CLOCK & BAROMETER BOOKS Kent Clocks And Clockmakers


Stretch America’s First Family of Clockmakers


Code C40585 Description


The Finest French Pendulum Clocks


The French Marble Clock UOM Price EACH £51.95


By Michael Pearson


The result of many years research, this book accounts for the work of some 1,200 Clock a watchmakers operating in and around Kent from earliest times to the late 19th century. Well illustrated with informative text. • 320 Pages


Code C9567 Description Kent Clocks And Clockmakers EACH


UOM Price £35.00


Practical Clock Repair By Donald De Carle


by Donald L. Fennimore & Frank L. Hohmann III


 Staffordshire born Stretch family of clockmakers who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1703 and played an  and Quaker communities. Initial essays discuss the family and the importance of their Quaker beliefs; time telling and the clockmaking community in pre 1750 Philadelphia; innovative mechanical advances made by the Stretches; and their notable civic and cultural contributions to the city


The catalogue section of the book features 84 of the 133 Peter, Thomas, and William Stretch clocks discovered during the course of the project, illustrating and fully describing both the cases and the works. The majority of the clocks, passed down through the generations and still in private collections, are being 


• 343 pages • 457 colour illustrations • 25.1 x 31.2cm • ISBN: 9780912724706


Code C40588 Description


Stretch America’s First Family of Clockmakers


By Donald De Carle


Over 425 line drawings compliment the detailed text concerning every task in cleaning, repairing and setting up of mechanical clocks. • 256 Pages


Code C6042 Description


Practical Clock Repair By Donald De Carle


UOM Price EACH £18.99 By Rick Ortenburger


 regulators from their 1780 Austrian origins, plus the cross border factory productions that popularised this type of wall clock.


Restoring Grandfather Clocks


Superlative rare examples, unusual ones, through to more common models abound on 170 pages brimming with photographs and fascinating provenance for each model. Much other related Vienna information is included. • Hardback


Code By Giacomo & Aurelie Wannenes By Eric & Brian Smith


These robustly built clocks are a pursuit of keen amateur restorers. Armed with this book and simple tools even dilapidated movements and cases can be redeemed. • 235 Pages


Code C8835 Description Restoring Grandfather Clocks EACH


UOM Price £25.00


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An illustrated history of French pendulum clocks, between the time of Louis XIV and the empire, through their stylistic evolution. This book allows the reader to distinguish between a real 18th century clock and a 19th century imitation, properly estimate its commercial value, identify its decoration and the quality of materials, the state of conservation, the rarity of the piece and its artistry.


• 416 pages • 305 colour illustrations • Hundreds of clocks analysed • Qualities and defects highlighted • 34.1 x 31.8cm • ISBN: 9788859610809


C9689 Description Vienna Regulator Clocks


UOM Price £33.50


EACH UOM Price EACH £39.75 By Nicholas M Thorpe


A guide for buyers, collectors and restorers with hints on dating and a list of makers.


Commonly known as black slate clocks. This is a journey through the design and manufacture of these well made clocks and represents an interesting blend 


• 277 Pages • 200 illustrations


Code C6039 Description The French Marble Clock Vienna Regulator Clocks


UOM Price £39.95


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The Finest French Pendulum Clocks


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