Hello,

An excellent book has just been published on the Lancashire Watch Company which will be of great interest to pocket watch collectors and all those interested in the history of British watchmaking in the late 19th century.

We have recently purchased a large number of practical books, many with descriptions and plans for making clocks. For a full list of these books see here.

New books now in stock:

Lancashire Watch Company - History and Watches
John G. Platt

New. A well researched and definitive account of the Lancashire Watch Company and its Watches. This book documents the rise and fall of the company, as well as its watches, and will be of great interest to enthusiasts and collectors. The book includes an analysis of the company's ledgers and reproduces sales catalogues, LWC documents and the auction catalogue from 1911 when the remaining assets of the company were sold. With dust jacket.

528 pages, about 1000 illustrations, 2016.

£65.00 Order Here

Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking
Michael Clerizo

New. An interesting book about 11 independent master watchmakers including George Daniels, Vincent Calabrese, Philippe Dufour, Franck Muller and Roger Smith. The author interviewed all eleven and records their enthusiasm, passion and motivation in designing and making superb watches, each chapter beautifully illustrated with photographs of their work. The work of an additional 18 fine independent watchmakers is also discussed and illustrated. With dust jacket.

292 pages, 493 colour and 179 b&w illustrations, 2009.

£55.00 See Here

Hewitt (P.A.): The Deacon Family of Leicestershire Clockmakers
New. £12.50 Order Here

Buick (T.): Orrery, A Story of Mechanical Solar Systems, Clocks, and English Nobility
New. £19.95 Order Here

Czubernat (S.): Elgin Trench Watches of the Great War
New. £48.50 Order Here

Hoke (D.R.): The Time Museum Historical Catalogue of American Pocket Watches
New. £85.00 Order Here

Cotter (C.H.): A History of the Navigator's Sextant
New. £20.00 Order Here

Essen (R.): The Birth of Atomic Time
New. £15.99 Order Here

Recent, out of print, arrivals:

Girard-Perregaux
François Chaille

O/P. A well produced account of the famous Swiss firm of Girard-Perregaux from it origins in 1791 to today. The book opens with a brief history of time and continues with the history of the company illustrating fine examples of pocket watches and wristwatches made during the last 200 years. A fine copy with fine dust jacket and very good slip case.

224 pages, illustrated mainly in colour, English language edition, 2004.

£65.00 Order Here * Two only *

Crom (T.R.): Horological and Other Shop Tools 1700 to 1900
O/P. £200.00 less 10% Order Here * One only *

Gillett & Johnson: "Gillett" Clocks, Carillons, Bells
O/P. £27.00 Order Here * Two only *

Fried (H.B.): Inventions Debt to Horology
O/P. £17.00 Order Here *One only *

Woof (E.): The Construction of a St Paul's Cathedral Skeleton Clock
O/P. £35.00 Order Here * One only *

Time for America Hamilton Watch 1892 - 1992
Don Sauers

O/P. A history of the Hamilton Watch Company published on the 100th anniversary of the company's foundation. The book illustrates over 350 Hamilton watches, 155 of them in colour and provides a wealth of information about the company and its products. The best reference book about the Hamilton Watch Company, now hard to find. A very good copy with worn dust jacket.

315 pages, illustrated, 1992.

£125.00 less 10% Order Here * One only *

Rodgers (H.): The Technique of Making Enamel Clock Dials
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * One only *

Hackmann (W.D.) editor: Alexander Bain's Short History of the Electric Clock (1852)
O/P. £16.00 Order Here * Three only *

Cousins ( F.W.): Sundials
O/P. £70.00 Order Here * Three only *

Barracca (J.), Negretti (G.) & Nencini (F.): Le Temps de Cartier (English language edition)
O/P. £95.00 Order Here * One only *

Webster (R.) & Webster M.): Western Astrolabes (3 volumes, bound)
O/P. £35.00 Order Here * Three only *

Barkus (H.A.): Oiling the Watch
O/P. £55.00 Order Here * One only *

Please also check out the Special Offers page of the website as there are good discounts on books where we are overstocked. If there are any books you are looking for that we do not have in stock please let us know and we will try and find them for you.

With best wishes Jeff & Ros Formby

Jeffrey Formby Antiques
Specialist in English Clocks & Horological Books
www.formby-clocks.co.uk
Phone UK: (0) 1608 650558