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The Summer sunshine is with us in England, so what could be more appropriate than a new book on sundials - the double horizontal dial to be precise! We also have a new book on how to identify fake wristwatches and several good books on watches and chronometers that we have never stocked before. Martin Gatto's new book on tavern clocks, advertised in June, is now in stock and selling well
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The Double Horizontal Dial
A good, detailed study of the double horizontal sundial devised by William Oughtred. The book reproduces some of the early literature on this type of dial, including Oughtred's original description of 1636, then discusses the development of the instruments and their design. Other sections deal with 17th & 18th century double horizontal dial makers and their dials; and the design and manufacture of modern dials. The book also has a catalogue of all known instruments using the horizontal stereographic projection. Card covers. 241 pages, 394 illustrations, 2010. £29.50 Order Here
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Real & Fake Watches
A useful book which discusses the counterfeit wristwatch market and then explains in detail how to identify fakes. Comparison photographs are given for 17 watch brands and 97 models comparing real and fake examples. An essential book to have if you buy and collect wristwatches. 297 pages, illustrated, 2nd edition, 2010. £39.50 Order Here
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Timepieces for Royalty 1850 - 1910
Produced as a catalogue of an exhibition held at the Patek Philippe Museum in 2005 this book is a history of the Royal families of Europe in the 19th century and their watches purchased from Patek Philippe. The volume also contains a history of the firm and details of their participation in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. Card covers. 192 pages, illustrated, only 1000 copies printed, 2005. £95.00 Order Here
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Woodward on Time
A collection of all the horological articles published by Philip Woodward (a respected and distinguished British horologist) over more than 30 years. This is an essential book for clock designers, students of horological theory and all those who want to build very accurate pendulum clocks. The papers are grouped under seven headings: Experimental Clocks; Escapement Theory; Error Analysis; Timekeeping Stability; Pendulums and their Suspensions; A Study of the Spiral Hairspring; and W5 for Emulation. (W5 is a very accurate clock, designed and built by Woodward, with a free pendulum. This book contains good photographs of an emulation of W5, and a more detailed explanation than that given in Woodward's book My Own Right Time.) This book is a major contribution to horological knowledge. 341 pages, illustrated, 2006. £60.00 Order Here |
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La Mesure du Temps en Mer et les Horlogers Suisses
A comprehensive study of Swiss marine chronometer makers and their work; some makers such as Nardin and Ditisheim are well known, but this book also includes a lot of less well known makers. The book includes a chapter on the Neuchâtel and Geneva Observatories where chronometers were tested and a list of all the chronometers (with their serial numbers) on trial at Neuchâtel between 1860 and 1984 - very useful for dating extant examples. [French language] 520 pages, illustrated, 1995. £85.00 Order Here
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Watch - History of the Modern Wristwatch, The book has three main sections - the designers, early electric watches and quartz watches, as well as a history of the 12 most important makers. Written by a Dutchman, this is an important book on electric and quartz watches. With dust jacket. 253 pages, illustrated, signed by author, 1994. £100.00 less 10% discount Order Here
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Breguet, Watchmakers Since 1775 - the Life and Legacy of Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747 - 1823)
The book's subtitle - the life and legacy of Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747 - 1823) tells us what to expect. This is a good history of the business from its beginnings to its take over by the Swatch Group in 1999. In deluxe box, as issued. 387 pages, illustrated, 2nd English language edition, 2001. £220.00 less 10% discount Order Here |
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