Recent Additions

[Sotheby's]: Masterpieces from the Time Museum Part 4 Volume 2 Chronometers and Scientific Instruments
O/P. 196 lots, all illustrated in colour. The closure of the Time Museum and the dispersal of its collections at Sotheby's in 2004 has left us with 3 excellent catalogues as a permanent memorial. This catalogue of the chronometers and scientific instruments includes a replica of Harrison's 'H1', Mudge Green, and chronometers by Arnold, Earnshaw, Margetts, Pennington, Kullberg and Loseby. Also in the catalogue are 3 items made by Anthony Randall for the collection plus a chronometer with 4 differential linked movements. The scientific instruments, all related to time, include examples from Persia, the Ottoman Empire, India, Japan and China as well as Europe and America. A fine copy, card covers. [Sale @ New York 13 & 14/10/2004] (Ref: A177)
Price: £35.00

[Sotheby's]: Masterpieces from the Time Museum Part 4 Volume 3 Clocks, Watches and Horological Curiosities
O/P. 815 lots, all illustrated in colour. The closure of the Time Museum and the dispersal of its collections at Sotheby's in 2004 has left us with 3 excellent catalogues as a permanent memorial. This catalogue of the clocks and watches includes many American examples plus the electric timepieces, the wristwatches, a re-construction of the Astrarium built by Giovanni de Dondi and a Shortt Synchronome astronomical regulator. A fine copy, card covers. [Sale @ New York 14 & 15/10/2004] (Ref: A214)
Price: £35.00

Antiquarian Horological Society: Antiquarian Horology, Volume 4
O/P. The 1980 reprint of volume 4 of Antiquarian Horology and the Proceedings of the Antiquarian Horological Society. Hardback, covers the period December 1962 - September 1965. A very good copy. (Ref: J9)
Price: £25.00

Baillie (G.H.): Watches Their History , Decoration and Mechanism
O/P. 383 pages, 75 plates, facsimile reprint, 1979. Written in 1929 this is still a respected reference book on the subject and well worth reading. The book covers the history of 4 centuries of watch development with 189 b&w and 35 colour photographs, together with 82 line drawings of mechanisms. Essential reading. A fine copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K978)
Price: £20.00

Betts (J.): The National Trust Pocket Guide to Clocks
O/P. 128 pages, 80 illus., 1985. A small pocket guide to the main types of clock with notes on their care and maintenance. Good copy with good dust jacket.
(Ref: K1093)
Price: £5.00

Bly (J.): Silver & Sheffield Plate Marks - Including a Guide to makers & Styles
O/P. 192 pages, illustrated, reprinted 1999. A good guide to marks on British, European and American silver with notes on important makers. Good copy with dust jacket.
(Ref: K2576)
Price: £4.00

Britten (F.J.): Britten's Watch & Clock Maker's Handbook Dictionary and Guide
O/P. 598 pages plus 10 pages of adverts, 465 figs., 15th edition, 1955. This is a very useful book for the workshop hence it has been updated and reprinted many times. A good copy, corners bumped. (Ref: K739)
Price: £20.00

Britten (F.J.): Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers
O/P. 790 pages, 802 figures, 3rd edition, 1911. Every enthusiast should have a copy of one of the editions of this book, which has a useful listing of former clock and watch makers. A good copy, binding a little loose. (Ref: K862)
Price: £30.00

Britten (F.W.): Horological Hints and Helps
O/P. 375 pages, 157 figs., 3rd edition, 1942. A very useful book, for amateur and professional restorers, covering the use of the lathe and all practical aspects of repairing clocks and watches. A good copy (owners inscription inside front cover), card covers. (Ref: K2584)
Price: £12.00

Bromley (J.): The Clockmakers' Library
O/P. 136 pages, 52 plates, 1977. Catalogue of the books and manuscripts in the library of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. An essential reference book for horological bibliophiles. A good copy, two bumped corners. (Ref: K2585)
Price: £20.00

Bruton (E.): Hallmarks & Date letters on Silver, Gold and Platinum
O/P. 40 pages, reprinted 1988. A good introductory guide to British and Irish hallmarks with date letters to 1988. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K2574)
Price: £4.00

Cave-Browne-Cave (B.W.): Jonas Barber Clockmaker of Winster
O/P. 269 pages, 10-page index, 1979. A very detailed account about the Barber family and the clocks they made. The Barbers numbered their clocks hence this is a useful guide to the progression of styles. The book also covers the Philipson family who continued the Barber numbering system. A good copy of the soft cover edition. (Ref: K2117)
Price: £10.00

Cescinsky (H.) & Webster (M.R.): English Domestic Clocks
O/P. 354 pages, 407 figs., reprinted 1969. The classic work on English clocks, no enthusiast should be without a copy as most of the book is still relevant and of use today. A good copy with dust jacket. (Ref: K1017)
Price: £30.00

Clutton (C.) & Daniels (G.): Watches
O/P. 159 pages, profusely illustrated in black & white, 1st edition, 1965. This well respected book is a comprehensive history of the subject covering the period from 1500 to 1960. A good clean copy with a poor dust jacket. (Ref: K637)
Price: £35.00

Cuzner (B.): A Silversmith's Manual
O/P. 224 pages, 133 figures, 1st edition, 1935. A practical book explaining the basic processes used by all silversmiths, with modern designs and instructions on how to make them. A good copy for its age. (Ref: K2579)
Price: £9.00

Daly (A.): Ormskirk Clockmakers & Watchmakers
S/H. 142 pages, 176 illustrations mostly in colour, 2006. An excellent book with a comprehensive horological history of the area and detailed information about its clock and watchmakers. The book includes the surrounding villages of Aughton, Bickerstaffe, Parbold, Skelmersdale and Scarisbrick and has a chapter on local clock case makers. A fine second-hand copy with fine dust jacket. (Ref: K2038)
Price: £15.00

Daniels (G.): Watchmaking
O/P. 420 pages, 23 plates, 777 figures, 3rd edition, reprinted 2002. A superb book, by the world's greatest living watchmaker, which explains in detail how to design and make all the parts of a watch. The drawings by David Penney are excellent and make all the techniques described in the text easily understandable. Daniels' aim in writing the book was to inspire and encourage the art of watchmaking - the aim has been achieved as the book has been constantly in demand since it was first published in 1981. A fine copy with fine dust jacket. (Ref: K1118)
Price: £45.00

Davies (E.): Greater Manchester Clocks and Clockmakers
S/H. 342 pages, about 270 illustrations, 2007. A well researched book containing detailed information about the clock and watch makers of Southeast Lancashire and Northeast Cheshire (including Stockport, Oldham, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Wigan and Ashton-under-Lyne). As well as information on the makers the book has chapters on turret clocks, public clocks, scientific lectures, the Townley group of astronomers and mill clocks. A fine copy with fine dust jacket. (Ref: K2039)
Price: £30.00

De Carle (D.): Horology
O/P. 136 pages, 8 plates, 14 figs., 1965. A good introduction to the subject, part of the Teach Yourself series. A good copy. (Ref: K1343)
Price: £5.00

De Carle (D.): The Watchmaker’s and Model Engineer’s Lathe – a User’s Manual
O/P. 220 pages, 61 plates, 229 figures, 5th edition, reprinted 2002. This book is the standard work on the subject and is a comprehensive survey of lathes and lathe accessories worldwide. A fine copy with fine dust jacket. (Ref: K1245)
Price: £14.00

Edwardes (E.L.): The Grandfather Clock
O/P. 215 pages plus 159 plates, 4th edition, 1980. This is the most recent and best edition of this well- known book. All editions of this book are different, with different illustrations, and all are worth reading. A fine copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K110)
Price: £35.00

Eglin (E.W.): Clock & Watch Repairing for Amateurs
O/P. 64 pages, 19 figs., [ 1952 ]. A small book, useful when it was published. A good copy. (Ref: K1129)
Price: £4.00

Fallet (E.): Tissot: 150 Years of History 1853 - 2003
S/H. 351 pages, well illustrated, 2003. A detailed history of the Tissot company from its founding in Le Locle to the present day. The book includes information on the Tissot family, the growth of the firm, manufacturing, sales and marketing, etc. The appendices include a list of calibres produced and a list of manufacturing year by watch serial number. Essential reading for Tissot enthusiasts. A very good copy. (English language edition] (Ref: K2580)
Price: £55.00

Federation Suisse Fabricants D'Horlogerie: Official Catalogue of Swiss Watch Repair Parts (2 vols)
O/P. Volumes 1 and 2 of the 1949 edition of this useful publication. Supplement 3 to volume 1 (1954 - 1958) is bound in with volume 2. Spiral bound, plastic covers as issued. [Text in English, French, German and Spanish] (Ref: K843)
Price: £30.00

Federation Suisse Fabricants D'Horlogerie: Official Catalogue of Swiss Watch Repair Parts
O/P. Volume 1 only of the 1949 edition of this useful publication. Spiral bound, plastic covers as issued. [Text in English, French, German and Spanish] (Ref: K753)
Price: £15.00

Flume: Der Flume-Kleinühr-Schlüssel Band 2/3
O/P. Published 1958. A catalogue of calibres, part number and replacement parts for various wristwatch and pocket calibres. With 8 page supplement for 1960. A good copy, card covers. (Ref: K896)
Price: £10.00

Fried (H.B.): Repairing Quartz Watches
O/P. 242 pages, lots of figures, 1st edition, 1983. An excellent guide to the repair of quartz watches by an expert, the book includes a basic course in electricity and electronic horology. A fine copy the dust jacket very good but faded. (Ref: K1136)
Price: £35.00

Hasluck (P.N.): The Clock Jobber's Handybook
O/P. 159 pages, 105 figures, 8th edition, 1914. This book is well-known to clock enthusiasts who want to clean and overhaul clock movements. A good copy, the cloth binding good but possibly not original. (Ref: K1031)
Price: £12.00

Hayden (A.): Chats on Old Clocks
O/P. 302 pages, illustrated, 1st edition, 1917. One of the early works on British clocks including lantern, longcase and bracket clocks. The author also included chapters on provincial clocks which were ignored by most authors at that time. (Ref: K863)
Price: £8.00

Hickling (J.): Practical Jewellery Repair
O/P. 192 pages, figures, reprinted 1998. A useful guide to the tools and techniques used in jewellery repair, written by an experienced craftsman. A fine copy with fine dust jacket. (Ref: K2572)
Price: £14.00

Higton (H.): Sundials - an Illustrated History of Portable Dials
O/P. 136 pages, well illustrated in colour, 2001. A book about the history of sundials from ancient Egyptian times through to the late 19th century when dials were displaced by more accurate pocket watches. A good book which properly covers the subject for the first time. A fine copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K2577)
Price: £30.00

Hope-Jones (F.): Electrical Timekeeping
O/P. 275 pages, 6 plates, 124 figs., 1st edition second printing, 1942. One of the classic works on the subject by an acknowledged expert and essential reading. A very good copy, pages a little dust stained, the dust jacket complete but a little worn and discoloured. (Ref: K2130)
Price: £35.00

Hope-Jones (F.): Electrical Timekeeping
O/P. 279 pages + adverts, 9 plates, 125 figs., 2nd edition, 1949. One of the classic works on the subject by an acknowledged expert and essential reading. A very good copy, the dust jacket very worn with some loss. (Ref: K766)
Price: £30.00

Hope-Jones (F.): Electric Clocks and How to Make Them
O/P. 197 pages, illus., 1st edition, not dated but published in 1949. A good book, always in demand by electric clock enthusiasts, with chapters on the Hipp clock, the Synchronome system, the Bulle clock and lots more. A good copy, the dust jacket worn and torn with some loss. (Ref: K765)

[Jaeger-LeCoultre]: Atmos Repair Notes
O/P. 16 pages, illus., no date. Repair notes for the famous Atmos clock, caliber numbers 526 (the Atmos V), 528 (the Atmos VI) and 540 (the Atmos Classic 5400 and Atmos 150e). Very good copy, paper covers. (Ref: K1649)
Price: £9.00

Jones (B.E.): Clock Cleaning and Repairing
O/P. 176 pages, 94 figures, 6th edition, reprinted 1981. Originally written in 1917 this book has a chapter on adding quarter chimes to grandfather clocks - how we all wish they had not done so! The chapters on cleaning and repairing English and French clocks are still of use as are the sections on synchronous clocks and electric master-clocks. A very good copy. (Ref: K481)
Price: £6.00

Kleinlein (W.J.): Practical Balance and Hair-spring Work
O/P. 115 pages, 42 figs., reprinted 1992. First published in 1925 this book is still of use today. A very good second-hand copy, card covers.
(Ref: K1498)
Price: £6.00

Kochmann (K.): Junghans Story
O/P. 208 pages, 123 plates, 1976. A detailed history of the Junghans business in the Black forest area of Germany from its founding in 1861 up to 1960. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1392)
Price: £35.00

Loomes (B.): Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World volume 2
O/P. 299 pages, 2nd edition, reprinted 2002. This and volume 1 are indispensable for their listings of makers and their working dates. (See under Baillie for vol. 1, and under Loomes for the new combined 21st century edition). A very good copy. (Ref: K916)
Price: £15.00

Loomes (B.): Yorkshire Clockmakers
O/P. 192 pages, illus., 1st edition, hardback, 1972. A good copy of the 1st edition, the dust jacket very worn to spine and now in film cover. (Ref: K848)
Price: £20.00

NAWCC: Bulletins 51 - 70 (December 1953 - October 1957)
O/P. A single bound volume published in 1972 by the NAWCC, being a reprint of volumes 6 and 7 of the NAWCC Bulletin (Bulletins 51 - 70 first issued between December 1953 and October 1957). A good copy, but as the book is 3 inches thick the spine is inevitably a little creased. (Ref: J1127)
Price: £20.00

Nutting (W.): The Clock Book
O/P. 312 pages, 250 photographs, 1935. A description of English, European and American antique clocks and a list of their makers. Ex public reference library with bookplate and a few stamps, otherwise a good copy. (Ref: K2575)
Price: £15.00

Ortenburger (R.): Vienna Regulators and Factory Clocks
S/H. 176 pages, well illus., 1990. A useful source for information about Viennese clocks and later clocks in the same style from the German-speaking world from 1780 to 1930. Includes information about Gustav Becker, Junghans, HAC and Lenzkirch factories. A very good copy with good dust jacket (jacket with film covering taped to inside of covers). (Ref: K1415)
Price: £25.00

Peate (I.C.): Clock and Watch Makers in Wales
O/P. 107 pages, 7 plates, 2nd edition 1960. A useful book with a listing of Welsh clock and watch makers. A fine copy with fine dust jacket (the best copy of this book I have seen for a long time). (Ref: K548)
Price: £20.00

Penman (L.): The Clock Repairer's Handbook
O/P. 176 pages, 301 figures, signed by author, reprinted 1988. This is an excellent book that describes in detail how to find and assess a clock's mechanical problems and how to fix them. The fault-finding chart is very useful as are the author's diagrams and descriptions of repair techniques. A book of great use to enthusiasts and restorers. A good copy of the hardback edition, the dust jacket very faded. (Ref: K919)
Price: £25.00

Pickford (I.) editor: Jackson's Silver & Gold Marks of England Scotland & Ireland
S/H. 768 pages, 3rd edition, reprinted 2005. A revised edition, with 10,000 corrections, of Sir Charles Jackson's classic work. An essential reference work for understanding and deciphering hallmarks. A fine copy with fine dust jacket. (Ref: K2573)
Price: £40.00

Pickford (I.) editor: Jackson's Hallmarks - Pocket Edition
O/P. 172 pages, hardback edition, reprinted 1992. A useful guide to silver and gold marks for all the important assay offices in the British Isles. A very good copy of the hardback edition, with good dust jacket. (Ref: K2571)
Price: £10.00

Rawlings (A.L.): The Science of Clocks and Watches
O/P. 303 pages, 96 figs., 2nd edition, reprinted 1977. A good book for the technically minded who want to understand more about the parameters affecting timekeeping. Very good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K1196)
Price: £14.00

Randell (W.L.): Watch Repairing and Adjusting
O/P. 46 pages, 25 figs., [ 1925 ]. A small book, useful when it was published. A good copy but paper covers very worn to spine. (Ref: K2582)
Price: £5.00

Reid (T.): Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, Theoretical and Practical
O/P. iv, 466 pages, 19 folding plates, 2nd edition, 1846. The second edition of this celebrated work by Thomas Reid, the famous Edinburgh clock and watch maker. The book is a comprehensive treatise on clocks, watches and chronometers with information on orreries and turret clocks. Basically a good copy with trivial foxing to the pages, half-title page missing. The plates, title page and end papers with foxing and stains caused by water. The book is still in its original binding, the boards now a little marked. (1.1 kg)

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(Ref: K665)
Price: £150.00

Roberts (D.): Precision Pendulum Clocks
O/P. 125 pages, well illustrated, 1986. An excellent exhibition catalogue with a good technical section on mechanical methods and devices which improved precision from Tompion to Riefler. This was the first book in English on precision clocks. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K257)
Price: £15.00

Salomons (D.L.): Breguet (1747 - 1823)
O/P. Frontispiece, ix, 233 pages, 1921. Only 1000 copies printed. This is the original English edition and includes the appendix and addenda but not the 52 page supplement which was issued separately. Well illustrated in b&w. This is the classic work on Breguet by Sir David Salomons who had a large collection of Breguet's work. This and George Daniels' book - The Art of Breguet - are essential reading for all students and enthusiasts of Breguet's work. A very good copy in the original blue thin card covers. The book and the covers are very clean, with slight creasing to the spine. 90 years on, you will not find a better copy.

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(Ref: K586)

Smith (E.): Repairing Antique Clocks - A Guide for Amateurs
O/P. 231 pages, 10 plates, 39 figures, 1973. A guide to the cleaning and repair of weight driven and spring driven clocks. Of use to the amateur who does not have a fully kitted out workshop. A good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K387)
Price: £9.00

Tremayne (A.): Everybody's Watches
O/P. 63 pages, figs, no date but early 1940's. The sub-title tells us all - How Your Watch is Made, How it Works and How to Take Care of it. Paper covers. (Ref: K2583)
Price: £5.00

Watters (M.): Mechanical and Quartz Watch Repair
S/H. 160 pages, 180 figures, 1999. After a chapter on tools and techniques the author explains how to clean a typical lever watch, the overhaul of a chronograph and discusses the working of various escapements and the use of the timing machine. A chapter on basic electricity and magnetism is followed by chapters on quartz watch repair, liquid crystal displays, servicing a 5 motor chronograph and the Seiko Kinetic. A fine copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K1227)
Price: £14.00

Wood (E.J.): Curiosities of Clocks and Watches from the Earliest Times
O/P. 443 pages, reprinted 1973. Originally published in 1866, this is a history of horology from the earliest times supplemented with details of famous clocks and famous people, humorous anecdotes and lots more. A good copy. (Ref: k2088)
Price: £22.00