This vintage book contains a complete guide to using lathe chucks and improved lathes for turning and finishing all manner of watch components ranging from pivots to staffs and beyond. With simple instructions and detailed illustrations, this volume will be of considerable utility to those looking to learn how to correctly use the equipment in question, and it is not to be missed by collectors of vintage watchmaking literature. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of clocks and watches. First published in first published in 1852.