Gustav Becker clocks Hardcover book - 8 1/2 x 11 - 248 pages with 2000 Price Update. The Gustav Becker crown and anchor trademark is now quite familiar to clock enthusiasts. Usually shown on the dial, and virtually always on the movement, this mark assures a potential owner that the clock or timepiece was well made, with strong attention to quality. This volume demonstrates the great variety of clocks (and a few watches) manufactured by Gustav Becker. The clear pictures and current value estimates will be useful to
 

Vienna Regulator Clocks Hardcover book with valuable price guide. 180 pages, 348 plus pictures. Great reference book. This range of clocks used to be considered the common, household clock which many people recognized but for which little documentation was available. Rick Ortenburger now presents the book that will fill this void. Vienna regulator clocks were first produced in Vienna, Austria about 1780 and then became a familiar style made also elsewhere in the German-speaking world. Included are early, transitional, serpentine, altdeutsch, Baroque, and factory-made types from 1780 until about 1930, of one, two, and three-weight movements. The author has done his own research in Europe and America in both German and English so he is able to present much original information in a pleasing format for the average reader. His brief, factual text, supported by good photographs, useful in identifying the period of manufacture, may be the book's most useful feature to the serious collector. Her fully explains the production of Gustav Becker, Junghaus, HAC, Lenzkirch and competitive factories whose products are still on the market and well within the financial means of the vast majority of clock enthusiasts. He also covers many rare and exotic regulators such as long-duration clocks and variations from the norm.
 

Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers - 7th Edition by Britten's A Historical and Descriptive Account of the Different Styles of Clocks and Watches of the Past in England and Abroad, Containing a List of Nearly Fourteen Thousand Makers. Seventh Edition. Bonanza Books: N.Y., (after) 1956. Quarto, cloth-backed boards, in a dust wrapper. 518 pages, indexed and illustrated.

A standard and essential reference for anyone interested in the history of clocks and watches. "Beginning with early time recorders, the work moves on to detail weight clocks, portable timekeepers, pocket watches, French clocks and cases, the progression of English domestic clocks, and the mechanism of clocks and watches, to a final section, being a comprehensive list, from many sources, of former clock and watch makers.

 

The American Clock 1725-1865 by E. Battison & P. Kane Rare Book Greenwich; New York Graphic Society: 1973. Fifty outstanding examples of American clockmaking, described and illustrated by the Curator of Horology at the Smithsonian and the Curator of the Garvan Collection at Yale. The examples include tall case, shelf and wall clocks, from one of the greatest public collections in America. The innards, in many cases, are illustrated right there along with the outards... Hardcover. 9.5"x10.5", 207 pages, b/w illustrations;
 

Spring-driven Dutch Pendulum Clocks 1657-1710 by Dr. R. Pomp Schiedam., 1979. or.cloth. 251 p. With a lot of illustractions. You will find color and black and white. ---

This book concist of three parts.

In Part 1 the historical development is described. This part includes a chapter on earley French pendulum clocks; no other foreign clocks reveal so strikingly their descent from the first Dutch pendulum clocks.

Part II presents in alphabetical order of their malers' names, documentation on and reproductions of 134 Dutch clocks.

Part III, the shortest part; is an attempt to develop and objective dating system for Hague clocks. For a dealer, connoisseur, or a colector. Buyer to pay shipping and handling of $5.00
 

Precision Pendulum Clocks by Derek Roberts - NEW The incredible story of how leading clockmakers, primarily of England, struggled to control accurate timekeeping for over 300 years. A thorough yet concise text is accompanied by nearly 1,000 photographs of clocks which demonstrate each fascinating development. Georgian, Regency, and Victorian advances are shown to have contributed to the eventual success of accurately measuring time, that is so crucial to the success of today’s highly integrated society.


 

New Haven Clock Co. Original Catalog dated 1880 This catalog is in good plus condition. I would rate it a 8.5. It needs minor additional cleaning. The front cover has some minor dirt. The back cover has some minor dirt and plus one of the corners has a crease in it. The interior has some minor dirt. It is 9.75 x 6.5. There are 71 pages. Contents: illustrations of wall, shelf, alarm, regulator, calendar, O.G., lever clocks. There are no prices. There are two extra sheets showing a Scribe clock and a carriage clock ( The Pilgrim - Check photo). The carriage clock piece has color high lights.

 

Viennese Clockmakers and what they left us by Claterbos - Rare Book Rare Book - Viennese Clockmakers and what they tell - by Claterbos - This is a rare book on Vienna clockmakers written by F. H. van Claterbos and published by Interbook International in 1979.

CLATERBROS (F.H. van Weijdom):
Viennese Clockmakers and what they left us
336 pages, 82 figs, 1979. The first 112 pages chart the development of Viennese clocks from 1683 to about 1870; the remainder is a very useful and detailed list of Viennese clockmakers.


During WWII, the author, a pilot in the Royal Netherlands Navy, commanding long range flying boats, took an interest in clocks when during this period lives depended on knowledge of the exact time. Much later, the author became fascinated by the Vienna regulators, of which the gut strings and weights to him almost radiated precision. Searching for literature on these clocks, he found none, but noticed that in Vienna oral information is available if one knows his way.



The main purpose of this book is to present the existing information about Viennese clockmakers in an easy accesible manner. The book includes a dictionary in which English translations can be found for the words used in the orgininal German tests. Most illustrations have been photographed by the author.


 

Continental and American Skeleton Clocks Continental and American Skeleton Clocks by Derek Roberts - ISBN: 0887401821 Size: 9'' x 12'' - Illustrations: 398 illustrations - Pages: 245 - <p> <p> Book Description: The skeleton clock probably is the most fascinating of all clocks. It displays, by means of its fretted-out frame and lack of any protective case other than a glass dome, its inner-most workings. Therefore, this type of clock attracted the attention of some of the finest makers, particularly those working in France from circa 1760-1860 as it enabled them to display their skills so completely. It was for the same reason that it was popular with their wealthy clients, who could show off their latest acquisitions so perfectly. <p> A typical example of this is an amazing clock made by Sarton for the Duke of Lorraine, the dial of which swings to and fro so that wherever you are sitting in the room you can see it clearly. Other examples are the glass-plated clocks which apparently have no frame and often go for six months at a single winding, and clocks which show not only the time but also such things as day, date, month, moons, age and phases, sunrise and sunset, the time in other world locations, and even the equation of time(i.e. the difference between the sun's and our time). Many of these are more than clocks-they are great works of art. Numerous examples, including the products of countries such as France, Holland, Austria, and America are included and fully illustrated, frequently in color, in this book. There is a chapter on modern skeleton clocks that shows that fine clockmaking still is very much alive and well. The fascinating information on skeleton clocks made in America is the first full account to be published in over a decade.
 

Watches by Cecil Clutton and George Daniels I am happy to offer this great book on watches. The 597 illustrations have been planned to cover all the important and many less important types of watch, and are about equally divided between their exteriors and interiors.<p> <p> The reader may be surprised not to find more line-drawings of escapements, but the authors decided on the bold step of replacing these by large-scale photographs of the escapements, separately mounted, which they believe will give a better idea of the mechanism." WATCHES by Cecil Clutton and George Daniels, The Viking Press, NY, 1965 First Edition. "The historical section of the book gives equal importance to the decorative and mechanical aspect of watches, presented in a way which will appeal to a wide range of readers; and it cover their whole history from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-twentieth century. But whereas the previous generation of collectors was most interested in decorative verge watches, the trend today is towards the precision watch, especially of the 1780-1830 period. While the earlier periods have by no means been neglected, it is in the later ones that the reader will find most that is likely to be new to him. For the growing class of technical-minded collectors, the technical section of the book seeks to five an insight into the minds of the great makers of the past in a way that perhaps has never been attempted before, by its critical approach to the various escapements." <p> <p> This authentic and comprehensive book is in-depth and will certainly satisfy the collector, dealer, or historian of antique watches. <p> <p> 9.1" x 12" hardback with dust cover in very good+ condition. 159 pages plus 621 black-and-white photographs in separate chapter.
 

European Clocks, 1550-1830 - A Selection from the Bliss Collection THE MUSEUM, New Series - Volume 20, Number 1 - Winter 1968. Published by the Newark Museum (softcover pamphlet with black & white illustrations - approx. 25 pages).
 

American Clocks - Volume 3 by Tran Duy Ly The long awaited American Clocks, Volume 3, will give you answers found in no other publication. While American Clocks, Volumes 1 and 2, are the mainstay references needed for most collectors, Tran Duy Ly finally fills the information gap with American Clocks, Volume 3. Now you will have access to hard to find information about Beehive, Column & Cornice, Column & Splat, Connecticut Shelf, Cottage, Mirror, Ogee & Bevel, Pillar & Scroll, Steeple, Torsion Pendulum, Wagon Spring and other clock types. Looking at a Lux Pendulette? Got you covered. Ball Watch Company Clock? Just check in the index. Photos of clocks as well as details of their movements are provided. You will find prices that you can rely upon, for the clocks that are the most elusive to buy or sell, without feeling that you are on your own and waking in the middle of the night with buyer or seller remorse.
 

Ingraham Clocks and Watches book by T. D. Luy <b>Ingraham Clocks & Watches by Tran Duy Ly</b><p> Ingraham Clocks & Watchesby Tran Duy LyWith a Special Section on Early Ingraham Clocksby Thomas J. SpittlerPublished 1998 byArlington Book Company, Inc. Hardcover book with 384 pages – 8 1/2 x 11 and 1269 quality illustrations and photographs.Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 1999 Price Update . <b>Outstanding book that encompasses all of the improvements Tran Duy Ly has learned over his years of writing and publishing identification and price guides. No longer is he simply publishing identification guides - these separate, supplementary guides, updated frequently, will provide values for those interested in that - but books which will serve as reference books for years to come. </b><p><b>In this volume, Ly draws on noted horological historians and writers to enhance the text. Chris Bailey and Thomas Spittler contribute important historical sections. The book begins with a thirteen-page section of introductory material of important tips for collecting clocks and watches that will be of interest to those just beginning to collect. Chris Bailey's twenty-page history, "The Ingrahams and their Clockmaking Firms," follows. Bailey, an expert on Ingraham history, provides an excellent brief account which is supplemented with numerous photographs showing the factory at various times as well as the products of the company. A listing of references for further reading; a list of Elias Ingraham's patents, and a detailed chronology of the history of the company are included. Tom Spittler's forty-four page history of, "Early Ingraham Clocks," gives the history of pre1860 Ingraham products made by the various Ingraham firms. Actual photographs of rare, early clocks illustrate the text. </b><p><b>Of great importance is that not only are the clocks shown but their movements and labels are included as well. These two sections alone make the book an excellent value and the principal body of the text remains. Much of the remainder of the text consists of reproductions of Ingraham catalog illustrations, grouped by clock types, concluding with a section on Ingraham pocket and wristwatches. As with other Ly books, these catalog reproductions are supplemented by photographs of actual clocks and their movements. </b><p><b>Almost hidden in the middle of the book is a ten-page section that is worth the cost of the book to those collecting American black mantel clocks, as many newer NAWCC members do. This ten page section, written by Chris Bailey, begins with a brief history of Ingraham black mantel clocks, and lists all the black mantel clocks made by Ingraham in alphabetical order by model name. For each model, the year it was introduced is given as well as the last year it was offered, along with the original cost. Also included are additional comments indicating, for example, when different case decorations existed for one model. </b><p><b>A thirteen-page section on watches illustrates pocket and wristwatches made between 1915-1955. The detailed index that one has come to expect in a Ly book, and therefore takes for granted, concludes the volume. </b><p>
 

MYSTERY, NOVELTY & FANTASY CLOCKS BY DEREK ROBERTS MYSTERY, NOVELTY AND FANTASY CLOCKS BY DEREK ROBERTS. PUBLISHED IN 1999 BY SCHIFFER BOOKS FOR COLLECTORS. HARDCOVER BOOKS WITH 288 PAGES. WONDERFUL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS. AUTHOR DEREK ROBERTS HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN HOROLOGY FOR OVER 30 YEARS, RUNNING A RENOWNED BUSINESS IN LONDON. YOU WILL FIND OVER 300 CLOCKS, FOR BUILDINGS OR TABLETOPS WHICH DO FAR MORE THAN TELL TIME. 22 CHAPTERS EXAMINE THE AMAZING MYSTERY, NOVELTY AND FANTASY CLOCKS THAT DISPLAY MAGICAL ACTS. GREAT REFERENCE BOOK. BUYER TO PAY SHIPPING AND HANDLING FEE OF $5.50 IN CONTINENTAL USA. I ACCEPT CHECK, MONEY ORDER, VISA AND MASTERCARD THROUGH PAYPAL.COM.
 

Session Clocks by Tran Duy Ly Hardocover 8 1⁄2" x 11 - 336 pages. 843 illustrations and photographs. Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2002 Price Update. With Sessions Clocks, Tran Duy Ly’s monumental task of documenting the production and history of the eight giants of the Connecticut clock industry is now complete. Starting with Seth Thomas Clocks and Movements, over 15 years ago, and finishing with the last of the major Connecticut firms, Sessions. Sessions Clocks is a concise reference for this 20th century clock company and its products. “Important Tips” is an invaluable review of the “need to know” details that are necessary for collecting and evaluating clocks. The history of the Sessions Clock Company, provided by Chris Bailey, provides a well-written synopsis of the company from its early roots until today. Production totals by year and model are included as well as actual photographs of the Sessions factory. Collectors often ask for information about their clock and the company that manufactured it. The inclusion of this well-written history will be a valuable resource. The main text of Sessions Clocks is a comprehensive collection of the clocks produced by the Sessions company. Tran Duy Ly has organized the various types of clocks into distinctive sections, to include; alarm clocks, automobile clocks, banjo clocks, calendar clocks, hanging clocks, leather cases, longcase clocks, a variety of mantel clocks by case type, mission clocks, novelty clocks, and side pieces. The illustrations are clear and in a trade catalog format with a written description of the clock along with the date of production. An important aspect of this book is the inclusion of illustrations of the electric clocks that are available in each category. These illustrations include detailed diagrams of the electric movements along with other technical details that will be a tremendous help to repairers as well as being informative to the collector. In addition to all of the fabulous information, the inclusion of his up-to-date price guide makes Session Clocks a must for any collector or clock enthusiast.