Horological Titles
The American Pocket Watch
Antique British Clocks: A Buyer’s Guide
The Carriage Clock: A Repair and Restoration Manual
Brian Loomes
Laurie Penman
Loomes concentrates on important background information for the novice, including distinguishing between the genuine and the fake, and between the good and the mediocre, as well as how to recognize those factors which represent quality. The guide examines aspects that influence price, where to buy (auctions or dealers), researching makers and styles, and ‘investment’ ideas, as well as restoration principles.
Over 220 detailed and accurate drawings display the operation of the more complex parts and the text describes symptoms, faults and corrections of each type of movement in turn, with other chapters on tools, major repair techniques, cleaning, maintenance and a list of suppliers of materials. Also included are eighteen colour photographs showing a selection of clocks and their movements.
978-0-7198-1041-1 £15.99 216 x 138 mm (h/b) 128pp
978-0-7090-4611-0 £27.50 234 x 156 mm (h/b) 224pp
978-0-7198-0310-9 £29.50 234 x 156 mm (h/b) 352pp
Chronometer Makers of the World
Clock and Watch Escapements
Clock and Watch Repairing
Tony Mercer
W.J. Gazeley
Donald de Carle
For many years Tony Mercer, grandson of the most enduring English maker, has studied and collected a huge amount of information about these remarkable instruments that enabled explorers and the Royal Navy to map the world, the Navy to police it, and merchant venturers to sail in relative safety.
W.J. Gazeley’s Clock and Watch Escapements is widely regarded as a classic horological text. Basing the book on a lifetime’s experience in the clock and watch-making trade, the author provides detailed instructions for making all types of escapements and for the location and correction of faults.
This highly illustrated volume forms a stepby-step instruction manual on the repair of mechanical clocks and watches. Donald de Carle was a Fellow of the British Horological Institute and the author of many standard works on horology; his writings are based on years of practical experience.
978-0-7198-0340-6 £42.00 216 x 138 mm (h/b) 320pp
978-0-7090-4738-4 £27.00 216 x 138 mm (h/b) 304pp
978-0-7198-0380-2 £19.99 216 x 138 mm (p/b) 320pp
Christopher Barrow The Pocket Watch and The Verge Pocket Watch, and now this concise and beautifully illustrated step-by-step guide to the intricacies of American models will allow the enthusiastic amateur to rescue an old watch and perhaps pass it on to the next generation in full working order.
Complicated Watches and Their Repair
The French Marble Clock
The Pocket Watch
Nicolas M. Thorpe
Christopher Barrow
Donald de Carle
The French Marble Clock is the original and standard book on the subject, written by Nicolas Thorpe who is an enthusiastic collector. The opening chapters reveal the history of the marble clock along with new information about its origins and makers.
In this new and revised edition of The Pocket Watch, Christopher Barrow aims to equip the reader with a sound basic knowledge not just of the processes but also all the tools and materials, as well as their sources, that are involved in successful pocket watch repair.
978-0-7198-0090-0 £18.50 216 x 138 mm (h/b) 192pp
978-0-7198-0230-0 £45.00 244 x 172 mm (h/b) 288pp
978-0-7198-0390-1 £18.99 216 x 138 mm (h/b) 192pp
Practical Clock Repairing
Practical Watch Adjusting
Practical Watch Repairing
Donald de Carle
Donald de Carle
Donald de Carle
In this book the author has dealt with the usual faults likely to develop in each type of movement in general use; from the lordly grandfather to the humble alarm. All the tools and equipment are described and illustrated, together with the ways of using them. Over 400 line drawings are used throughout and the reader is left in no doubt of what she is asked to do in following the author’s clearly written technical and practical instructions.
‘The many craftsmen who are already familiar with Mr de Carle’s earlier work, Practical Watch Repairing, will note a great similarity in the attitude of mind behind both books, and, indeed, this latest volume is, to some extent, a companion and a follow-on from the previous book, for it carries the reader into what is, undoubtedly, the most exacting and skilful aspect of all work on watches.’ Horological Review.
Practical Watch Repairing describes the theories and processes of repairing and adjusting the modern watch in precise and meticulous detail: a thing which has never been done so completely before in the many books on the same subject. It takes 300 pages containing twenty-four chapters, two appendices and 553 illustrations. The fine draughtsmanship and accurate technical detail of the illustrations set a new standard.
978-0-7198-0000-9 £18.99 216 x 138 mm (h/b) 256pp
978-0-7198-0050-4 £17.50 216 x 138 mm (h/b) 160pp
978-0-7198-0030-6 £18.99 216 x 138 mm (h/b) 336pp
This book deals with complicated work essentially from the repairer’s point of view. The action of each mechanism is briefly and clearly described because understanding this is essential to proper servicing, repair and testing for functioning. Dismantling and assembly instructions are given, as well as oiling charts and – most important – hints on fault-finding and their rectification. Another essential feature of the book is that it deals with all complicated work – from the relatively simple automatic to the triplecomplicated watch with chronograph, calendar and repeater work, and the very complicated clock watch.
Horological Titles
Repairing Old Clocks & Watches
Restoring Grandfather Clocks
The Verge Pocket Watch
Anthony J. Whiten
Brian Loomes
Tony Mercer
The book is illustrated with over 270 line drawings created to the author’s specification. These range from step-by-step demonstrations of how to do things, to diagrams of movements identifying each part and its position in the movement – a great help at the ‘gulp and shut the case’ stage.
This comprehensive book covers repair and restoration of these attractive and often valuable antiques, including their casework. The first part outlines how to clean and service the clock ‘works’ and also how to refurbish the dial, while in the second part restoration or casework, both structural repairs and finishing, is considered. The illustrations are of two actual clocks (one eight-day and one thirty-hour) and work proceeding on them. The last part of the book sketches common variations from these particular examples.
Following the success of The Pocket Watch, which has helped many people rescue old watches from the drawers in which they have languished, sometimes for years, Chris Barrow has produced another clear and concise guide, aimed again at the enthusiastic amateur. This book combines a fascinating history of the development of the verge pocket watch with a comprehensive step-by-step guide to cleaning and repairing a variety of English and Continental verge movements.
978-0-7198-0190-7 £20.00 216 x 138 mm (h/b) 288pp
978-0-7198-0270-6 £27.00 234 x 156 mm (h/b) 240pp
978-0-7198-0400-7 £17.99 216 x 138 mm (h/b) 172pp
Watch and Clock Encyclopedia
Watch and Clock Making and Repairing
Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World
Donald de Carle
Donald de Carle
The book opens with a description of the various tools and materials essential for good work; details are then given concerning the construction and repair of the various types of movement, trains, motion work and gearing, the various forms of escapement, keyless mechanisms, balances and balance springs, pendulums, striking and repeating mechanisms, calendars, chronograph work and chronometers. The subject of cleaning is given careful consideration, while filing and turning, the two most important operations in watch and clock making, are given special attention.
First compiled in 1929 as a pioneer work by the late G.H. Baillie, this directory of watchmakers and clockmakers of the past soon established itself as the standard reference source and has been used ever since by watchmakers and clockmakers, collectors, dealers, museums, historians and libraries the world over.
978-0-7090-4995-1 £27.00 216 x 138 mm (h/b) 432pp
978-0-7198-0330-7 £50.00 216 x 138 mm (h/b) 888pp
W.J. Gazeley Now in its third edition, De Carle’s encyclopedia is still the definitive practical reference book on clocks and watches. The book has an immense amount of knowledge compressed into an easily understood form. There are over 3,000 alphabetical entries providing antiquarian as well as technical and professional information. Over one-third of the entries are illustrated, and nearly all of the line drawings are the work of the late Arthur Ayres FBHI.
978-0-7198-0170-9 £21.99 234 x 156 mm (h/b) 330pp
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