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De Carle (D.): Complicated Watches and Their Repair
S/H. 174 pages, 217 figures, reprinted 2001. First published in 1956 this book has been reprinted many times as it is in essential reference book for the watch repairer and restorer. The book covers automatic watches, chronographs, alarm watches, calendar watches and repeaters from all the major manufacturers. A very good copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K889 - B1) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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 | De Carle (D.): Practical Clock Repairing
NEW. 244 pages, 405 figures, reprinted 2017. De Carle wrote this book in 1946 because no authoritative book existed to provide the specialist knowledge required by apprentices and working clock repairers. The book has become a standard reference work on the subject. With dust jacket. (Ref: N514) in stock.
Price: £18.99 |
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 | De Carle (D.): Practical Watch Adjusting & Springing
NEW. 150 pages, 4 plates, 186 figures, reprinted 2023. Writing in 1977, Donald De Carle observed that watch adjusting and springing had reached its peak - quartz watches being superior timekeepers. If you work on watches with balance springs then you need this book, it will enable you to get the best out of a mechanical watch. (Ref: N513) in stock.
Price: £22.00 |
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De Carle (D.): Practical Watch Adjusting & Springing
O/P. 150 pages, 4 plates, 186 figures, 1st edition, 1964. Writing in 1977, Donald De Carle observed that watch adjusting and springing had reached its peak - quartz watches being superior timekeepers. If you work on watches with balance springs then you need this book: it will enable you to get the best out of a mechanical watch. A very good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K97 - Z1) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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 | De Carle (D.): Practical Watch Repairing
NEW. 319 pages, 574 figures, third edition, reprinted 2020. De Carle wrote this book in 1946 because no authoritative book existed to provide the specialist knowledge required by apprentices and working watch repairers. The book has become a standard reference work on the subject; this edition includes chapters on the Bulova tuning fork watch and the use of timing machines. With dust jacket. (Ref: N509) in stock.
Price: £18.99 |
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 | De Carle (D.): The Watchmaker’s and Model Engineer’s Lathe – a User’s Manual
NEW. 238 pages, 73 plates, 229 figures, 6th edition, reprinted 2022. This edition of this well known work was revised by Eric Redstall. This book is the standard work on the subject and is a comprehensive survey of lathes and lathe accessories worldwide. The book also has a list of lathe and tool stockists in Great Britain and the U.S.A. With dust jacket. (Ref: N2308) in stock.
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De Carle (D.) : Watch & Clock Encyclopedia
O/P. 307 pages, illus., 2nd edition with supplement, 1975. A well known reference book. Very good copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K891 - C1) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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De Carle (D.): With the Watchmaker at the Bench
O/P. 243 pages, 166 figs., 5th edition, 1946. The books sub-title is A book for the Practical Watchmaker, the Student and all Interested in the Watch trade. A useful book for makers and restorers; this is a very good copy internally, the covers now a little discoloured and faded. (Ref: K3514 - Y1) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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Dekker (E.) & Krogt (P. van der): Globes from the Western World
O/P. 183 pages, 55 colour plates and 82 b&w figures, 1993. An excellent introduction to terrestrial and celestial globes made in Europe and America from 1492 onwards. A fine copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K4008 - F1) in stock.
Price: £45.00 |
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 | Derham (W.): The Artificial Clockmaker
O/P. xii, 132 pages, 1 folding plate, the 1962 facsimile reprint of a book first published in 1696. The full title is The Artificial Clockmaker. A treatise of Watch, and Clock-Work: Wherein the Art of Calculating Numbers for most sorts of Movements is explained to the capacity of the Unlearned. The most famous of the early English language books on horology. A very good copy, boards a little marked. (Ref: K3816 - E5) in stock.
Price: £45.00 |
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'Detent': Repairing American Watches
O/P. 30 pages, reprinted 1971. An essay written by 'Detent' for the 10th Prize Essay Contest in The American Jeweler. Fine copy. (Ref: K2929 - BX14) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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Deutsches Uuhrenmuseum: Made in Furtwangen - Vom Hausgewerbe zur Uhrenindustrie
O/P. 204 pages, illustrated, 2003. An interesting book showing products (mainly clocks) produced in Furtwangen during the last two centuries. A fine copy, card covers. [German language] (Ref: K4193 - G5) in stock.
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Dibner (B.) & Drake (S.): A Letter from Galileo Galilei (about a Magnetic Water Clock)
O/P. 56 pages, illustrated, 1967. An interesting paper about Galileo's life and especially his problems with the Roman Catholic Church over his belief in the Copernican theory that the earth revolved around the sun; followed by a translation of a letter from Galileo to Pieresc on a magnetic clock. The clock was possibly a clepsydra with the falling water level converted to a rotary motion with a magnetic linkage causing a time indicating dial to rotate in a water bath. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: KW5213 - E1) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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Diderot & D'Alembert: L'Encyclopédie - Horlogerie
O/P. 25 pages + 64 plates, 2001. A facsimile reprint of the horology section (text and plates) of the famous encyclopaedia by Diderot & D'Alembert first published in Paris in 1765. A good copy, card covers. [French language] (Ref: K2717 - F1) in stock.
Price: £20.00 |
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Dinsdale (N.V.): The Old Clockmakers of Yorkshire
O/P. 82 pages, illus., signed by author, 1946. The first book about Yorkshire clockmakers and now very hard to find. A very good copy with a worn and torn dust jacket. Card covers. (Ref: K827 - D1) in stock.
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Distin (W.H.) & Bishop (R.): The American Clock
O/P. 359 pages, 661 photographs, 1st edition, 1976. A comprehensive pictorial survey of American clocks in the period 1723 to 1900, with a listing of 6153 American clockmakers. A fine copy of a very useful reference book. With very good dust jacket, faded on the spine. (Ref: K1125 - S3) in stock.
Price: £25.00 |
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Distin (W.H.) & Bishop (R.): The American Clock
O/P. 359 pages, 661 photographs, reprinted 1983. A comprehensive pictorial survey of American clocks in the period 1723 to 1900, with a listing of 6153 American clockmakers. A very good copy with good dust jacket (faded to spine). (Ref: K3642 - F6) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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Ditisheim (P.): Influence exercée par des émanations sur la marche d'une horloge astronomique
O/P. 4 pages, No date. A paper about the effect of fumes on the running of an astronomical regulator. Fumes from the oak case affect the timekeeping of the clock. Paper covers. [French language] (Ref: K3326 - BX17) in stock.
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Ditisheim (P.): Le Progrès du Réglage des Chronomètres et des Montres
O/P. 13 pages, 27 figs., 1925. An interesting paper reviewing the history and progress made in reducing/eliminating the effects of temperature variation on the timing of watches and chronometers, from Le Roy and John Harrison onwards, including the introduction of invar and elinvar. An offprint from Science Moderne. A good copy internally, the paper covers with several small tears and some loss. [French language]
* Was £15.00, now on special offer at £5.00 *
(Ref: K3325 - BX17) in stock.
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Ditisheim (P.): The Timing of Chronometers and Watches - A Review of the History and Progress of Adjusting
O/P. A nicely bound photocopy, 14 pages, 25 figs. This is an English translation, of item K3325 above, (Le Progrès du Réglage des Chronomètres et des Montres), which first appeared in "English Mechanics" March-April 1926. A good useable copy. (Ref: K5249 - P1) in stock.
Price: £1.00 |
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