European Pendulum Clocks by Klaus Maurice Hardcover book published by Schiffer Publishing and written by Klaus Maurice and Peter Heuer. You will find nearly 450 beautiful pictures of pendulum clocks from France, Holland, Scandinavia and Germian speaking country. This volume studies, in chronological order, three types of large clocks-wall, cabinet and free-standing, with particular attention to clocks from France, England, Holland, Scandinavia and the German-speaking countries. The emphasis is on French clocks due to recent great interest in the trade of these among collectors. The English clocks, still favored by a large group of collectors, are strongly represented here and there are several beautiful examples from Holland. The German speaking area, including Austria, Germany, and Switzerland are also well represented especially with clocks from south Germany-a delight for lovers and collectors of the Baroque and Rocco clocks. European Pendulum Clocks is essential for the collector of clocks, dealers, auction houses, museums, and anyone awed by the beauty and craftsmanship of these fascinating timepieces.
 

Carriage and Other Traveling Clocks Hardcover books published by Schiffer Books and written by Derek Roberts. 685+ photos, 368 pages. The beauty of carriage clocks and their accompanying cases is an integral part of their design, but one aspect-their intricate movements-also displays solutions to mechanical problems that only the genius designer could solve. In this major new work by an expert clock historian and restorer, the reader will find over 400 exquisite color and 285 black-and-white photographs of hundreds of traveling clocks, as well as the explanations of all the major designers' work from the 17th century forward. Special chapters present the work of noted clockmakers Breguet, Garnier, Vulliamy, Cole, Frodsham, McCabe, Dent, white and more. Swiss, Austrian, French, English, and a few American traveling clocks are included. Since these clocks were technically advanced, scientific instruments of their day, they first were made for royal and wealthy patrons with the finest gilt, porcelain enamel, and jeweled materials. The book displays these fantastically beautiful works of art-miniature clocks as well as full-size ones-and more common popular styles available today.
 

British Longcase Clocks Hardcover book published by Schiffer Publishing and written by Derek Roberts. Over 300 pictures, 400 pages. Great Reference book. The longcase clock has been a part of the Englishman's home for some 300 years and has gained a place in his heart seldom if every achieved by any other domestic item. An example of its importance in family life is that it, with the bed and the house, was nearly always mentioned specifically in the will." In Derek Roberts's important new book, readers find a wealth of valuable information detailing the British origins, evolution, and wide range of longcase clocks that have been produced since the sixteenth century. In twenty chapters Mr. Roberts provides a detailed overview of many facets of these beautiful and useful art works, including early square dial, rare, astronomical and equation clocks, walnut breakarch longcase clocks (and those in other woods), and thirty-hour clocks. Other chapters detail various dial and decoration forms, precision timekeeping, important makers, and clocks of the Victorian and Edwardian eras right up to modern times. A glossary of terms and lengthy index of makers are included. In British Longcase Clocks, Mr. Roberts share his wealth of knowledge enthusiastically and presents over 300 black and white and full-color photographs of details and whole clocks. His book will interest clock owners and all who love fine furniture.
 

Automatic Wristwatches from Germany, England, Automatic Wristwatches from Germany, England, France, Japan, Russia and the USA. Hardcover book published by Schiffer books and written by Heinz Hampel. 400 pictures, 216 pages with valuable Price guide. This book is long overdue documentation on automatic wristwatches from countries other than Switzerland. These watches were always considered superior micro-mechanical products and posed a challenge to technicians. It was only a question of time, before the collectors' interest in these watches expanded from Swiss watches to those of other origins. A total of 123 watches are illustrated in three different views and are described in detail.
 

Automatic Wriswatches from Switzerland: Automatic Wristwatches from Switzerland: Hardcover book published by Schiffer Publishing and written by Heinz Hampel. 500+ photos, current price guide. An exciting area of collecting for clock and watch enthusiasts is literally opened up with this book. On the outside the automatic wristwatch is like its counterpart, but once the case is opened a different world appears. Here 200 watches are shown, each with three photos to show the dial, and the complete and partly disassembled movement. The book introduces all the Swiss manufacturers and provides an historical overview of the development of automatic watches from 1926 to 1978. Information on the functioning mechanism and construction of each design is offered along with the data needed to locate the watches chronologically. .
 

American Wristwatches: Five Decades of Style Hardcover book - Revised 2nd Edition. by Edward Faber & Stewart Unger. 710 pictures and 272 pages. Introduced into a skeptical American marketplace early in the twentieth century, the wristwatch soon caught the consumer's imagination. It was not long before American watch manufacturers adopted the form and brought their ingenuity and creativity to bear on the style and design of the wristwatch. Fifty years of innovation and beauty follow, and this beautiful book brings you the story in word and picture. Illustrated with over 600 full color pictures, the authors have traced the history of the American wristwatch. Their original research brings life to some of the persons who influenced its development. Design periods are defined and the watches they engendered are amply illustrated giving the reader knowledge that is valuable, both for the appreciation and the collecting of these wristwatches.
 

American Shelf and Wall Clocks by R. Ball This is a 2nd Revised edition by Robert W. D. Ball. You will find over 1250 American shelf clocks. The book comes with updated price guide. Hardcover book - 272 pages. This historical overview of the various styles of American shelf and wall clocks covers the centuries and gives visual pleasure every step of the way. The original owners of these clocks were interested as much in how they looked as in how they told time, so they are quite attractive and are good examples of the cabinet maker's art. The collector can acquire the majority of these beautiful clocks at relatively fair and modest prices, which makes them popular. Gathered from auction houses, museums, and private collections, over 1250 clocks are illustrated here in this newly revised and expanded second edition. Approximately one-third of the photographs are in color, with the remainder in clear black and white. Each is accompanied by an informative caption that will be great help to the reader. A newly updated value guide will be of invaluable assistance to the collector. In illustrating the early growth of the clock making industry in the United States, Mr. Ball has captured an important part of our history.
 

Black Forest Clock by Rick Ortengurger This is a hardcover book (300 pages) published in 1991 by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. The art of tracking time has been evidenced for over 300 years in the Black Forest area of Germany. Cuckoo and singing bird clocks, early glass bell, trumpeter, Jockele, animation, and picture frame clocks all have in the Black Forest area by skilled clockmakers who have transformed the function of time into a true form of art through their clocks.Rick Ortenburger's important new study traces the development of this fascinating Black Forest clock industry between about 1700 and 1930. He provides useful information that will meet the collectors' need and increase the appreciation of the beautiful craft these clocks represent. Photographs in color and black and white of 600 different examples make the industry's evolution from early cottage farm houses to the later development of factories come to life.
 

Longcase Clocks and Standing Regulators by Ly This book contains 504 pages - 8 1/2" x 11" - 1150 quality illustrations and photographs. Smyth sewn hardbound on high gloss enamel text with 2000 Price . The book, Long Case Clocks and Standing Regulators, Part 1, will surely be the most important reference available anywhere. Long Case Clocks and Standing Regulators takes the serious collector and investor through hundreds of clocks made by no less than fifty precision companies from several different countries. There is no other work available that provides nearly the coverage of this excellent reference. The volume begins with a well written and complete list of important buying tips by Thomas Spittler, a recognized authority on European and American long case clocks. He covers important questions and considerations that one should familiarize themselves with before purchasing one of these clocks. 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 differences that make some clocks more desirable and thus more valuable are well presented. On the other hand, clocks by the well known companies such as E. Howard, Seth Thomas and Colonial are covered in complete detail. Many of their models are in no other reference. In reading through this book, one realizes that Mr. Ly has composed the most complete and comprehensive reference on these clocks. It is evident that he has spent hundreds of hours researching collections and horological literature to obtain the massive amount of information necessary for this very complete work. While going through the 504 pages one soon realizes that the machine made, factory produced long case clocks and regulators were produced in vast numbers in both America and Europe, thus, one may find them now in the most unlikely places. Long Case Clocks and Standing Regulators serves as the clock collector's best new, indispensable companion in finding and understanding these splendid clocks. Serious collectors, dealers and restorers are fortunate that Tran Duy Ly has taken the lead in horological reference books.
 

French Clocks & Bronzes Cuckoos & Regulators French Clocks and Bronzes, Cuckoo and Vienna Regulators - Imported by F. Kroeber Clock Co. 1887-1888. Contains: Marble Clocks, Bronze Figures and Statuettes, Gilt Clocks, Gilt and Alabaster Clocks, Cuckoo Clocks, Trumpeter Clocks, Vienna Regulators and Mechanical Clocks, Etc… This interesting book is an unabridged republication of Kroeber's 1887-1888 catalog of imported clocks and statues, complete with original prices and a Price Update by Tran Duy Ly. This book not only belongs in any collection of Kroeber material, but also every French and European clock collector's library. With 2001 Price Update.
 

American Clocks Volume 2 by Tran Duy Ly The book contains 336 pages - 8 1/2 x 11 – with 1032 illustrations of original clock catalog. Smyth sewn hardbound with 2000 price update. The 336 pages and their 1000 plus illustrations are all from original factory catalogues. This will aid the buyer in discovering whether the offered clock is all original, or, carelessly or even cleverly altered from its original exact appearance.This new addition to American Clocks contains clocks none of which appear in Volume 1. In addition, it contains 152 illustrations of Chelsea clocks alone, most of which have not been included in prior publications.The section on New Haven has 48 eye-appealing figured and novelty models while Ansonia's 83 rarer porcelain clocks are those which it is claimed, have not been shown elsewhere.Electrically - wound clocks from Poole, Landis, Sempire and E. Howard as well as clocks from the United States (electric) Clock Company of Hudson St., New York and Prentiss are included among other clocks by these makers whose positions in this book are in alphabetical order. There are also a few battery alarm clocks by Darche and night-light clocks by Gilbert.Volume 1 of American Clocks pictured 87 Howard models. In this new companion book, there are 63 additional clocks illustrated in fine detail.There is a special section on self winding clocks, commencing with the history of the company and followed by 19 pages of invaluable repair and adjustment procedures, followed by another 89 pages depicting 135 models with illustrations of movements, dials, pendulums, hands and accessories. The clocks of the Self Winding Clock Company were considered the most reliable self winding, self-correcting timepieces. Their accuracy was assured by The Western Union Telegraph Company's hook-up to the time period signals of the U.S. Naval Observatory. The writer is familiar with this company, having taught watch and clockmaking just a few street blocks away and was called upon by them during the wars years for consulting on special governmental projects. This portion of volume 2 is, without question, the most complete treatise on Self-Winding available anywhere.Examining the page of acknowledgments with its 39 named experts who have contributed to this edition is like comparing it to a "Who's Who" in the collecting community.Generally, the preface of a book introduces the reader to its contents. It also serves as guidance so the reader may best profit from its contents. This writer can do no better than to urge the reader to study pages 8 through 12, "IMPORTANT TIPS."
 

American Clocks - Volume 1 by Tran Duy Ly Tran Duy Ly American Clocks, Volume I Arlington Book Company 1999 Pictorial 11"x 9" hardback plus separate 2000 price up-date. Black/white illustrations from manufacturers' original catalogs, including descriptions, specifications and cost from Ansonia to Welch, from 30 hour spring driven to pin wheel weight move ments to self-winding clocks in a carefully arranged guide where clocks can be found easily and quickly. 320 pages, index. Price up-date has original printing cover scrubbed.
 

Calendar Clocks by Tran Duy Ly Calendar Clocks by Tran Duy Ly</b><p> This 360 page volume (hard back) covers 51 manufacturers and inventors listed including: Ansonia, Atkins, Boardman, Elias Burwell, Carter, Franklin & Morse, Feishtinger, Gale, Gilbert, Hubbell, Ingraham, Ithaca, Jerome and New Haven, Kroeber, B. B. Lewis, Macomb, Maranville, Parker, Prentiss, Seem, Sessions, Seth Thomas, Terry, Waterbury and Welch. There are 41 pages devoted to the Ithaca Calendar Clock Company including a history of the company, directions for starting Ithaca spring clocks, directions for starting Ithaca weight clocks, and directions for correcting the Ithaca calendar if it should get displaced. This valuable information will be useful for many repairs and adjustments. Detailed photographs and drawings cover all aspects of Ithaca Calendar Clocks from the simple Farmer model to the rare Skeleton. There are detailed presentations on the 3 1/2 Parlor, the Melrose, and several other Ithaca models. Rare custom design cases and the Cornell floor calendar clock are shown for the first time in any book. Tran Duy Ly has made every effort to make this book serve as an accurate reference source for beginning through advanced collectors. He along with a panel of 54 leading national experts have carefully inspected every aspect of this text to insure the highest level of accuracy in pricing and authenticity of the clocks pictured in this book. Background information has been provided by Chris Bailey, a noted authority on American clock history and former curator of the American Clock and Watch Museum at Bristol, Connecticut, and James Baxter of Beech Grove, Indiana who has one of the most complete and exquisite calendar clock collections in America. There is also detailed information on important topics such as dials, labels, hands, reverse glass paintings, patent drawings and pendulums. <b>If you need to know about Calendar Clocks in general or need specific information as to pricing, originality and design, this latest reference book is a must for you. Periodic updates will also make this a permanent addition to your clock library.
 

Gustav Becker Clocks by Tran Duy Ly 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 potential purchasers or appraisers of Gustav Becker and similar German clocks. Equally important, the many views of movements, dials, hands, weights, gongs, and pendulums will help determine authenticity. The text is organized alphabetically by clock type, beginning with Alarm clocks. Regulators, both weight and spring powered, are to be found in the Hanging Clocks section. With this book, publisher and editor Tran Duy Ly continues his excellent program to provide educational and reliable clock reference and price guides. He, with the support of forty-two other experts nationwide, has made every effort to produce an accurate, informative reference for anyone interested in Gustav Becker clocks. Whether you are just beginning to collect, wish to know more about a clock which you already own, or simply enjoy having a good clock reference library, you need this book. Mr. Ly will also publish periodic updates of prices for every clock in this book so that this guide will never be outdated. Thus, this Gustav Becker book becomes an even better choice with time and allows the clock connoisseur to make more intelligent decisions when it comes to buying or selling.
 

New Haven Clocks & Watches by Tran Duy Ly American Clockmakers and Watchmakers With a Special Section on New Haven Movements. Published 1997 by Arlington Book. This book contains 520 pages - 8 1/2" x 11" - 2,220 quality illustrations and photographs Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2000 price uptdate. Tran Duy Ly has produced New Haven Clocks & Watches to complement his other books on Seth Thomas clocks, Waterbury clocks, Ansonia clocks and Welch clocks. Five firms combined to produce over 75% of the clocks manufactured in America. This exciting new volume on New Haven clocks is produced to the usual high standards of the Arlington Book Company. It contains an amazing 38 chapters and over 500 pages on different types of New Haven clocks and a supplementary price guide. The many views provided will help identify correct dials, hands, pendulums, weights, gongs, movements and trim. You will find 50 pages of movements and parts showing extremely clear and detailed illustrations of 61 New Haven movements are outstanding. Most of these pages show a front and rear view of the movements and for the first time I can recall, each movement part is clearly identified. For the repairman, these 50 pages alone are worth the price of the book. If you own a New Haven clock and wish to find out more about it, or if you deal in clocks and need to know up to date prices, or if you repair clocks and could use wonderful illustrations of New Haven movements, this is the book for you.