REEVE Claude B.

9110 The Musical Clock

At some time or other in their career most model engineers are tempted to try their hands at clockmaking ....

First edition.
Hard cover with dustjacket.

CHF 70.00

CIPOLLA Carlo M.

9085 Clocks & Culture 1300-1700

The elegant history of the clock opens a window onto how eastern and western cultures viewed time and Europe's path to industrialization. Historical and technical evolution of the european clock product in Europe. " Fascinating.... told with the author's customary enthusiasm and lucid scholarship". Hard cover with dustjacket. First edition.

CHF 25.00

MARSHALL Percival & Co, Ltd

9079 Electric Clocks and Chimes

A Practical Handbook.
Giving complete instructions for the making of successful electrical timepieces, synchronised clock systems, and chiming mechanism.
Soft cover.

CHF 20.00

WYSS Roland

9051 Schema zum Reparieren von Grossuhren

Ein privates Dokument mit Mitteilungen, Notizien, Bilder und praktische Beispiele über Grossuhren.
Die Kopien sind nicht zusammen verbunden. Warscheinlich als Kurs in der Reparaturtechnik von Grossuhren in Solothurn gebraucht.

CHF 20.00

YVERDON-PENDULES

9045 Ersatzteile für Mod. 141/151-010 & 350-020

Sprengzeichnungen mit Teil-Nr. Bezeichnungen .

CHF 20.00

DOHRN-VAN ROSSUM Gerhard

8916 History of the Hour

Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. This book presents the first sustained and reliable treatment of how mechanical clocks functioned in cities and dispels many myths associated with the clock's history and reveals the clock's pervasive influence over an entire culture.

CHF 80.00

BRUTON Eric

8913 The Longcase Clock

This book discusses the origins and history of the longcase clock, and its place in the modern home.
It begins with the introduction of the pendulum clock, invented in 1657 by the great Dutch scientist, Christiaan Huygens, and goes on to describe the wall clock with enclosed weights, which led in turn to the longcase clock and the grandfather clock.

CHF 25.00

ROBERTS Derek

8889 Derek Roberts Antiques

Catalogue of the exhibitions:
Spring & Autumn 1987

Each copy separatly available. Please write the season in the "Notes".

CHF 50.00

VARKARIS Jane & CONNELL James E.

8882 Early Canadian Timekeepers

This remarkable work is essential reading for anyone interested in early Canadian timepieces and their makers. Two or Canada's foremost horological experts take an authoritative look at pre-1900 clocks and watches, and the artisans who made them, either commercially or as one-of-a-kind timepieces.
Lavishly illustrated, this bool surveys the making and selling of clocks and watches in Canada by over 125 persons, from the days of New France to the beginning of the 20th century. The stories of the men and women behind these exceptional creations are documented here for the first time.
Linen cover under jacket, in very good condition.

CHF 90.00

THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

8843 History & Customs

The Origin of the City Guilds.
With supplement - Functions of Committees - 7 pages.

CHF 25.00

IORWERTH C. Peate

8776 Clock and Watch Makers in Wales

With a list of clock and watch makers working in Wales in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries + a list of sundials and eight plates in black & white. National Museum of Wales Welsh Folk Museum.

CHF 20.00

SATTLER Erwin

8735 50 years Erwin Sattler 1958-2008

Manufactory for finest Clocks, München.
Catalogue 2008/2009.

CHF 10.00

EDWARDES Ernest L.

8647 The Grandfather Clock

An Archaeological and Descriptive Essay on the Long-Case Clock. First published in 1949.

CHF 40.00