Master Watchmaking: A Modern, Complete, Practical Course

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)