{"title":"Technology","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"metal-detecting-gold-a-beginners-guide-to-modern-gold-prospecting-paperback","title":"Metal Detecting Gold: A Beginner's Guide to Modern Gold Prospecting - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark D. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eMark D. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eMark D. 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Fried\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Watch Repairer's Manual: Second Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry B. Fried was \"widely acknowledged as the dean of American watchmakers.\" In the revised, second edition, Fried addresses topics important to contemporary watch repairers, such as self-winding watches, waterproofing, calendar watches, alarm wristwatches, and chronographs. 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Assuming little previous knowledge on the part of the reader, Fried provides complete and clear detail on each operation. The Watch Repairer's Manual should be of great value to the student, hobbyist, watch collector, and instrument maker. Henry B. Fried wrote and illustrated 14 books, many pamphlets, and hundreds of articles on horology, the science of timepieces. The first American to receive the Silver Medal of the British Horological Institute, he served as president of the New York City Horological Society and the New York State Watchmakers Association and vice president of the old Horological Institute of America. He taught and lectured on horology and served as an industry consultant. 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Fried\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Watch Repairer's Manual: Second Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry B. Fried was \"widely acknowledged as the dean of American watchmakers.\" In the revised, second edition, Fried addresses topics important to contemporary watch repairers, such as self-winding watches, waterproofing, calendar watches, alarm wristwatches, and chronographs. 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Assuming little previous knowledge on the part of the reader, Fried provides complete and clear detail on each operation. The Watch Repairer's Manual should be of great value to the student, hobbyist, watch collector, and instrument maker. Henry B. Fried wrote and illustrated 14 books, many pamphlets, and hundreds of articles on horology, the science of timepieces. The first American to receive the Silver Medal of the British Horological Institute, he served as president of the New York City Horological Society and the New York State Watchmakers Association and vice president of the old Horological Institute of America. He taught and lectured on horology and served as an industry consultant. 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Fried was \"widely acknowledged as the dean of American watchmakers.\" In the revised, 1961 edition of his classic book \u003cem\u003eThe Watch Repairer's Manual, \u003c\/em\u003e reprinted here, Fried addresses topics important to contemporary watch repairers, such as self-winding watches, waterproofing, calendar watches, alarm wristwatches, and chronographs. \u003cem\u003eThe Watch Repairer's Manual\u003c\/em\u003e also includes a fine visual dictionary of exploded views in isometric, which are very helpful for ordering watch parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the few modern books available on the techniques of watch repair and certainly the most esteemed, \u003cem\u003eThe Watch Repairer's Manual\u003c\/em\u003e is outstanding for its sequence of presentation and its many useful illustrations, including enlarged details of alarm and self-winding watches. The consummate craftsman and master of details, Fried himself created the illustrations. 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Assuming little previous knowledge on the part of the reader, Fried provides complete and clear detail on each operation. \u003cem\u003eThe Watch Repairer's Manual\u003c\/em\u003e should be of great value to the student, hobbyist, watch collector, and instrument maker. Henry B. Fried wrote and illustrated 14 books, many pamphlets, and hundreds of articles on horology, the science of timepieces. The first American to receive the Silver Medal of the British Horological Institute, he served as president of the New York City Horological Society and the New York State Watchmakers Association and vice president of the old Horological Institute of America. He taught and lectured on horology and served as an industry consultant. 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