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Welcome to WatchmakingBooks.com! The site is dedicated to newcomers to the watch repair hobby or profession as well as the experienced watchmaker.
Here you'll find some of the more unusual and difficult to obtain watch oriented books. Some of these books can only be found here. You simply will not find them elsewhere.
The books are roughly divided into categories, links to which you'll find on the left side of this page. Browse and feel free to ask lots of questions.
A note to International customers. The books on this site are not yet available for direct shipment via WatchmakingBooks.com, but you can purchase them through Lulu at Watchmaking Books on Lulu.com . They will ship internationally.
New to watch repair?
I try and focus more on the newcomers, helping however I can to draw them into the field and also stay with their studying and learning, to not give up. It's all too common for someone to get excited about learning how to repair watches and then find that it's a longer path than they first expected. Often there simply isn't a good path defined.
Learning watchmaking
One difficult aspect of learning today is finding a mentor. You often can find help at your local NAWCC chapter, so find one near you and start asking questions.
There you're likely to find someone experienced, or in the least someone following the same path as you. Learning together can help motivate you to stick with it, to have those breakthrough moments that remind you why you started the hobby to begin with.
The best thing about learning now is the fact that materials and books is very easy to find, and, there is SO much help in the watch forums awaiting you. People there are eager to help each other, otherwise they wouldn't be participating in the forums to begin with.
The best first step
Every beginner I meet I give exactly the same advice -- take the TimeZone.com Lesson 1 watch repair course.
I have nothing to do with the folks there other than I learned a LOT of my initial knowledge from them. Out of the tons of books I read, people I talked to, forums I read, DVDs I bought & watched, it was the single largest factor in my success in repairing watches. Go read about it. It's the closest thing to having someone look over your shoulder and teach you as you'll get. And best of all, it's relatively cheap.
Check out the links section here on this site and I'll point you to several of the more popular forums.
It is never too late to start learning and become quite proficient at doing your own restorations in as little as a year. If I, one who really sucks at anything mechanical, can learn to do it, then I know you can too. Don't give up, stick with each task, and before you know it you'll be good at it and will have little or no problems doing it again and again.
Most importantly have some fun by giving it a try. It's a zen-like experience believe it or not. It may be or look tedious, but it's also relaxing and time flies.
Happy watchmaking!
