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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Since the late twentieth century the horological sector has encouraged an increasing awareness of the need to pass our clock-making heritage down to future generations. Museums do just that but so also do private owners collectors and connoisseurs by preserving old clocks. At a time when clock menders’ shops are disappearing from our high streets this book is a fascinating guide aimed at the owners and collectors of longcase clocks and all those who would like to understand more about how those clocks work how they are made and how to look after them and keep them working. The construction of clock movements and cases is described and workshop notes are given on a wide range of procedures at a range of levels of expertise. This clearly written book enables anyone to understand both the clock- mender’s language and the workshop procedures involved in the maintenance