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Precision Pendulum Clocks. (Volume I)

The Quest for Accurate Timekeeping
The incredible story of how leading clockmakers, primarily of England, struggled for over 300 years to attain accurate timekeeping. A thorough yet concise text is accompanied by 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. Contributors: Jonathan Betts, John Martin, Alexander D. Stewart and Denys Vaughan.

224pp. 12" x 9". 135 colour and 140 B&W illustrations.

Schiffer Publishing USA. 2003. £59.95 plus postage & packing.

English Precision Pendulum Clocks (Volume II)

This beautiful book presents the fascinating developments in precision timekeeping in England from 1720 through the 18^th and 19^th centuries. The work of well known 18^th century horologists, Shelton, Ellicott, Arnold, Cumming, Earnshaw and the Vulliamys, Reid and Hardy and others are included. Their technical advances in precision pendulum clocks are documented along with the evolution of the cases they were housed in, from the early Georgian style to the classic Victorian dome-topped regulators. Contributor Jonathan Betts.

296pp. 12" x 9". 541 colour and 214 B&W illustrations.

Schiffer Publishing USA. 2003. £79.95 plus postage & packing.

Precision Pendulum Clocks (Volume III)

France, Germany, America & Recent Advancements
This final volume chronicles the work carried out in France, Germany and North America. Renowned clockmakers include the Berthouds, Lepautes, Robin, Janvier, Lepine, Le Roy, Leroy, Riefler, Strasser & Rhode, Seth Thomas, Charles Fasoldt, William Bond, E. Howard and other important makers. Recent advancements in timekeeping include W5 by Dr. Philip Woodward and the Littlemore Clock by Professor E.T. Hall, almost certainly the most accurate pendulum controlled clock the world has known. Contributors: Dr. George Feinstein, Professor E.T. Hall, Donald Saff and Dr. Philip Woodward.

288pp. 12" x 9". 367 colour and 195 B&W illustrations.

Schiffer Publishing USA. 2004. £79.95 plus postage and packing.

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This book , mostly illustrated in colour, describes all those clocks which have been produced with great skill, ingenuity and artistry to fascinate, delight, intrigue and mystify us over the last 700 years, including examples by Grollier de Serviere, James Cox, Jacquet-Droz, Robert-Houdin and Guilmet.

288pp, 12" x 9", 330 colour and 176 B&W illustrations.

Schiffer Publishing USA. 2003. £115.00 plus postage & packing.

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Carriage & Other Travelling Clocks.

This book traces the history through from the early travelling clocks, include pendule d’officier and capucine to the products of Breguet, Garnier, Drocourt, Jacot, etc. and the work of some of the English makers such as Vulliamy, Dent, McCabe and Frodsham and also covers those made in Austria and Switzerland.

368pp, 12" x 9", 400 colour and 285 B&W illustrations.

Schiffer Publishing USA. 1993. £79.95 plus postage and packing.

British Longcase Clocks.

This book, based on the longcase clocks which have passed through our hands, illustrates not just the fine and rare examples, but also those which it is possible for the average enthusiast to acquire. It traces their history from the beginning through to the early 20^th century.

373pp, 12" x 9", 350 colour and 425 B&W illustrations.

Schiffer Publishing USA. 1990. £75.00 plus postage and packing.

Continental & American Skeleton Clocks.

This book, the only one devoted to this subject, concentrates on the clocks made in France and Austria, but also includes examples made in Belgium, Holland, Spain and America. The French section is probably the most important one and features examples of the work of such renowned makers such as Breguet, Lepaute, Berthoud, Janvier & Verneuil who made them his speciality.

247pp, 12" x 9", 80 colour and 150 B&W illustrations.

Schiffer Publishing USA. 1990. £59.95 plus postage and packing.

British Skeleton Clocks.

Whereas the earliest skeleton clocks were produced in France and Austria, far more were made in England, in a great diversity of forms, from c.1830 to the end of the century. These varied from simple timepieces through to complex chiming and musical clocks and those incorporating unusual escapements or gearing such as McDowell’s clock with helical gearing or Parker and Pace’s clocks which favoured epicylic, some of which were of year duration.

271 pp, 11" x 8.5", 45 colour and 358 B&W illustrations.

Antique Collectors Club 1987. Reprinted 1996. Out of print.

Books Written By Derek Roberts
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