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Information or research assistance regarding clocks and
watches is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution. The
following information has been prepared to assist those interested in
this topic.
General
Baillie, G.H., and Brian Loomes. Watchmakers and Clockmakers of
the World. 2 vols. London: N.A.G. Press, Ltd., 1988.
Britten, Frederick James. The Antique Collectors Club Edition of
Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers. 3d ed. rev. Woodbridge,
England: Antique Collector's Club, 1977.
Bruton, Eric. History of Clocks and Watches. New York: Rizzoli
International Publications, Inc., 1979.
Ehrhardt, Roy. Foreign and American Pocket Watch Identification
and Price Guide. Kansas City, MO: Heart of America Press, 1976.
Moore, N. Hudson. The Old Clock Book. New York: Frederick A.
Stoker, 1911.
Nutting, Wallace. The Clock Book. New York: Garden City Publishing
Co., Inc., 1935.
Smith, Alan ed. The Country Life International Dictionary of Clocks.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1979.
Canada
Burrows, G.E. Canadian Clocks and Clockmakers. Oshawa, Ontario:
Published by the author, 1973.
Langdon, J.E. Clock and Watchmakers and Allied Workers in Canada,
1700-1900. Canada: Anson-Cartwright, 1976.
England
Beeson, C.F.C. Clockmaking in Oxfordshire, 1400-1850. Ramsgate,
England: Antiquarian Horological Society, 1967.
Bellchambers, Jack Kenneth. Devonshire Clockmakers. Totnes,
England: Devonshire Press Ltd., 1962.
______. Somerset Clockmakers. Ramsgate, England: Antiquarian
Horological Society, 1968.
Brown, Howard M. Cornish Clocks and Clockmakers. Newton Abbot,
England: David and Charles, 1970.
Daniell, John. Leicestershire Clockmakers. Leicestershire, England:
Leicestershire Museums, Art Galleries and Records Service, 1975.
Hagger, Arthur L., and Leonard F. Miller. Suffolk Clocks and Clockmakers.
Ticehurst, England: Antiquarian Horological Society, 1974.
Loomes, Brian. Lancashire Clocks and Clockmakers. North Pomfret,
VT: David and Charles, 1976.
______. Westmoreland Clocks and Clockmakers. North Pomfret,
VT: David and Charles, 1974.
______. Yorkshire Clockmakers. Clapham, England: The Dalesman
Publishing Company, Ltd., 1972.
Mason, Bernard. Clock and Watchmaking in Colchester, England.
Feltham, England: Country Life, Ltd., 1969.
Penfold, John B. Clockmakers of Cumberland. Ashford, England:
Brant Wright Association, Ltd., 1977.
France
Allix, Charles. Carriage Clocks. Woodbridge, England: Baron
Publishing, 1974.
Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français. Paris: Tardy, 1971-72.
La Pendule Française. 3d ed. 3 vols. Paris: Tardy, 1961.
Germany
Bender, Gerd. Die Uhrenmacher des hohen Schwarzwaldes und ihre Werke.
Villingen/Schwarzwald: Verlag Muller, 1975.
Jüttemann, Herbert. Die Schwarzwalduhr. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt
& Biermann, 1972.
Maurice, Klaus. Die deutsche Räderuhr. 2 vols. Munich: Verlag
C.H. Beck, 1976.
Tyler, Eric John. Black Forest Clocks. London: N.A.G. Press,
1977.
The Netherlands
Sellink, J.L. Dutch Antique Domestic Clocks. Bronxville, NY:
Clock Trade Enterprises, 1973.
Ireland
Fennell, Geraldine. A List of Irish Watch and Clock Makers.
Dublin: Stationery Office, 1963.
Italy
Morpurgo, Enrico. Dizionario degli Orologiai Italiani, 1300-1880.
Rome: Edizioni "La Clessidra," 1950.
Poland
Siedlecka, Wieslawa. Polskie Zegary. Warsaw: Zaklad Narodowy
im. Ossolinskich, 1974.
Russia
Chenakal, Valentin L. Watchmakers and Clockmakers in Russia, 1400-1850.
W.F. Ryan, trans. Ramsgate, England: Antiquarian Horological Society,
1972.
Scotland
Smith, John. A Handbook and Directory of Old Scottish Clockmakers
from 1453-1850. Edinburgh, 1903. Reprint. New York: British Book
Centre, 1975.
Switzerland
Jaquet, Eugène, and Alfred Chapuis. Technique and History of the
Swiss Watch. 2d ed. London: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., 1970.
United States
Bailey, Chris H. Two Hundred Years of American Clocks and Watches.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., A Rutledge Book, 1975.
Beckman, Elizabeth D. Cincinnati Silversmiths, Jewelers, Watch &
Clockmakers. Cincinnati: B.B. and Co., 1975.
Carlisle, Lilian Baker. Vermont Clock and Watchmakers, Silversmiths,
and Jewelers 1788-1878. Burlington, VT: Stinehour Press, 1970.
Criss, David. Collectors Price Guide to American Pocket Watches.
7th ed. Imlay City, MI: Criss and Son Enterprises, 1985.
Distin, William H., and Robert Bishop. The American Clock: A Comprehensive
Pictorial Survey, 1723-1900. New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1976.
Drost, William E. Clocks and Watches of New Jersey. Elizabeth,
NJ: Engineering Publishers, 1966.
Edwards, John. The Complete Checklist of American Clock and Watchmakers
1640-1950. Stratford, CT: New England Publishing Co., 1977.
Eckhardt, George H. Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers. New
York: Devin-Adair Co., 1955.
Ehrhardt, Roy, and William F. Meggers. Identification and Price
Guide to American Pocket Watches from Beginning to End. Kansas City,
MO: Heart of America Press, 1987.
______. American Pocket Watch Identification and Price Guide.
Kansas City, MO: Heart of America Press, 1974.
Gibbs, James W. Buckeye Horology. Columbia, PA: Art Crafters,
1971.
______. Shaker Clockmakers. Columbia, PA: National Association
of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc., 1972.
Hoopes, Penrose R. Connecticut Clockmakers of the 18th Century.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1930.
James, Arthur Edwin. Chester County Clocks and Their Makers.
West Chester, PA: Chester County Historical Society, 1947.
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Supplement #5. Clockmakers
of the Concord, Massachusetts Community. Columbia, PA: National
Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc., 1967.
Palmer, Brooks. The Book of American Clocks. New York: The Macmillan
Co., 1950.
______. A Treasury of American Clocks. New York: The Macmillan
Co., 1967.
Parsons, Charles S. New Hampshire Clocks and Clockmakers. Exeter,
NH: Adams Brown Co., 1976.
Roberts, Kenneth D. Connecticut Clock Technology of Joseph Ives
1810-1862. Bristol, CT: American Clock and Watch Museum, 1970.
______. Eli Terry and the Connecticut Shelf Clock. Bristol,
CT: K. Roberts Publishing Co., 1973.
Swedberg, Robert W. American Clocks and Clockmakers. Radnor,
PA: Wallace-Homestead Book Co, 1989.
Townsend, George E. Almost Everything You Wanted to Know about Watches
and Didn't Know Who to Ask. Vienna, VA: published by the author,
1970.
Wood, Stacy B.C., Stephen E. Kramer, and John J. Snyder. Clockmakers
of Lancaster County [PA] and Their Clocks 1750-1850. New York: Van
Nostrand Reinhold, 1977.
Wales
Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog. Clock and Watch Makers in Wales.
Cardiff: The National Museum of Wales, Welsh Folk Museum, 1960.
Hallmarks
de Carle, Donald. Watch and Clock Encyclopedia. New York: Bonanza
Books, 1977.
Grimwade, Arthur G. London Goldsmiths 1697-1837: Their Marks and
Lives. 2d ed. Boston: Faber and Faber, 1982.
Trademarks
Ehrhardt, Roy. Trademarks, Watch Cases, Pocket Watches, Precious
Stones, Diamonds. Kansas City, MO: Heart of America Press, 1976.
Kochmann, Karl. Clockmaking in Europe: German, Austrian, Swiss,
French Trademarks. Concord, CA: Antique Clock Publishing, 1977.
Watch Cases
Niebling, Warren H. History of the American Watch Case. Philadelphia:
Whitmore Publishing Co., 1971.
Prepared by the Engineering and Industry Collections
in cooperation with the Public Inquiry Mail Service,
Smithsonian Institution
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