Аннотация

This review is of the course materials of the home study course run by the Chicago School of Watchmaking. I believe the home study course was available from about 1947 until sometime after 1963, although the Chicago School of Watchmaking was founded in 1908. The materials copyright 1963.

This course consists of 33 lesson books of about 25 pages each. The lesson books consist of text with photos and diagrams, self test reviews with answers, and 'job sheets' which summarize various procedures.

The lesson books are:
1. Fundamental Principles, Equipment, Casing
2. Crowns, Stems, Sleeves and Bows
3. Fitting Watch Crystals and Watch Attachments for Practice and Profit
4. Nomenclature and Sizes of Watches
5. Mainsprings in Watches
6. Motor and Jeweled Barrels
7. Selecting the Mainspring
8. Assempling Watches
9. Winding and Setting Mechanisms
10. Cleaning Watches
11. Timing, Rating and Regulation
12. Factory Set Train Jewels
13. Factory Balance Hole Jewels and Roller Jewels
14. Friction Jeweling
15. Replacing Factory Balance Staffs
16. Truing Balance Wheels
17. Poising Balance Wheels
18. Colleting and Truing Hairsprings
19. The Overcoil Hairspring
20. Fitting Hairsprings in Watches
21. Principles of the Lever Escapement
22. Principles of the Lever Escapement (cont.)
23. Types of Escapements
24. Drawing the Lever Escapement
25. Drawing the Lever Escapement (cont.)
26. Matching the Escapement
27. Tools - Hardening and Tempering
28. The Lathe
29. Lathe Work
30. Lathe Work (cont.)
31. Lathe Work (cont.)
32. Practical Job Methods
33. Electronic Timing Machines (Watch-Master)
34. Electronic Timing Machines (Time-O-Graph and others)