Mayet Morbier Comtoise – Birth and Life of a Legendary Clock
Veldhoven (L. van): Mayet Morbier Comtoise – Birth and Life of a Legendary Clock 351 pages, illustrated, 2014. An interesting new book about the origins and development of the Comtoise clock by the...
View ArticleMoon Watch Only – The Ultimate Omega Speedmaster Guide
Rossier (G.) & Marquié (A.): Moon Watch Only – The Ultimate Omega Speedmaster Guide 494 pages, over 1000 illustrations, 2014. A large, detailed and comprehensive book about all the models and...
View ArticleSports Watches – Aviator Watches, Diving watches, Chronographs
Haüssermann (M.): Sports Watches – Aviator Watches, Diving watches, Chronographs 144 pages, 254 colour illustrations, 2014. A well illustrated book on sports watches, tracing their evolution in the...
View ArticleMaskelyne: Astronomer Royal
Higgitt (R.) editor: Maskelyne: Astronomer Royal 328 pages, illustrated, 2014. Nevil Maskelyne (1732 – 1811) was a major figure in the worlds of British science and maritime exploration. This book...
View ArticleThe World’s Most Expensive Watches
Adams (A.): The World’s Most Expensive Watches 323 pages, 456 colour illustrations, 2014. This massive volume (3.5 kg and measuring 13½ x 11¼ x 1¼ inches (34 x 28½ x 3 cm)) opens with an explanation of...
View ArticleJost Bürgi, Kepler und der Kaiser: Uhrmacher, Instrumentenbauer, Astronom,...
Staudacher (F.): Jost , Kepler und der Kaiser: Uhrmacher, Instrumentenbauer, Astronom, Mathematiker (1552-1632) 293 pages, 244 illustrations, 2nd edition 2014. Bürgi was the most important clockmaker...
View ArticleHarrison
Betts (J.): Harrison 96 pages, over 60 illustrations, enlarged edition, reprinted 2014. An excellent book explaining the longitude problem and the life and work of John Harrison. Harrison’s early...
View ArticleSonnerie Souveraine – Grande Sonnerie
[F. P. Journe]: Sonnerie Souveraine – Grande Sonnerie 90 pages, illustrated, 2014. Watches striking grande sonnerie (the hours and quarters every quarter of an hour for more than 24 hours) are very...
View ArticleDerek Pratt FBHI Watchmaker 1938 – 2009
Treffry (T.) editor: Derek Pratt FBHI Watchmaker 1938 – 2009 New copy. 206 pages, illustrated, reprinted 2014. The proceedings of a Memorial seminar held at Upton hall in 2011 together with a...
View ArticleAntique Watch Restoration volume 2
Perkins (A.B.): Antique Watch Restoration volume 2 New copy. 282 pages, illustrated, 2015. The first book in this series was very well received. This second volume concentrates on setting jewels and...
View ArticleAn 8-day walnut longcase clock by William Webster, Exchange Alley, London c1730
An 8-day walnut longcase clock by William Webster, Exchange Alley, London c1730 ◾An 8-day walnut longcase clock signed on a silvered plaque to the dial centre Wm Webster Exchange Alley London. ◾The...
View ArticleMallory (S.R.): Clock and Watch Companies 1700′s – 2000′s
Mallory (S.R.): Clock and Watch Companies 1700′s – 2000′s NEW. 2 volumes, 398 and 478 pages, 2011. This work, is an excellent reference to the clock and watch companies in business over the last 300...
View ArticleMiller (J.J.): Rare and Unusual Black Forest Clocks
Miller (J.J.): Rare and Unusual Black Forest Clocks 304 pages, 721 colour illustrations, 2012. A well illustrated new book about the rarer and more unusual Black Forest clocks – small or musical or...
View ArticleOsterhausen (F. von): Wristwatch Chronometers – Mechanical Precision Watches...
Osterhausen (F. von): Wristwatch Chronometers – Mechanical Precision Watches and their Testing 211 pages, 289 illustrations, 1997. The first section of the book is a detailed account of chronometer...
View ArticleTrueb (L.F.), Ramm (G.) & Wenzig (P.): Electrifying the Wristwatch
Trueb (L.F.), Ramm (G.) & Wenzig (P.): Electrifying the Wristwatch 320 pages, 580 illustrations, 2013. The first part of the book is about electrical clocks and watches made between 1840 and 1970,...
View ArticleErmert (J.): Präzisionspendeluhren in Deutschland von 1730 bis 1940 Volume 3
Ermert (J.): Präzisionspendeluhren in Deutschland von 1730 bis 1940 Volume 3 Volume 3: 454 pages, 1094 illustrations (many in colour), 2013. This volume forms part 1 of the section on German precision...
View ArticleCzubernat (S.): Elgin Trench Watches of the Great War
Czubernat (S.): Elgin Trench Watches of the Great War New copy. 176 pages, 440 illustrations, 2015. The story of the wristwatches made by the Elgin National Watch Company that accompanied US Army...
View ArticleAndriesse (C.D.): Huygens: The Man Behind the Principle
Andriesse (C.D.): Huygens: The Man Behind the Principle New copy. 440 pages, 2005. The story of the great seventeenth-century Dutch mathematician and physicist Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), who...
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