SWINBURNE J.

6186 The Mechanism of the Watch

Past President of Institution of Electrical Engineers and of the Faraday Society. Elected Fellow of Royal Society 1906. Retired in 1940 Swinburne took up as a hobby the study of the watch. Yet the study and consequent refinement of watch mechanism will continue, and this book by a noted scientist and engineer is offered as a step towards the perfection of time service which is the goal of every earnest horologist.

CHF 40.00

BRADLEY Ian / HALLOWS Norman

8345 The Novice's Workshop

Part II. The second part is intended to carry the beginner a stage further in his mechanical work, for once he has experienced the fascination of using hand tools he will, no doubt, be eager to embark on the more ambitious work possible with small machine tools.... Hardcover with dustjacket, around 1940.

CHF 90.00

NAWCC

8514 Pocket Timepieces ot the New York Chapter Members

Black & white illustrations presenting the timepieces of collectors as Fried H., Menas R., Barny Mr., Coopermann Irving, Ross B. Published by the New York Chapter of the NAWCC.

CHF 15.00

WATCH & CLOCK YEARBOOK

8532 Yearbook 1963

Edited by the Horological Journal. Some of the Contents: The Waterbury Tourbillion by Georg Garbe How to Make a Regulator with Gravity Escapement Britain's Watch Factories by W.G. Pike Names and Addresses of Firms in the Horological and Allied Trades Material Dealers Trade Names Directory of Horological and Allied Products Buyers' Guide

CHF 30.00

THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE

8572 Horology

For Advancement in Timekeeping. Contents: Notes on the lever escapement by Major Paul M. Chamberlain. Early American Clocks and Their Makers by J.E. Coleman. Fifth year of publication, May 1938. Soft cover.

CHF 25.00

WATCH & CLOCK YEARBOOK

8576 Yearbook 1958

Principal Contents: The Watch Market in Britain Centenary of the British Horological Institute Automatic or Electric ? The Future of the Watch Clocks- and Technical Progress - Better Mechanisms and Wider Fields of Service Old English Clocks and the Modern Repairer by E. L. Edwards Many adverts and a list of names and adresses of firms in the Horological & Allied Trades and Material Dealers.

CHF 30.00

EDWARDES Ernest L.

8647 The Grandfather Clock

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

CHF 40.00

IONIDES Stephen A.

8675 One Day Telleth Another

The book can be recommended to all who wish to obtain some knowledge of what the science of astronomy means. The pages are full of interest and novelty, and a large collection of illustrations, brought together from many sources, is one of the most notable features of the book; there is a useful list of definitions, a bibliography and a good index.

CHF 60.00

BREVETS / PATENTEES

8762 Abridgment Class Watches &c.

Patents for Inventions - Abridgments of Specifications. Class 139, Watches, Clocks and other Timekeepers. Period - A.D. 1855-1866. Linen cover, in good condition.

CHF 60.00

BAILLODS Jules

8767 Petite esquisse de La Chaux-de-Fonds

La Chaux-de-Fonds, ville de commerce et d'industrie, ville d'étude et de sport. Petit carnet de 24 pages racontant cette ville banale, perchée si haut dans la pluie et la neige disent les gens maussades..... et pourtant, quelle place elle tient en la terre neuchâteloise, que de vie en son isolement, que d'oeuvres et d'idées. Texte de Jules Baillods. Présentation des nombreuses écoles supérieures.

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

WAELTI A, ingénieur

8846 Nouveautés en électro-chronométrie

La nouvelle pendules de précision. Le réglage des pendules directrices par émissions radiotélégraphiques. Collection: Bibliothèque horlogère - Ed. E. Magron, Bienne.

CHF 20.00

THEVENAZ Louis

2410 Histoire du Pays de Neuchâtel

Collection publiée à l'occasion du Centenaire de la République neuchâteloise et dédiée à la jeunesse neuchâteloise. Historique, des origines de Neuchâtel aux grandes familles bourgeoises et les débuts de l'horlogerie. Broché en bon état.

CHF 30.00

MUSÉES ANGLAIS

8926 Pendulum to Atom Exhibition

A Centenary Exhibition at Goldsmiths Hall, London under thepatronage of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. Souvenir handbook and guide of 134 exceptional time-keepers. Fully illustrated. A section was devoted to the Courtenay Adrian Ilbert Collection (1888-1956).

CHF 40.00

SOCIETE DES SCIENCES NATURELLES

5549 Bulletin de la société des sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel

Tome VII - premier cahier. Articles sur M. Hipp et les baromètres anéroïdes à enregistrement électrique et sur la différence de hauteur entre la station météorologique de Chaumont et l'Observatoire, déduites des observations barométriques d'une année par le Dr. Hirsch.

CHF 60.00

DE MESTRAL Aymon

1798 Schweizer Pioniere der Wirtschaft und Technik

Nr.12 - Matthias Hipp, Adolf Bühler, Eduard von Goumoëns, Adam Klaesi.

CHF 10.00

COLLECTIF

5919 Navigation, Longitudes

Cahiers: Christophe Colomb et la découverte de l'Amérique par Paul Ditisheim. La mesure des longitudes et les chronomètres de bord. Horlogerie et navigation par Edmond Guyot. Le radar au service des horlogers. Robert Hooke et la détermination des longitudes. Naviguer à l'heure suisse, texte de deux pages de 1994.

CHF 55.00

TURNER Anthony J.

2422 L'Angleterre, la France et la Navigation

Le contexte historique de l'oeuvre chronométrique de Ferdinand Berthoud. Extrait de l'ouvrage Ferdinand Berthoud 1727-1807, horloger mécanicien de Roi et de la Marine. Tiré à part du MIH, Musée international de La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1984.

CHF 10.00

OBSERVATOIRES DIVERS

8457 U.S. Naval Observatory

Time Service Publications, July 1991 + various documents.

CHF 20.00

COURTY J. B. & ses fils

7422 L'écho de l'horlogerie N°14

Fabricants de montres, maison de vente à Paris. Catalogue de présentation de diverses montres de poche en noir-blanc.

CHF 10.00

SCHILD A. SA

4196 Instructions Cal. N°1320/23 91/4 Rotomatic

Instructions concerning the setting up of the system sweep second and of the automatic mechanism.

CHF 30.00

FROIDEVAUX Albert & Fils

3801 Catalogue N°16/1

Français - English - Deutsch

Outils et fournitures d'horlogerie en gros. Maison sise à La Chaux-de-Fonds.

CHF 70.00

EBAUCHES SA

2963 Initiation à la soudure

Brochure.

CHF 5.00