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The Covid pandemic is still sweeping through Britain, several European countries and other parts of the world, so it's a good time to stay at home with a good book. Listed below are some new and out of print titles which you may not have noticed on our website.

New Books:


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Elgin Trench Watches of the Great War
Stan Czubernat

NEW. The story of the wristwatches made by the Elgin National Watch Company that accompanied US Army troops into the trenches in World War 1. The book covers the company history and then describes the various models (with rarity and price guide in US dollars) made during the conflict. With dust jacket.

176 pages, 440 illustrations, 2015.

£55.00 Order Here




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Engraving on English Table Clocks:
Art on a Canvas of Brass, 1660-1800
Sunny Dzik

NEW. Art on a Canvas of Brass is the first book devoted to an analysis of the decorative engraving found on the backplates of English table clocks. Based on engravings from over 1,000 backplate images, the text focuses on the design patterns and imagery from the advent of the pendulum clock until the close of the 18th century. Throughout the book, the figures reveal relationships between different clockmakers who shared the talents of the same engraving artist. The book provides a systematic approach to "reading" engraving patterns on English spring clocks. With dust jacket.

439 pages, 738 illustrations, 2019.

£75.00 Order Here

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

Leopold (J.) & Smith (R.) editors: The Life and Travels of James Upjohn
NEW. £95.00 Order Here

Loring (J.): Tiffany Timepieces
NEW. £30.00 Order Here

Marshall (T.): Buckinghamshire Clock & Watchmakers
NEW. £48.00 Order Here

McEvoy (R.) & Betts (J.) editors: Harrison Decoded - Towards a Perfect Pendulum Clock
NEW. £49.99 Order Here



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Synchronome - Masters of Electrical Timekeeping
Robert H. A. Miles

NEW. The book contains a small number of revisions and corrections to the first edition which was published in 2011. 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.

274 pages, over 300 illustrations, revised 2nd edition, 2019.

£39.50 Order Here

Negretti & Zambra: A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments
NEW. £7.95 Order Here

Platt (J.G.): Lancashire Watch Company - History and Watches
NEW. £65.00 Order Here

Thomas (S.) & Thomas (D.): The Gloverstone Clockmakers of Chester
NEW. £18.00 Order Here

Thompson (D.): The British Museum Watches
NEW. £19.50 Order Here

Treffry (T.) editor: Derek Pratt FBHI Watchmaker 1938 - 2009
NEW. £55.00 Order Here

Watson (H.F.): Keeping Time - A History of Clocks, Watches and Barometers in a Provincial Town from 1700 until 1900
NEW. £36.00 Order Here

Wely (B. van) et al: Sing Song: Schatten uit de Verboden Stad /Treasures from the Forbidden City
NEW. £22.00 Order Here

Out of Print Books:

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Old Stirling Clockmakers
Charles Allan

O/P. This work is a very detailed account of Stirling and St. Ninians' makers and their clocks up to 1900. Old stock, book and dust jacket both in as new condition.

111 pages, illustrated, 1990.

£24.00 Order Here

[Antiquorum]: Professor Thomas Engel Collection - Part 1
O/P. £30.00 Order Here

Crom (T.R.): Early Lancashire Horological Tools and their Makers
O/P. £195.00 less 10% Order Here

Dent (E.J.): On the Construction and Management of Chronometers, Watches, and Clocks
O/P. £22.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Glennie (P.) & Thrift (N.): Shaping the Day A History of Timekeeping in England and Wales 1300-1800
O/P. £45.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Heurck (H. van): The Microscope: Its Construction and management. Including Technique, Photo-Micrography, and the Past and Future of the Microscope (facsimile)
O/P. £40.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Holbrook (M.): Science Preserved - A Directory of Scientific Instruments in Collections in the United Kingdom and Eire
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

King (H.C.): Geared to the Stars, the Evolution of Planetariums, Orreries & Astronomical Clocks
O/P. £295.00 less 10% Order Here * Two copies only *


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Pocket Watches from the Pendant Watch to the Tourbillon
Reinhard Meis

O/P. An excellent and comprehensive book charting the development of all aspects of pocket watches - escapements, striking work, dials, cases, winding methods etc. A very good copy with very good dust jacket.

316 pages, 905 illustrations, 1987.

£50.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

Millburn (J.R.): Benjamin Martin: Author, Instrument-maker, and 'Country Showman'
O/P. £160.00 less 10% Order Here * Two copies only *

Neale (J.A.): Joseph and Thomas Windmills Clock and Watch Makers 1671 - 1737
O/P. £145.00 less 10% Order Here * Three copies only *

Philpott (S.F.): Modern Electric Clocks
O/P. £60.00 Order Here

Robertson (J. D.): The Evolution of Clockwork
O/P. £45.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

Sellink (J.L.): Dutch Antique Domestic Clocks, ca. 1670 - 1870 and some related examples
O/P. £195.00 less 10% Order Here * Three copies only *

Smith (J.): Old Scottish Clockmakers from 1453 to 1850 (2nd edition, 1921)
O/P. £85.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

[South Bend Watch Company]: Watch Movement Manufacture
O/P. £10.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

Stanier (M.): Oxford Sundials
O/P. £8.00 Order Here

Surrey Dane (E.): Peter Stubs and the Lancashire Hand Tool Industry
O/P. £55.00 Order Here * Two copies only*

Turner (G.L'E.): Collecting Microscopes
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

We also have some very special offers this month, with large discounts, please check them out here. If there are any books you are looking for that we do not have in stock then please let us know and we will try and find them for you.

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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