Abbott, Abbott’s American Watchmaker and Jeweler

Abbott, Watch Factories of America

Abbott, Watchmaker’s and Jeweler’s Practical Hand Book

Anon, Watchmakers’ and Jewelers’ Practical Receipt Book

BHI, Horological Journal

Booth, Clock and Watchmakers’ Manual

Camm, Watches Adjustment and Repair

Denison, Treatise on Clock and Watch Making

Elgin Service Bureau Bulletin

Fried, Understanding the Verge Fusee Watch

Garrard, Watch Repairing

Gazeley, Clock and Watch Escapements

Glasgow, Watch and Clock Making

Goodrich, Watchmakers’ Lathe

Grafton, Horology; a Popular Sketch

Grossmann, Detached Lever Escapement

Hasluck, Watch Jobber’s Handybook

Hood, Modern Methods in Horology

Kemp, Fusee Lever Watch

NAWCC, Watch & Clock Bulletin

Nelthropp, A Treatise on Watch-Work

Reid, Treatise on Clock and Watch Making

Stelle, American Watchmaker and Jeweler

Saunier, Watchmakers’ Hand-Book

Sweazey, Chicago School of Watchmaking, Master Watchmaking

Waltham, Watchmakers’ Handbook

Modern Methods in Horology

I like this book.  From 1897 to 1905 Grant Hood was on the faculty of the Horological School at Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Preoria (Illinois) specialising in finishing.  In his Preface he determines that “My aim will be to make each subject as simple and clear as possible, adding illustrations in all cases where needed” and he succeeds admirably!  He takes us through all of the important repair and maintenance techniques and, unusually for an American writer, spends a whole chapter (14 pages) focussing on the ins and outs of the cylinder escapement.  Well worth obtaining for this alone, but I also enjoyed his final chapter called “Why some workmen fail to succeed” which illustrates (using photography) some of the horror repairs he’s come across.   The book concludes on page 242 with “THE END”.   The only complaint I have is that there is a contents page (called an Index) some eleven pages after “THE END” and no index.

 

Grant Hood, 1904