Clock and Watch Books Click on the photograph to get a full description of the item. TO ORDER CALL 1-434-696-2578 EMAIL ME carl@crescentclock.com OR ORDER ONLINE.   1885 Waltham Watch Materials Catalog This item is a reprint of a 1885 American Waltham Watch Company, materials catalog and price list. Robbins and Appleton, general agents. This book is profusely illustrated with disassembled views of watch movements and price list of movements sized 20, 18, 16, 14, chronograph, 10, 8, 6 size, mainsprings information etc. Key wind, hunting, open face stem wind, pendant,and lever set watches are covered. 112 pages, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Shipping in the USA is $3.95 $12.95     Add To Cart 150 Years of Electric Horology This item for sale is a book titled "150 Years of Electric Horology" This is a truly unique and useful reference book if you collect, or are interested in electric clocks. This book has a wealth of long overlooked information concerning more than 60 manufacturers of electric clocks. It is loaded with history, photographs, and much other important information. Also has a Identifier section. Measures 8 1/2 x 11 inches, soft cover, 101 pages. Shipping in the USA is $3.95 $18.95     Add To Cart 1880 Ingraham Catalog and Price List This item is a reprint of a 1880 E. Ingraham catalog and price list. The inside of the front cover has a photo of Elias Ingraham 1805-1885 and has a list of twelve design patents. This catalog is profusely illustrated and has the origional cost of all the 1880's clocks, with prices for 1 day and 8 day movements, and alarm prices. Some of the clocks in this catalog are, Pony, Argand, Oriental, Corrugated Lever, Round Lever, Octagon Lever, Doric Mosaic, Venetian, Grecian, Fawn, Ricarda, Crysta... $13.95     Add To Cart 1889 -90 E.N.WELCH CLOCK CATALOG This item is a reprint of the 1889-1890 E.N.Welch Manufacturing Company Clock Catalog. This catalog contains many clock models not found in other reprints, this catalog should prove of considerable interest to collectors. A rare catalog today, it is of importance because it reveals the increase in number of models and variety of styles from nickeldrum alarm clocks, novelty clocks, fancy walnut shelf clocks to enameled wood and iron clocks. The popularity of French marble mantel clocks among p... $13.95     Add To Cart 1904-1927 Herschede Clocks Catalog This item is a reprint of four Herschede Clock Catalogs, spanning from 1904, 1905, 1910, and 1927. Herschede was the largest and oldest maker of chiming hall clocks, and the only manufacturer of complete clock movements and cases. This catalog features Herschede’s renowned line of hall, mantel, and boudoir clocks. Lavishly illustrated with 100s of photos and reprinted with much of the feel of the original editions. Included is a brief history of the Herschede Clock Co, English hall clocks, pr... $19.95     Add To Cart Chelsea Clock Catalog Jan 18 1917 This book is a reprint of the only known copy in existance of the January 18th 1917 Chelsea Clock Catalog.This catalog contains a large wealth of information concerning Chelsea clocks offered for sale at the beginning of World War I. This book has photographs and dimensions of Chelsea alarm clocks to large wall regulators, and has a chart for telling time with the ships bell striking clocks. Contains origional part numbers, retail cost, and the different woods, movements, and options. The mod... $14.95     Add To Cart Hamilton Ship Chronometer Overhaul Manual This item is a reprint of the Navy Department, 1948, Manual for Overhaul, Repair and Handling of Hamilton Ship Chronometer with Parts Catalog, model 21. This handbook contains, description data, and instructions for the principles of operation, maintenance, repair and Overhaul of the Hamilton Ship Chronometer Watch. This book has sections on use, inspection and repair, disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, testing and adjustments, illustrated parts and all part numbers catalog. 94 pages, soft co... $22.95     Add To Cart Hermle Factory Authorized Service Manual Hermle Factory Authorized Service Manual New. This item is a Hermle factory authorized service manual by Roy Hovey, includes movement identification, repair and adjustment tips. This book has 120 pages, measures 8 1/2 by 11 inches and has a soft cover. Chapter 1 Servicing, repairing, restoring, and replacing Hermle movements. Chapter 2 Hermle mechanical movements, weight, spring movements, chime and strike adjustments, timekeeping adjustments on Hermle movements with a pendulum, timekeeping ... $39.95     Add To Cart Railroad Timekeeping This item for sale is a book titled "Railroad Timekeeping" This book is a comprehensive look at watches, and clocks, used by the railroads to keep them running on time, and includes many interesting facts about American railroad history. This book is profusely illustrated with many pocket watches, clocks, includes clock and watch railroad dials. There are 7 pages of clocks and over 50 pages of watches. Watches included are, Marion, Waltham, Elgin, Illinois, Hampden, Peoria, Aurora, Otay, Hami... $24.95     Add To Cart Vienna Regulators of Lenzkirch and Lorenz Bob This book is a catalog of photographs of Vienna Regulators on display in the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876, by Benedict Ebner, agent for the Collection of Black Forest Clock manufacturers repesented at the exhibition, plus clocks by Lorenz Bob (1805-1878), a well known Furtwangen clock manufacturer. There is a introduction about the VR, selling prices of VR clocks during the Exhibition, a section on the history of the VR style, and care of VR clocks. This book is profusely il... $17.95     Add To Cart USN 35s Hamilton Overhaul Manual This item is a reprint of the Navy Department, 1948, Manual for Overhaul, Repair and Handling of the Hamilton 35 size Chronometer Watch with Parts Catalog. This handbook contains, description data, and instructions for the principles of operation, maintenance, repair and Overhaul of the Hamilton 35 size Chronometer Watch. This book has sections on use, inspection and repair, disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, testing and adjustments, illustrated parts and all part numbers catalog. 63 pages, s... $19.95     Add To Cart Elgin, Making Watches by Machinery 1869 This item is a reprint of "Elgin Reminiscences, Making Watches by Machinery 1869, Excerpts from 1873 Elgin Almanac, and Other Sources" . This is one of the best watch books I have ever read. The section on making watches by machinery is reprinted from Harpers New Monthly Magazine July 1869. I learned a great deal about how watches were made in the mid to late 1800�s. The reader is personally taken on a tour of the Elgin Watch Co. There is a history of time keeping from sundials, clepsydra, an... $9.95     Add To Cart 1900 E.N.Welch Clock Catalog This book is a reprint of 1900 E.N.Welch MFG.Co., Superior American Clocks Catalog. It has photos of the old Welch factory that was partially destroyed by fire in March and December 1899, and a photo of the new factory completed May of 1900. This catalog is profusely illustrated, has illustrations of alarm, 24 different Gingerbread, Dewey, Sampson, Schley, the Main, Lee, Wheeler, Cabinet, Black Mantle, Wall, Calendar, Gallery Clocks, Number 8,11, and 12 wall regulators. Each illustration has ... $14.95     Add To Cart 1884-1885 Waltham Mass. Exposition This Book is a reprint of a catalog American Watch Co, Waltham Mass. New Orleans Exposition, 1884-85. Worlds Fair, known as the Cotton Centennial Exposition, was held at Audubon Park, New Orleans, 1884-1885. American Watch Co.s products, won five first place awards in competition at this Fair. A 36 page catalog, with four additional pages of illustrations, on the front and back sides of the covers, containing advertisements of clocks, watches, jewelry and hardware was prepared by the American... $9.95     Add To Cart The Escapements by F.J. Britton This item is a book titled �The Escapements: Their Actions, Construction and Proportion�, written by F.J. Britton. There are 21 illustrations of these different escapements: anchor, cylinder, chronometer, dead beat, duplex, lever, pin pallet, pin wheel and verge. With each different section there is an illustration of the escapement, an explanation on how it works, construction, proportions, and history. This is a great book for clock and watch repairs as the escapement is an area people like... $11.95     Add To Cart Ansonia Clock Company 1906-1907 This catalogue features many Ansonia clocks not illustrated in the 1885-1887 or 1905 catalogues. Inside the book there are numerous clocks, including six ball swingers, one the Fortuna model-is the subject of its outside soft cover. This Fortuna is shown listed at a retail price of $55.00. The Ansonia Clock Co., at that time, had sales offices at 99 John Street in New York City. The first pages show four basic pocket watch models, the Mentor, Chauffeur, Guide and Auto-all stem wind and sellin... $17.95     Add To Cart The Modern Clock by Goodrich Don't let the title fool you. This book was originally written in 1905. This book has complete and fundamental descriptions of most movement types and guide to set up of most striking and chiming mechanisms with emphasis on American types; how to build a regulator. Escapements, 400-day clocks, pin-wheels, trains, cleaning of cuckoo clocks, calendars, electric clocks and batteries, case repairs. This is the one book that nearly all clockmakers agree is required reading for aspiring clockmakers... $25.95     Add To Cart American Clocks Vol.1 American Clocks "Volume 1" 2nd Edition - Ly, T. D. First Published in 1989. The updated reprint in colorful hard cover is a beauty and a must in every clock collector's library. This beautifully illustrated volume is arranged in logical, easy to follow, alphabetical order, and features nineteen clock companies. - 336 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - 1159 quality illustrations - Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2000 Price Update. American Clocks - Volume 1 by Tran Duy Ly Originally publis... $49.95     Add To Cart American Clocks Vol.2 American Clocks "Volume 2" with a special section of Self Winding clocks - Ly, T. D. - First Published 1991; 2nd Edition in 1995. Mr. Ly has recruited a team of acknowledged specialists for this edition - experts who are leaders in various areas of clock history and technology. This American Clocks Volume 2 contains NO clocks From Volume 1. 336 pages - 8 1/2 x 11 - 1032 illustrations of original clock catalog renderings and instructional information. Smyth sewn hardbound with 2000 Price Updat... $49.95     Add To Cart 19th Century Clock Decorating Stencils book This item is a book titled “ Clock Decorating Stencils of Mid – 19th Century Connecticut.” This is the second book of working clock stencils of William B.Fenn of Plymouth, Connecticut published by Chris H.Bailey of the American Watch & Clock Museum. This book tells of how a descendant of Fenn donated the stencils to the AW&CM how this book was published, includes a biography of WB Fenn. Mr.Fenn had a sizeable business producing stenciled clock case parts and reverse decorated glass tablets fo... $19.95     Add To Cart Clock Design & Construction This item for sale is an informative book written by Laurie Penman on how to design and construct clocks. It is written to assist both the beginner and the experienced clockmaker, in a simplistic language understandable to both. Each aspect of the movement and dial of a clock is considered, and the instructions needed to actually carry out the work are clearly given in text and line drawings. Whether the reader needs to know how to make a deadbeat escapement or how to set about painting or en... $23.95     Add To Cart Clock Repairing as a Hobby This item for sell is a book entitled Clock Repairing as a Hobby by Harold C. Kelly. This all-time illustrated favorite will interest both the horologist and serve as a how-to guide for the beginner who wants to learn clock repairing. In this book the writer analyzes the movement and keeps in mind the questions a beginner is most likely to ask. The first several chapters deal with movement design, escapements, pendulums, and balance wheels. The remaining chapters provide information on practi... $14.95     Add To Cart Hairspringing This item for sale is a book by A.Z. This book deals with the manipulation of old and new springs by the watch repairer. Topics include treatment of tangled springs, making isochronal curves in flat and Breguet springs, pinning, and selecting and fitting hairsprings. Softcover. 48 pages. $9.95     Add To Cart Clock Decorating Stencils of Mid-19th Century Now available again, the original volume "the blue book" of clock decorating stencils done by William B. Fenn t Plymouth, Conn. between about 1840 and 1862. More than 125 stencils are shown, copied exact size from the originals in the collection of AC&WM. it includes a brief history of William B. Fenn written by Chris H. Bailey. Also included are eight additional photographs of finished clock tablets by Fenn. Recommended for anyone wanting to restore or identify clock tablets. Soft Cover.Publ... $19.95     Add To Cart Watch Repairing as a Hobby This item for sell is a book by D.W. Fletcher. It is an excellent first book on repair and cleaning watches with many illustrations. It includes how to diagnose problems, how the watch works, tools and how to use them, and how to take down, clean and reassemble a watch. It also contains common ailments of a watch. Softcover. 64 pages. $12.95     Add To Cart American Clocks Vol.3 This item for sale is the third volume of American Clocks by Tran Duy Ly. This third volume comes from the overwhelming amount of unpublished material on American clocks not included in past volumes. The book begins with a two page introduction by horologist, Tom Grimshaw on the history of American clockmaking from the handcrafted methods of 200 years ago to the early manufactured clcoks of the first half of the 19th century which is what is included mostly in this volume. Next is a 30 page s... $49.95     Add To Cart Tower Clock and How to Make It This item for sale is a book entitled Tower Clock and How to Make it by E.B. Ferson.This book gives a description of the Tower Clock and how it was constructed. It gives complete instructions on how to make it with full working drawings photographed to scale. It also includes the working plans for this clock. Published by Arlington Book Company. 1989. 57 pages. Softcover. Black and White Drawings Illustrations. $9.95     Add To Cart Watch and Chronometer Jeweling This item for sale is a book called Watch and Chronometer Jeweling by N.B. Sherwood. $15.95     Add To Cart How to Repair Musical Boxes xxx $9.95     Add To Cart Complicated Watches and their Repair This item for sale is a book entitled Complicated Watches and their repair by Donald de Carle. Deals with complicated work essential from the repair's point of view. The action of each mechanism is briefly and clearly described because understanding this is essential to proper servicing, repair and testing for functioning. Dismantling and assembly instructions are given, oiling charts and - most important - hints about fault finding and their rectification. instructions are easy to follow and... $29.95     Add To Cart Howard Watches This item for sale is a book entitled Howard Watches, catalogue no. 7 published by E. Howard Watch Works. This book is an illustrated description of the complete series of howards including the latest developments in this celebrated watch. Softcover. 52 pages. Illustrated. Black and White Drawings. $10.95     Add To Cart This Old Clock This item for sale is a book by David S. Goodman. This book is a collection of summaries of lectures and demonstrations on clock repair. This very simplistic but informative book covers many topics including terminology, adjusting the strike, taking apart and putting the clock back together, cleaning, lubrication, and soldering. It covers many parts of the clock including; mainsprings, first wheel, bushings, tooth replacement, recoil and deadbeat escapements, and clock weights. It also includ... $19.95     Add To Cart The Gustav Becker Story 1847-1927 This item is a book titled "The Gustav Becker Story 1847-1927" by the author Karl Kochmann. Eighth edition second printing. This unique book is the history of Gustav Becker and his clock factory, from his first small shop to the large factory.This book is profusely illustrated with maps, photos of Gustav Becker, clock photos, trademarks, and their dates, old advertisements,and different clock movements. This book provides historical information about the Gustav Becker clock company as well as... $19.95     Add To Cart Clock Repair Part-Time Hours Full-Time Pay This item is a book titled, Clock Repair, Part-Time Hours, Full-Time Pay by John Pierson. This book pertains to the creation and operation of a clock repair businesswith some repair tips, and a large listing of suppliers. This is a unique book in that it focuses on those steps necessary to start and operate a successful and profitable clock repair business right from the start. It has a listing of tools and equipment needed, workshop requirements, how to build your own equipment, dealing with... $19.95     Add To Cart   Copyright © 2009. Please read our Privacy and Returns Policies.