book review Review of The Watchmaker and His Lathe by H. Jendritzki

[tomh207]

After @Mercurial posted about some of Jendritzki’s books being reprinted and available on eBay I bought a couple and thought it would be a good idea to do a review of them. This being the first.

 

Book: THE WATCHMAKER AND HIS LATHE

Author: H. Jendritzki

ISBN: 2-88012-037-3

Pages: 86 A4

Reprint: 2018

Publisher: Historische Uhrenbucher, Berlin, Germany 

Website: https://uhrenliteraturshop.de/Foreign-Languages/Horological-Books:::47_21.html

eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?ssPageName=&_ssn=uhrenliteratur

According to the publisher this 2018 edition has been re-edited updated by Hans Jendtritski and Marcel Bergeon. This book is intended to be a basic starting point for anyone wanting to get into using a lathe for watch repair, in this my opinion is it does an admirable job. At only 86 pages it may sound like it would be more of a pamphlet than useful, however it does go into the basic aspects of the Geneva style watchmaker lathe and its use in a very clear and concise manner. There are in depth chapters on turning a balance staff, making a winding stem, jewel settings and bushings, replacing pivots and making screws. Most of what is needed in the day to day of repairing vintage and antique watches.

 

i have found this book extremely useful in understanding much more of the mechanics of using the lathe and making/using gravers including special shapes. I would recommend this book to anyone embarking on the journey of taking watchmaking to another level.

 

Tom

P.S. the books arrived to me in Scotland from Germany in 3 days 

Edited December 16, 2024 by tomh207
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