John Robey's Gothic Clocks to Lantern Clocks - Short Duration Clocks & Rural Clocks 1480 - 1800 was published last month, and is selling well. Everyone who ordered a copy should have received it by now.

This months newsletter includes special offers on Journals (see below) as we have too may in stock. We have also updated the special offers page with some more bargains.

Books in Stock:

Gothic Clocks to Lantern Clocks
Short Duration Clocks & Rural Clocks 1480 - 1800
John Robey

NEW. An enlarged and revised edition of an excellent book on a neglected subject, charting the development of early domestic clocks in central Europe, Italy, France and the Low Countries, Sweden and England; and their continuation in rural areas as short duration clocks, some with iron frames, others of brass. The book has a wealth of illustrations showing the mechanical and constructional details of the clocks as well as dials and movements. The appendices include a translation of an Italian treatise on clocks (published in 1665), and details of English lantern clocks with an original balance.

424 pages, almost 2000 colour illustrations, 2nd edition, 2024.

£75.00 Order Here

Special Offers on Journals:

Antiquarian Horology - Complete Volumes
£10.00 per volume Order Here

Antiquarian Horology - Individual Issues
£1.00 per issue Order Here

Horological Journal - Complete Years or Volumes 1858 - 1939
£10.00 per year or volume Order Here

Horological Journal - Complete Years or Volumes 1940 - 2023
£5.00 per year or volume Order Here

Horological Journal - Individual Issues 1865 onwards
£1.00 per issue Order Here

Timecraft - Individual Issues
£5.00 for any 10 issues (your choice) Order Here

Please Note:
We have not updated all the journal prices on the website (there are too many to do so!). Please order online and we will adjust the price downwards according to the above list, before your card is charged.

Mercer (A.): Mercer Chronometers - History, Maintenance & Repair
O/P. £175.00 less 10% Order Here * Two copies only *

Stevens (J.C.): The Clockmaker from Claypole: Charles Gretton 1648 - 1731
O/P. £5.00 Order Here

Linnard (W.): Cardiff Clocks: A Comprehensive Account of Watch and Clockmakers in Cardiff, the Valleys and the Vale of Glamorgan
NEW. £10.00 Order Here

Nixseaman (A.J.):
The Clock That Changed Hands - Discovered in Cambridge
(A William Clement turret clock dated 1671)
O/P. £5.00 Order Here

Watson (H. F.): Grantham Clock and Watch Making
O/P. £4.00 Order Here

Pickford (C.): Bedfordshire Clock & Watchmakers 1352 - 1880
O/P. £75.00 Order Here

Bromley (J.): The Clockmakers' Library

O/P. £25.00 Order Here

Innovation & Collaboration - The Early Development of the Pendulum Clock in London
Richard Garnier & Leo Hollis

NEW. This book explores the innovation surrounding the development of the early pendulum clock in London and the lines of collaboration that made it happen. The book has chapters on 17th Century clockmaking in London, architectural clock cases, the Fromanteel Family and Cornelius Drebbel, a previously unrecognised influence on the Fromanteels; followed by excellent full colour photographs and descriptions of each of the 119 exhibits dating from circa 1500 to circa 1725. This beautifully produced, deluxe half-leather bound, signed and numbered, edition has a red leather spine and corners with red cloth covered boards, the spine with gilt lettering and gilt lines, all page edges gilt.

412 pages, illustrated, deluxe edition limited to 125 copies, signed by authors, 2018.

£470.00 less 10% Order Here

Daniels (G.): All in Good Time - Reflections of a Watchmaker
NEW. £30.00 Order Here

Leeuwen (P. van) (editor): Going Dutch The Invention of the Pendulum Clock
NEW. £17.50 Order Here

Aked (C.K.): A New Opusculum of Dialling References
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

Sabrier (J.C.): Longitude at Sea in the Time of Louis Berthoud & Henri Motel
O/P. £175.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *

Watch and Clock Makers in the City of Bath
Ian White

O/P. A history of clock and watch making in Bath from 1700 to 1900, with a detailed listing and information about all known Bath makers and examples of their work. A fine copy of the hardback edition, with fine dust jacket. Only 50 copies of the hardback edition were printed and are now very hard to find.

159 pages, more than 60 b&w illustrations, 1996.

£135.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *

Shenton (R.): Christopher Pinchbeck and his Family
O/P. £8.00 Order Here

Brearley (H.C.): Time Telling Through the Ages
(Published in 1919, the 25th anniversary of Robert Ingersoll & Bros.)
O/P. £10.00 Order Here

Ponsford (C.N.): Time in Exeter
O/P. £45.00 Order Here

The Master of Omega
Speedmaster - Flightmaster - Speedsonic
Alberto Isnardi

O/P. A comprehensive and detailed guide to the full range of Speedmaster, Flightmaster and Speedsonic wristwatches produced between 1957 and 2006, with illustrations of cases, movements, dials and bracelets. Complete with separate 21-page price guide. Fine copy (hardback) with fine dust jacket; the price guide also in fine condition, card covers. [English & Italian language]

367 pages, well-illustrated, 2006.

£235.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *

Philpott (S.F.): Modern Electric Clocks (1st edition, 1933)
O/P. £50.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

Daniels (G.): The Practical Watch Escapement
New. £30.00 Order Here

Reynolds (C.F.): The Great George Liver Clock on the Royal Liver Friendly Society Building Liverpool
O/P. £12.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

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

Rycroft (C.H.): Thomas Lister 1745 - 1814 The Thomas Listers, Clockmakers
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Surrey Dane (E.): Peter Stubs and the Lancashire Hand Tool Industry
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Bird (C.) & Bird (Y.) (Editors): Norfolk & Norwich Clocks & Clockmakers
O/P. £50.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Globes at Greenwich
Elly Dekker

O/P. A catalogue of the Globes and Armillary Spheres in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. This was the first in a series of excellent catalogues of the Greenwich instrument collections, other volumes in stock are on Sundials, Astrolabes, Sextants and Chronometers. A fine copy, with very good dust jacket and very good original slipcase

592 pages, illus., 1999.

£265.00 less 10% Order Here * Two copies only *

Landes (D.S.):
Revolution in Time - Clocks and the Making of the Modern World
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Treffry (T.) & Treffry (A.) (editors): BHI 150
(Articles about John Harrison, Modern Watchmaking, and Perfecting the Pendulum))
O/P. £35.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Bender (G.):
Die Uhrenmacher des hohen Schwarzwaldes und ihre Werke (2 volumes)
O/P. £175.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *

Imai (K.): Rolex - 3621 Wristwatches
O/P. £40.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Dzik (W.H.):
Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass, 1660-1800
NEW. £75.00 Order Here

Touchet (P.): A Practical Manual of Electric and Electronic Horology
O/P. £35.00 Order Here * One copy only *

As always, if you need advice about which books to buy (and which not to buy!) feel free to send us an email or give us a call.

With best wishes, Jeff & Ros Formby

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