) my time is quite limited... Strange that it may sound, I have always thought in pictures while learning. It could be that I am left-handed or that I am just a strange guy, who knows. Some of the time with the book and particularly the first "theoretical" part I read quite slowly since I needed to "create" a picture in my mind how it all worked and how all parts interacted. I cant say that I am entirely satisfied with my mental picture yet, but since it has just been 2 days it will be better. The second part of the book on how to disassemble, oil and assemble a movement is very brief and I havent been able to test this in practice since I lack the neccessary tools right now. Anybody knows a good source in Sweden, Scandinavia or even EU for watchmaker tools? I will take a look at the TZ Watchschool soon as well as I understand they have tools too. I can recommend the book though, but I guess that if you know more than I did (ie. absolutely nothing) on movements this may be too basic for you.
freddy333 Posted October 22, 2008 Report Posted October 22, 2008 Once you have taken the TZ course or have disassembled/reassembled a watch, pick up a copy of Donald de Carle's Practical Watch Repairing.
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