Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1983–2008 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
250 files in 8 boxes (1.3 linear metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Grahame Brooks is a Freeman of the Goldsmiths Company, Liveryman of the Clockmakers Company, and a freelance contributor to the Horological Journal. He attended evening classes in watch and clock making together with George Daniels at Northampton Polytechnic in Clerkenwell, which later became the National College of Horology.
Repository
Archival history
The material was donated by Grahame Brooks to David Rooney c.2008 for research purposes. In 2023, at David’s suggestion, Grahame agreed to donate it to the AHS to make it available to the wider public.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited at the AHS Lovat Lane in June 2023.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection comprises mostly fine wristwatch trade publications sent to and collected by Grahame Brooks over an approximately ten-year period from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. It includes press releases, product brochures, photographs, slides and CD-Roms, as well as some correspondence.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Further records may be deposited in the future.
System of arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically into 56 series by company or event name and chronologically within each series.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
The records are available for public access by prior appointment.
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Language and script notes
Mostly English, some German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese
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Archivist's note
Catalogued in March 2026 by the AHS Archivist.