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Welcome to September's newsletter. We have two news items this month, the first about a small exhibition of clocks & watches made in Buckingham, the second news that parcels entering the United States of America will now be liable for import taxes; more details are given below. Also this month we have our usual offering, detailing some of the many books currently in stock - this month's selection is books that, I personally, would not like to be without.
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Clock & Watchmaking in Buckingham
15th-27th September 2025, 10am - 4pm (including Sunday 21st)
An exhibition of Clocks & Watches made around Buckingham between 1680 and 1900, to be held at the Old Gaol, Market Hill, Buckingham. The exhibition is in an interesting building built in 1748 as a prison, now an interesting local museum run by the Buckingham Old Gaol Trust.
For further details See Here
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Import Taxes USA
USA residents need to be aware that from 29 August 2025 all parcels imported to the United States may be subject to import taxes. This replaces the previous rules where parcels with a value of 800 US Dollars, or less, were exempt. My understanding is that the new tariffs depend on the country of manufacture and product type; books published in Enland will attract 10% duty, those from the EU or Japan 15% duty with various rates for other countries. As with imports to most other countries I assume that the importer (USPS or Fedex for example) will notify the buyer and collect the applicable import duty from the buyer. US Customs, the US Post Office and the parcel courier companies are all rushing to understand and implement the new rules, so some delivery delays may occur.
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Some of the books currently in stock:
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The Longcase Clock
Tom Robinson
O/P. The revised edition, with two new sections, of this useful reference book with 38 colour plates and 640 b&w illustrations. One of the best books on the subject and essential reading. A very good copy with very good dust jacket.
489 pages, 1999.
£65.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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John Harrison the Man who Found Longitude
Humphrey Quill
O/P. An excellent book on the life and work of John Harrison, his 4 marine timepieces and the £20,000 longitude prize. Essential reading for chronometer enthusiasts. A very good copy, the dust jacket with some wear to top edges.
255 pages, 33 illustrations, 1st and only edition, 1966.
£135.00 less 10% Order Here * Two copies only *
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Sellink (J.L.): Dutch Antique Domestic Clocks, ca. 1670 - 1870 and some related examples
O/P. £125.00 less 10% Order Here * Two copies only *
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Cuss (T.P. Camerer): The Camerer Cuss Book of Antique Watches
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * Three copies only *
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Darken (J.) (editor): Horological Masterworks - English Seventeenth-Century Clocks from Private Collections
O/P. £145.00 less 10% Order Here * Two copies only *
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Pickford (C.): Turret Clocks: Lists of clocks from makers' catalogues and publicity materials
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Daniels (G.): The Art of Breguet
NEW. £95.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Priestley (P.T.): Watch Case Makers of England: A History and Register of Gold and Silver Watch Case makers of England 1720-1920
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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French Clocks the World Over
Tardy
Part 1: 5th edition, 1981. Volume title: From their beginnings to the Louis XV - Louis XVI Transition period.
Part 2: 5th edition, 1981. Volume title: From Louis XVI style to Louis XVIII - Charles X period.
Part 3: 5th edition, 1982. Volume title: From the Louis-Philippe style to the Modern clock and the French provinces.
Part 4: 5th edition, 1985. Volume title: Northern, Middle, Eastern and Mediterranean Europe; Japan.
This is a large and comprehensive work, the four volumes have 356 pages, 392 pages, 524 pages, 618 pages respectively and a wealth of illustrations. Volume 3 also has chapters on clocks from the Netherlands, Belgium, England, Scotland, Ireland, the United States and Canada. This is a very good set, each volume is in its original hardback binding with no inscriptions or bookplates, binding still tight, minor wear to bottom edges, 2 bumped corners to Part 2.
O/P £550.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Roberts (D.): English Precision Pendulum Clocks
NEW. £90.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Loomes (B.): Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World - Complete 21st Century Edition
NEW. £50.00 Order Here * Three copies only *
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Beeson (C.F.C.): English Church Clocks 1280 - 1850
O/P. £40.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Goodison (N.): English Barometers 1680 - 1860 (2nd edition)
O/P. £45.00 Order Here
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Jagger (C.):
Royal Clocks, The British Monarchy & its Timekeepers 1300 - 1900
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * Four copies only *
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Millburn (J.R.): Adams of Fleet Street - Instrument Makers to King George III
NEW. £75.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Synchronome - Masters of Electrical Timekeeping
Robert H. A. Miles
NEW. A well researched and comprehensive work on the Synchronome company, their master clock in all its forms and variants, and their slave dials and ancillary equipment. The book also has chapters on the development of the precision clock by William Hamilton Shortt with a list of all known Shortt clocks, the detail of their order-book specification, original location and subsequent history where known. The book is the standard reference work on Synchronome and Shortt - Synchronome clocks. With dust jacket.
274 pages, over 300 illustrations, revised 2nd edition, reprinted 2021.
£39.50 Order Here * Four copies only *
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Crom (T.R.): Horological and Other Shop Tools 1700 to 1900
O/P. £195.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Rose (R.E.): English Dial Clocks
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Platt (J.G.): Lancashire Watch Company - History and Watches
NEW. £45.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Pollard (D.): The Astronomical Clockmaker Edward Cockey, & other Warminster Horologists
O/P. £50.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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The Life and letters of Edward John Dent Chronometer Maker and some account of his Successors
Vaudrey Mercer
O/P. The standard work on the life and work of Edward John Dent the famous chronometer maker, with details of his successors. A very good copy (some staining to edges of page block) with very good dust jacket, the supplement very good with card covers.
829 pages, 154 plates, 1st edition 1977,
the supplement: pages 830 - 893, plates 155 - 176, 1983.
£450.00 less 10% Order Here * Two copies only *
See also:
Mercer (V.): The Frodshams - the Story of a Family of Chronometer Makers
Mercer (V.): John Arnold & Son Chronometer Makers 1762 - 1843
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Britten (F.J.): Britten’s Old Clocks & Watches and their Makers
O/P. £30.00 Order Here (The 9th and best edition)
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Thompson (D.): The British Museum Watches
NEW. £19.50 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Kaltenböck (F.): Viennese Timepieces
NEW. £10.00 Order Here
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Atkins (C.E.):
The Company of Clockmakers: Register of Apprentices 1631 - 1931
O/P. £145.00 less 10% Order Here * Three copies only *
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Penney (D.):
Box-Chronometers, c.1750 - 1980: historical overview of English Work
NEW. £15.00 Order Here
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Cescinsky (H.) & Webster (M.R.): English Domestic Clocks
(1st edition, 1913, leather bound)
O/P. £95.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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John Whitehurst
Innovator, Scientist, Geologist and Clockmaker
Maxwell Craven
NEW. The author's previous book on Whitehurst is long out of print, so this new book with up to date information is most welcome. Whitehurst of Derby was a very talented man - instrument maker, mechanical engineer, clockmaker, the father of modern geology, and a member of the Royal Society. The book has very detailed information on the clockmaking activities of John Whitehurst and his successors. With dust jacket.
288 pages, illustrated, 2015.
£30.00 Order Here * Three copies only *
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Robey (J.) Editor: Your Time - Including the Contribution of Northwest England to the Development of Clocks and Watches
NEW. £20.00 Order Here * Four copies only *
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Dzik (W.H.): Beneath the Dial: English Clock Pull Repeat Striking, 1675-1725
NEW. £99.00 Order Here * Three copies only *
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Shenton (A.): Pocket Watches of the 19th & 20th Century
O/P. £55.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Dawson (P.G.), Drover (C.B.) & Parkes (D.W.): Early English Clocks
O/P. £40.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Penney (D.): English Wristwatches: The Untold Story
NEW. £15.00 Order Here * Four copies only *
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That's all for this month but, as always, if there are any specific books you are looking for please send us an email - jeff@formby-clocks.co.uk - and we will do our best to find them for you.
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With best wishes,
Jeff & Ros Formby
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Jeffrey Formby Antiques
Specialist in Horological Books & English Clocks
www.formby-clocks.co.uk
Phone UK: (0) 1608 650558
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