Practical Watchmaking

Vigniaux Practical Watchmaking Translated By Richard Watkins Vigniaux Practical Watchmaking © Copyright 2011, Richard Watkins, Kingston, Tasmania 2 Vigniaux Practical Watchmaking Contents Translator’s Foreword .......................................................................................................................... 11 Preface ...................................................................................................................................................... 15 Part One. ................................................................................................................................................... 17 Chapter One: The Watchmaker’s Workshop. .................................................................................. 17 Chapter II: Tools Necessary for a Watchmaker. ............................................................................. 17 Chapter III: Steel.................................................................................................................................. 20 Annealing Steel............................................................................................................................. 20 Hardening Steel. ........................................................................................................................... 20 Chapter IV: Brass. ............................................................................................................................... 21 Chapter V: The File and the Turns................................................................................................... 21 Chapter VI: Tools for the Turns. ........................................................................................................ 22 Bows. .............................................................................................................................................. 22 Gravers. ......................................................................................................................................... 22 Square Gravers to Make Recesses............................................................................................. 23 Chapter VII: The Turns. Pl. 6, Fig.1. ............................................................................................... 23 To Make a Ferrule. ...................................................................................................................... 24 To Make Turning Arbors and Stems. ........................................................................................ 24 To Turn the Points of Turning Arbors....................................................................................... 25 To Preserve the Points of Arbors. .............................................................................................. 25 To Finish Arbors. ......................................................................................................................... 25 To Fix a Part on an Arbor........................................................................................................... 26 To Smooth a Part with Four or Eight Sides on the Turns..................................................... 26 Putty............................................................................................................................................... 26 To Polish Arbors on the Turns. .................................................................................................. 26 Chapter VIII: Drills.............................................................................................................................. 27 To Form the Tips of Drills Properly. ......................................................................................... 27 Pivot Broaches. .............................