Watchmaking Tools and Parts Books

The lathe, the staking tool, the depthing tool — and the jewels and components that pass through them. These books explain what each tool is for, how it is made, and how it gets misused, alongside the manufacture and fitting of the parts themselves.

Tools & Parts

The Watchmakers' Lathe: Its Use and Abuse

by Ward L. Goodrich

Tools & Parts

Jeweled Bearings for Watches

by Charles T. Higginbotham & Paul Higginbotham

Tools & Parts

The Tourbillon

by Jämes-César Pellaton

Tools & Parts

Watch and Chronometer Jeweling

by N. B. Sherwood

Tools & Parts

Fixed Escapements, Carousels and Tourbillons

by Marius Favre