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	Horolovar 400 Day Clock Repair Guide, 10th Ed - PUB127 The 10th edition is the most recent of Charles Terwilliger long in print book on 400-day clocks. First printed in 1953, the has grown edition-after-edition thanks to the many aficionados of these fine clocks. For those not familiar with the book, it starts with a history of the 400-day clock. A chapter on its technical developments through patents is provided as well as a discussion of the problem of temperature change and keeping time. A nine-page section presenting some outstanding pre-Worl... $27.50     View Details Add To Cart
	How to Manage and Regulate Clocks and Watches by M. Ferdinand Berthoud - PUB112 How to Manage and Regulate Clocks and Watches is a new English translation of the first owners manual for timepieces. The book was written in 1759, a time when watches and clocks were first becoming available to the public. Titled L art de conduire et de regler les Pendules et les Montres. A l usage de ceux qui n ont aucune connaissance d Horlogerie will appear extremely basic. For instance, it starts with a description of the difference between mean and solar time. Howev... $12.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Illustrated Professional Dictionary of Horology Volumes I + II - PUB153 Widely known as the Bernier Dictionary after its author G. -A. Berner, this 2002 publication combines the original two-volume dictionary first published in 1961 with the 1995 supplement, all in a single volume. The dictionary, which is in English, French, Spanish and German, has 4,790 entries, 690 sub-entries and 948 illustrations. Published by the Federation de l'Industrie Horlogere Suisse FH, Bienne, Switzerland. $249.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Ingraham Clocks & Watches by Tran Duy Ly - 0930163833 Ly's splendid volume Ingraham Clocks & Watches is divided into two major sections. The first is a lavishly illustrated history of Early Ingraham Clocks by Thomas Splitter. These early Ingraham clocks were produced by various Ingraham firms, all prior to 1860 and are organized chronologically. Round Gothic, Steeple Gothic, Ogee, Column and Cornice, Gallery Timepieces, Banjo, Scroll Front, and many more styles are illustrated and discussed as are the all important movements behind the clock fac... $69.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Introduction to Clock and Watch Work by Thomas Hatton - PUB260 An Introduction to the Mechanical Part of Clock and Watch Work in Two Parts containing all the Arithmetic and Geometry Necessary, with their Particular Application in the said Branches - A Work Very Useful for the Working Mechanic or Gentlemen Mechanically Inclined. - Illustrated by Eighteen Copper-Plates, Geometrically Drawn for the Use of the Trade by Thomas Hatton, Watchmaker. 1773. Facsimile edition by Turner & Devereus, London. $27.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Jahresunren-Fabrik G.m.b.H. August Schatz 1910 Catalog - PUB130 Reprint of the Jahresuhren-Fabrik G.m.b.H. August Schatz & Sohne catalog believed to be from 1910. This company produced mechanical 400-day clocks for 104 years, from their first movements supplied to Anton Harder (the "Father" of the 400-day clock) in March 1882 until they ceased production in 1986. The 400-day clocks shown in this 96-page catalog represent the amazing variety available during the early 1900's from simple glass dome models to very elaborate models with marble, crystal, Braz... $17.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Johann Ludwig Eberhardt and His Salem Clocks - 0807813249 This book describes the life, times, and work of Johann Ludwig Eberhardt (1758-1839), the master clockmaster. Eberhardt made clocks in Salem, North Carolina, for more than thirty-eight years. Frank Albright attributes more than thirty clocks to Eberhardt, building his evidence by a diligent reading of Moravian records, which provide the social and cultural background for the life of Eberhardt, and by a careful cataloging of the characteristics of each clock. Eberhardt the man comes to life a... $17.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Kent Clocks and Clockmakers by Michael Pearson - 0952327074 Kent has a long history of clockmaking, with a clock being installed in Canterbury Cathedral as early as 1292. This book details Kent's early turret clocks, and the history of the county's most influential clockmakers. By the end of the seventeenth century Kent had a rapidly growing number of clockmakers, and by the eighteenth century a growing number of London-trained apprentices moved into the county. Though many Kent clocks have a style similar to those from London, a distinctive Kentish s... $79.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Kroeber Clocks American & Imported - 093016380X Kroeber Clocks is a much needed and long awaited addition to the horologist's library. Finally, in one volume and in the quality of presentation that we have learned to expect of Tran Duy Ly, are the numerous clocks manufactured and imported by Florence Kroeber. The book is divided into three parts: American, Imported, and Others. The American section comprises approximately two-thirds of the entire book and includes Tran Duy Ly's important tips in selecting and appraising a Kroeber clock. T... $66.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Lantern Clocks and Their Makers - 9780955446016 Lantern Clocks and Their Makers is a detailed survey in twenty-eight chapters of the development of the lantern clock in Britain from its origins in the late sixteenth century and includes some unique and previously unrecorded examples from the very earliest period. Also discussed is the type of lantern clock which was used for posted-movement longcase clocks as well as for hook-and-spike hanging wall clocks. Square and arched dial examples are examined as well as clocks made for expor... $127.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Legged Alarm Clocks - 0764319973 For the first time, alarm clocks with legs produced between 1880 and 1935 are brought together in a single volume. Over 375 black and white photos and catalog pages illustrate the fascinating alarms affectionately known as 'tin cans" and nickel alarms. Included are examples from American clock companies Ansonia, Attleboro, Gilbert, Ingersoll, Ingraham, Lux, New Haven, Parker, Scott, Sessions, Seth Thomas, Waterbury, Welch, and Westclox, as well as international makers. Private label dial alar... $16.47     View Details Add To Cart
	Lenzkirch Clock Factory, Winterhalder & Hofmeier Clocks by Kochmann - 9780933396166 Karl Kochmann continues his series of books on German industrialized clockmaking in the Black Forest with this dual publication. Part 1 covers the Lenzkirch Clock Factory in Lenzkirch, Badenia, Black Forest, while Part 2 describes the enterprise "Winter-Hofmeier Clock Factory" in Neustadt, Black Forest. Lenzkirch clocks were of such fine craftsmanship, wonderful ornamentation, and superb "in house" design, that they rank at the top of all German-made regulators. In fact, their varied m... $12.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Longcase Clocks and Standing Regulators by Tran Ly - 0930163605 Long Case Clocks and Standing Regulators takes the serious collector and investor through hundreds of clocks made by fifty companies from several different countries. There is no other work available that provides nearly the coverage of this excellent reference. This book not only covers the general description of the various pieces but also provides the technical information necessary to allow the collector to be thoroughly informed prior to making a purchase. More importantly, the subtle di... $59.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Marine and Pocket Chronometers by Hans von Bertele - 0887403034 CHRONOMETERS - Marine and pocket chronometers, pocket watches with tourbillons or carousels form, in the large family of clocks, a small group of very precisely running timepieces with little sensitivity to external influences, such as variations in temperature. Author, Hanes von Bertele, explores the fascinating development and history of the chronometer. biographies of the important manufactures are provided, and reports on the great voyages of discovery in the 18th Century that pro... $96.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Maryland Clockmakers by James Whisker - 0773486304 Co-written by James Whisker, Daniel Hartzler, & Steven Petrucelli Maryland Clockmakers is divided into two sections: a 104-page biographical list of Clockmakers and Allied Craftsmen, and 135 pages of clocks including 281 plates. An excerpt from the book: Fairs, Charles ( -1801) clock and watchmaker. 1793-1801 Annapolis, Maryland. Charles was a son of watchmaker William Faris and husband of Priscilla [American and Commercial Daily Advertiser, 15 July 1807; Maryland Gazetter, ... $59.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Moon Mechanisms: A Restorer's Guide by Peter Grimwood - 9780955133602 Moon Mechanisms is the only restoration guide in print that deals exclusively with moon mechanisms. Detailed explanations and diagrams of the moon mechanisms found on brass and painted dials of the type that make up the vast majority of longcase clocks in private homes are provided. The material for this book is drawn from the notes, sketches and photographs used to record the different mechanisms that passed through author Peter Grimwold's workshop. Details of the underdial work for associat... $32.50     View Details Add To Cart
	More Clock Decorating Stencils of Mid-19th Century Connecticut - PUB259 William B. Fenn (1813-1890) had a sizable business producing and supplying decorative stenciled clock case components and reverse decorated glass tablets for clocks between 1840 and 1863. He was a major supplier of ornamental clock glasses to many manufacturing firms in Plymouth, Bristol, and the surrounding towns. Among his customers were the firms of Seth Thomas, Silas Hoadley, H. Welton & Co., Terry & Andrews, J.C. Brown, Brewster and Ingrahams, and many more. This book is a replication of... $9.89     View Details Add To Cart
	Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks by Derek Roberts - 0764308734 Since the 13th century, a few special public clocks have included the movement of the sun, moon, earth and other planets, and from those early days Jacks were devised as human figures which actually "struck" the hours. Soon thereafter, automata appeared as mechanical figures that performed many and various acts, such as the four knights on horseback who joust on the hour at the Wells Cathedral in England. Over 300 clocks, for buildings or tabletops, which do far more than tell time, are prese... $108.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Novelties and New Designs F. Kroeber Catalog 1870 - PUB81 Novelties and New Designs is a 1987 reprint of the 1870 catalog of clocks offered by F. Kroeber. Mostly clocks made of ebony and some of walnut of various styles. $4.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Practical Clock Escapements by Laurie Penman - 095232704X The escapement may be said to be the heart of a clock and a good escapement is essential for consistent timekeeping and reliability. Escapements take many forms, from the crownwheel and verge used since medieval times to highly sophisticated escapements used in precision regulator clocks and chronometers. With over 400 line drawings Practical Clock Escapements takes the reader step-by-step through the various operations in making or repairing escapements, with recommendations on the m... $34.50     View Details Add To Cart

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