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Nutting (W.): The Clock Book
O/P. 312 pages, 250 photographs, 1935. A description of English, European and American antique clocks and a list of their makers. A good copy. (Ref: K2575 - H4)

Price: £15.00

Nye (J.): Clockmaking on Lothbury: Craft, Community and Conflict in Pre-Fire London

Nye (J.): Clockmaking on Lothbury: Craft, Community and Conflict in Pre-Fire London
O/P. 149 pages, 14 illustrations, 2023. Lothbury, a short street in the City of London, was home to several clockmakers, metal founders and other trades. This is a detailed study of the life and times of the street's most famous lantern clockmakers, from about 1630 to 1670, including where on the street they lived, their apprentices and their network of contacts in the local community. A wealth of information about early clockmaking in London, of interest to all those interested in early lantern clocks or those fortunate enough to own one. With dust jacket. (Ref: N5240)

Price: £26.00

Odmark (A.L.): Patents for Inventions Abridgements of Specifications Class 139 Watches, Clocks and Other Timepieces 1901 - 1930
O/P. Facsimile edition, 1979. This is volume 2 only, covering the period 1901 - 1930 (volume 1 covered the period 1855 - 1900). These abridgements, published by the British Patent Office are a very useful resource for researchers interested in mechanical and electrical clocks and watches. If you find something of interest then the full patent may be obtained from the Patent Office. A very good copy. (Ref: K3951 - S1)

Price: £45.00

Ogle (V.): The Global Transformation of Time: 1870-1950

Ogle (V.): The Global Transformation of Time: 1870-1950
NEW. 260 pages, 2015. Improvements in communications and speed of travel in the late 19th and early 20th centuries meant that previously small discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. This book chronicles the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars and to establish international standards. With dust jacket. (Ref: N4172)

Price: £32.95
Ohlson (O.): Helpful information for Watchmakers

Ohlson (O.): Helpful information for Watchmakers
NEW. 95 pages, illus., the 2000 reprint of a book first published circa 1910. An interesting booklet published by the Waltham Watch Company to assist repairers of Waltham watches. Card covers. (Ref: N1186)

Price: £9.50

[Olsen, Jens]: Jens Olsen's World Clock
O/P. 31 pages, illustrated, 1961. A small booklet about Jens Olsen and his famous astronomical clock housed at City Hall, Copenhagen. A good copy, card covers a little worn. (Ref: K4024 - BX4)

Price: £5.00

O'Malley (M.): Keeping Watch - A History of American Time
O/P. 384 pages, illus., reprinted 1996. A crucial part of the development of America from a rural to a modern industrial society was the introduction of accurate timekeeping and standard time. The author argues that this was a momentous development leading to the harsh ethic of punctuality and an unprecedented degree of labour regimentation. Good copy, paperback. (Ref: K3506 - T1)

Price: £9.00

Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.): Clockwork Music
O/P. 334 pages, illus., 1973. The subtitle describes the book well: An Illustrated History of Mechanical Musical Instruments from the Musical Box to the Pianola, from Automaton Lady Virginal Players to the Orchestrion. A good copy, showing signs of use, with worn & torn dust jacket. (Ref: K229 - H6)

Price: £20.00

Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.): Musical Box - a History and Collector's Guide

Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.): Musical Box - a History and Collector's Guide
O/P. 409 pages, 161 plates, 45 figures, 1980. A detailed study on the birth and evolution of cylinder and disc musical boxes by an acknowledged expert. The book has a list of makers, patentees and agents as well as a guide to tune sheets and their identification. A very good copy with good dust jacket (tear to head of spine). (Ref: K230 - F6)

Price: £75.00
Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.): The Musical Box - A Guide for Collectors Including a Guide to Values

Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.): The Musical Box - A Guide for Collectors Including a Guide to Values
NEW. 343 pages, 330 plates, 78 figs, 1995. This is the most recent and best of Ord-Hume's books on musical boxes and is the definitive history of mechanical music, its instruments and their development and technology. The book illustrates the various types of mechanism and includes patents, makers' trade marks and tune sheets. With dust jacket. (Ref: N1653)

Price: £66.50
Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.): The Musical Clock - Musical & Automaton Clocks and Watches

Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.): The Musical Clock - Musical & Automaton Clocks and Watches
NEW. 352 pages, well illustrated in colour and b&w, 1995. The definitive work on musical clocks, including the tunes played, and notes on their makers. A very useful book for collectors. With dust jacket. (Ref: N231)

Price: £49.99
Ortenburger (R.): Black Forest Clocks

Ortenburger (R.): Black Forest Clocks
NEW. 268 pages, illustrated, 1991. An excellent book covering the development of clocks made in the Black Forest over 300 years, illustrated with over 600 different examples. With dust jacket. (Ref: N232)

Price: £66.50
Ortenburger (R.): Vienna Regulators and Factory Clocks

Ortenburger (R.): Vienna Regulators and Factory Clocks
NEW. 176 pages, well illus., 1990. A useful source for information about Viennese clocks and later clocks in the same style from the German-speaking world from 1780 to 1930. Includes information about Gustav Becker, Junghans, HAC and Lenzkirch factories. With dust jacket. (Ref: N233)

Price: £36.99

Osborne (C.) & Heaps (J.): Essex Clock & Watchmakers
O/P. 24 pages, illustrated, signed by first author, 1979. Published by the author, and now hard to find, this is only listing of makers for this county. A very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1841 - BX1)

Price: £35.00

Osterhausen (F. von): The Movado History

Osterhausen (F. von): The Movado History
NEW. 234 pages, 270 illustrations, 1996. The Movado Company, of La Chaux-de-Fonds, was founded in 1881 by the Ditisheim family. This is a high quality book, produced with the cooperation of Movado, with excellent illustrations and detailed information. With dust jacket and card slipcase. (Ref: N1528)

Price: £81.99

Osterhausen (F. von): The Movado History
O/P. 234 pages, 270 illustrations, 1996. The Movado Company, of La Chaux-de-Fonds, was founded in 1881 by the Ditesheim family. This is a high quality book, produced with the cooperation of Movado, with excellent illustrations and detailed information. A fine copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K1947 - R3)

Price: £55.00

Otto (H.): The First Lever Watch with Free Balance Invented and Made by Thomas Mudge
O/P. 22 pages, 17 illustrations, [ 1930 ]. A description, and drawing of the escapement, of Mudge's famous watch acquired by King George III in 1770. Reprinted from the Horological Journal 1929/30. Fine copy, card covers. (Ref: K4851 - BX7)

Price: £30.00

Ovens (R.) & Sleath (S.): Time in Rutland - a History and Gazeteer of the Bells, Scratch Dials, Sundials and Clocks of Rutland

Ovens (R.) & Sleath (S.): Time in Rutland - a History and Gazeteer of the Bells, Scratch Dials, Sundials and Clocks of Rutland
NEW. 400 pages, illustrated, 2002. A very comprehensive book, with a wealth of information for horologists and campanologists, about England's smallest county. The book has a gazeteer of all bells, sundials and turret clocks known to be in Rutland and a biographical listing of all Rutland clockmakers plus notes on clockmakers from outside the county who made clocks which are now located in the county. A useful section is devoted to information about British bell founders who supplied bells to Rutland - this information is not easily available elsewhere. A good book which deserves a place on your bookshelf. With dust jacket.

* Was £24.00, now on special offer at £10.00 *

(Ref: N234)

Price: £10.00

Overton (G.L.): Clocks and Watches
O/P. 127 pages, 27 figures, 1922. A good introduction to the subject, written as part of the Pitman "Common Commodities and Industries" series. A good copy, hardback. (Ref: K1938 - E5)

Price: £15.00

Owen (George B. & Co.): Illustrated Catalogue of Geo. B. Owen Clocks (1878)
O/P. 48 pages, illustrated, 2002. A facsimile of a priced clock catalogue issued in 1878 by George B. Owen & Company of Winsted, Connecticut. With a 6 page biography, and a photograph, of Owen taken in 1898. A very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K4196 - BX9)

Price: £15.00


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