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WAD/01/D/007/02 · Item · n.d. [mid-20th century]
Part of WADSWORTH, FRANCIS

Original article from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 146–149. Annotated '91.A'.

WAR/05/001 · File · 1950
Part of WARD, FRANK

18 b/w captioned photographs and 3 postcards. Includes regulator clocks, pendulum clocks, astronomical clocks, reconstructions of Hugyens' marine clocks, airpumps, apparatus for measuring centrifugal forces, and Christiaan Hugyens portrait. All photographs endorsed 'Copyright Rijksmuseum voor de Geschiedenis der Natuurwetenschappen, Leiden'.

WAD/01/J/003/04 · Item · n.d. [mid-20th century]
Part of WADSWORTH, FRANCIS

Original article, probably from from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 283–286. Annotated '81'.

WAD/01/B/029/01 · Item · 1980 Apr
Part of WADSWORTH, FRANCIS

Original article about eighteenth–century scientific instruments for measuring, surveying, navigation and time telling from Antique Collector (April 1980), pp. 77–79. Alo includes pp. 75–76.

"Les vis" by H. Jendritzki
WAD/01/J/003/03 · Item · n.d. [mid-20th century]
Part of WADSWORTH, FRANCIS

Original article, probably from from Journal Suisse d'Horologerie et de Bijouterie: Revue de la Société Suisse de Chronométrie (n.d.), pp. 219–226. Annotated '81'.

Lists of watches for sale
CAR/01/003 · File · 1972–1982
Part of CARRINGTON, ROGER

File marked RC13/2. Includes typewritten lists of watches and clocks for sale by various dealers based in York, Liverpool, Lancashire and Cheshire, including Rarities International, Kingsway Galleries, Castle Galleries and Roy James and Co.

BUN/01/005 · File · compiled in the 20th century
Part of BUNT, ERIC AND EILEEN

This is a copy of a two-volume list compiled by Francis Buckley and G. B. Buckley, held at the Guildhall Library (ref. CLC/239/MS03338/001-002). Newspapers include The Post Man, The Daily Courant, The Daily Post and General Advertiser, The Daily Journal and London Gazette. The file includes a list of references to lost pieces by Gray and Vulliamy, and references to other lost watches not included in the original volume, some in the hand of Eileen Bunt.

CAS/02/027 · File · 1957
Part of CASTLE, JOHN

Includes letters, five photographs and photographic postcards, two typescript copies of John W. Castle's article "The astronomical clock of Lyon", a copy of an article from La Nature (1895) on "L'Horloge Astronomique de Lyon", copy drawings and typescript article (in French) on the astrolabe of Lyon. Also includes handwritten letter from the AHS regarding the publication of the article.

WAD/01/C/007/02 · Item · 1992 May/Jun
Part of WADSWORTH, FRANCIS

Original article about a collection of French furniture, ormolu-mounted porcelain and gilt-bronzes sold at in Monte Carlo on 20 June 1992, from Christie's International Magazine, vol. 8 no. 12 (May/June 1992), pp. 12–13.

MCK · Collection · 19th–21st centuries

This collection contains research papers, publications and collectanea assembled by Chris McKay. It includes a large series of subject files relating to various clocks and clockmakers, including the Big Ben clock; guidebooks, catalogues and diaries; photographs, negatives and slides; art prints; and a significant collection of horological postcards.

McKay, Chris
"Men's pocket watches"
WAD/01/01/052 · File · 1993
Part of WADSWORTH, FRANCIS

Original article about Victorian and Edwardian pocket watches, from What's It Worth part 1 (1993), pp. 7–8.

ALL/01/014 · File · 1938–1958
Part of ALLIX, CHARLES

Frank Mercer (1882–1970) was a chronometer maker; his father was the founder of Thomas Mercer Ltd, a firm of makers of chronometers and precision equipment based in St Albans, dating back to 1858. File includes obituaries of Frank Mercer, biographical articles about Thomas junior and senior, an article about the firm's centenary, etc.

TYL/01/003 · File · c.1989
Part of TYLER, JOHN

Includes typescript of an article on "The Clockmakers of Surrey, Middlesex and Hertfordshire"; handwritten and typescript lists of individual makers 1516–1830; scrap notes; handwritten notes taken from The Economic History of England by E. Lipson (1915); a catalogue leaflet for Rita Shenton's bookshop (specialist horological bookseller); two b/w photographs of a longcase clock by James Douglas Chertsey; small print of a view of Southwark Cathedral; and a tourist guide to Islington.

TYL/01/004 · File · 1980–1989
Part of TYLER, JOHN

Includes handwritten lists of individuals' names from extracted from various directories 1797–1845; scrap notes, some relating to earlier sources; and related correspondence.

MIL · Collection · 19th and 20th centuries

This collection comprises research papers compiled by Robert Miles in the course of his study of the history of the Synchronome company, which resulted in the publication of his book, Synchronome: Masters of Electrical Timekeeping (2011 and 2019). They include copies of primary and secondary sources from the nineteenth century onwards (including papers and articles by F. Hope-Jones), subject files, clock lists, photographs, slides and digital records.

Miles, Robert