Also includes press releases re. the appointment of Jerome Lambert as managing director, and SIHH Fair.
The event took place on 20 July 1998 in Dresden.
Also includes cover letter.
Also includes cover letter.
Celebrating 165 years of the company's watchmaking tradition and 130-year history of the brand.
Includes cover letter.
The tour took place in October-November 2000, exhibiting over 150 watches in five cities.
Also includes photopcopies hand-annotated with prices.
Features timepieces by Piaget, Franck Mueller, Alain Silberstein, Vacheron Constantin, Breguet, Audemars Piguet, Judith Leiber and Blancpain.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train square dial, matted centre, ringed winding holes, very large date aperture; date dial has chevron or wheat ear engraving, cut out for name disk above centre, chapter ring inner markings, urn spandrels.
Main dial: one-piece silvered dial with painted moon. See also slide 90, which shows restored other Harland moon in Columbia Museum.
Main dial: one-piece silvered dial with painted moon. See also slide 90, which shows restored other Harland moon in Columbia Museum.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched with moon, engraved and matted centre, ringed winding holes, square date aperture, applied silvered seconds ring on dial centre, maps on hemispheres, head with foliage spandrels.
Main dial: eight-day, rainbow sky, religious ruins corners, silver leaf; breakarch Moses recieving tablets. Very striking dial.
Main dial: eight-day, cream background, anemone and gold flowers corners, morning glory and gold flowers dial centre.
Main dial: false moon painted on, three abbeys and one cottage corners, crude colours.
Main dial: eight-day two-train square dial, silvered and engraved centre, square date aperture, seconds on dial centre, Chippendale-style spandrels.
Moon scenes: landscape with lake.
Main dial: bronze powder background and four-seasons ladies; silver or gold leaf, gold castles in humps.
Moon dial faces: unusual pale sky to moon with comets. Moon dial originally meant to have age of moon dial painted on moon edge, but this was painted over, looks original; age of moon on separate silvered piece in breakarch. Frances Tennant repaired mechanism and cleaned up moon dial, main dial unrestored.
Main dial: very bright shells corners; bright bird centre.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with moon, engraved and silvered centre with centre date on dial centre, engraving of fanciful dragon head (Scots style), petals around winding holes, Rococo spandrels. Hemispheres: maps.
Moon dial: well painted, with two landscapes, both include water.
Main dial: auriculas and strawberries, pink and blue roses, flat gold framing, gold shells.
Moon dial: all painted moon; funny moon faces. Moon scenes: one mid-blue sky with gold snowflakes; landscape with two figures.
Moon dial: silvered edge, Manchester style of painting, but landscapes have definite blue tinge. Very well painted. Moon has distinctive bulging forehead; possible early 1770s.
Moon faces: pale-faced. Moon scenes: sailing ship; windmill.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with Adam and Eve in breakarch. Dial breakarch cut out similar to Gill dial: painting of Garden of Eden background somewhat similar but figures better done. Both arms to move as well as shaped serpent going around tree.
Main dial: matted centre, interim markings, inside markings on chapter ring, small outside minute numbers, separate seconds ring, ringed winding holes, decorated square date aperture; head with foliage spandrels.
Main dial: eight-day breakarch, three-train, greyed off-white background, no décor.
Main dial: rabbits top, foxes bottom corners; crude colours. Hemispheres: man with stick humps.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial; engraved and silvered centre with fierce bird (Nantwich-style), square date aperture, small compass points seconds on dial; Indian head spandrels, dolphin spandrels in arch, which has applied painted boss of two-headed eagle. Chester Military Museum.
Restoration of silvered-edge moon dial. Dark-blue sky has starts and two comets. Eric Gent has details of clock.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train, silvered and engraved dial centre, small scale acanthus leaf, some small flowers; seconds with small compass rose engraved on dial centre, interim markings, square date aperture, minute band; head and open foliage spandrels (same as 1351 but better); moon painted centre, engraved numerals. Engraving in hemispheres, name on applied piece in arch; same semicircular cutouts to arch inner edge (see also 1351).
Repaired dial and mechanism as a gift to Wrexham Heritage Centre. Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with moon, matted centre, ringed winding holes, round-ended date aperture with engraving and pointer, solid separate seconds dial, interim markings, Chevron engraving on dial plate, "Time Showes the Way of Lifes Decay" on breakarch, silvered edge to moon with engraving, four-seasons spandrels. Hemispheres: funny faces.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched with moon, centre painting. Applied chapter ring, square date aperture, head and foliage spandrels; maps in hemispheres. This dial had had the centre mistakenly painted in acrylic, because the original oil painting was lost. Dial plate could have been soaked in chemicals, nothing left of it, so new scene had to be made up following the style of the moon.
Main dial: gold shells in pink frame on gold background with lines corners. Poor graphics.
Main dial: all different abbeys corners; Loch Katrine breakarch. All very well painted.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial, with Adam and Eve automata in breakarch and 6 o'clock moon. One-piece chapter ring and centre, plain with cutout for seconds dial and 6 o'clock moon, name in hemispheres. Two small dials top left and right with date and month. Pointed moon with starry sky looks crude. Arch of dial has scalloped cutout for automata scene. Adam and Eve arms to move, as well as corkscrew flat serpent going around tree trunk. Rococo spandrels. Very unusual.
Main dial: funny gold flowers with green leaves in corners; ships in harbour breakarch.
Main dial: small modified fans corners, shells on green background, yellow triangles, all very bright.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train, engraved and silvered dial centre (same engraver as dial shown in slide 626); seconds with compass rose on dial centre, square date aperture, interim markings, minute band, large Arabic minute numerals; head and Chippendale foliage spandrels.
Main dial: two-train complicated clock with date, month, etc. Similar to Bath Pump Room Clock.
Moon scenes: sailing ship; cottage.
Main dial: cottages and castles corners; farm cottage scene in breakarch.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train square dial, matted and engraved centre, square-ended date aperture; circular aperture for solid seconds dial, with boat engraved in centre head and foliage spandrels. Hood has painted wood insert (damaged).
Silvered edge moon dial, smaller than usual moon with age of moon on engraved edge. Rather crude painting, thickly done, showing a waterfall with large tumbling rock. Unusual, probably sent by Bob Baxter, Southport.
Main dial: eight-day, two-train arched dial with moon, silvered and engraved centre, square date aperture, small compass points seconds on dial centre; head and foliage spandrels; unusual breakarch with painted landscape inset with trees on hemisphere.
Main dial: L-shaped bright borders, pink and blue flowers with fruit corners; gold flowers dial centre.
Main dial: eight-day two-train square dial with 12 o'clock moon, painted centre, shaped date aperture, age of moon painted on moon dial edge (12 o'clock moons are rare with painted centres).
Main dial: gold leaf ovals in corners with flowers; girl cutting wheat in breakarch. Rather crude.
Main dial: lighthouse corners; harbour at Haverford West in breakarch. Well painted.
Main dial: eight-day breakarch with automata, 1795 or later. One-piece silvered dial, square-ended date aperture, scrolls in corners, decorated breakarch. Good painting in arch background, Adam and Eve rather crude, with arms to move. New serpent made. Interesting clock.
Main dial: cottages with towers corners, well painted; two fishermen in breakarch.
Main dial: eight-day square, head with scrolls in corners, seconds compass rose type engraving, silvered centre, curved date aperture. Looks like the "Good Engraver", very nice dial (see Colin Brown, The Clockmakers of Llanrwst).
Main dial: black leopard, elephant and bear in corners; man shooting lion centre; lion with rolling eyes biting camel in breakarch. Well painted.
Moon dial faces: rather red cheeks. Moon scenes: two land scenes, well painted.
Iron moon with starry sky.
Large main dial: eight-day arched; cottages corners; large ruined castle breakarch; gold band. Pub clock.
Moon scenes: sailing ship with flag; cottage.
Moon with starry sky.
Main dial: castle in breakarch, cottages corners, borders date and seconds on dial, name very small across centre.
Main dial: boy with dog in breakarch, some gold in corners, generally bright corners. False plate: sheet iron.
Main dial: rocking ship, small background.
Main dial: eight-day two-train square dial with 12 o'clock moon, silvered and engraved centre with odd birds in trees, date on dial centre, very fine engraving interim markings on chapter ring. Painted moon with probably two landscapes.
Main dial: eight-day two-train square dial with 12 o'clock moon, silvered and engraved centre with odd birds in trees, date on dial centre, very fine engraving interim markings on chapter ring. Painted moon with probably two landscapes.
Main dial: seasons spandrels, matted centre, 1760s?
Main dial: urious revolving hunting scene from brass-dialled northern longcase clock, with Adam and Eve in breakarch.
The exhibition took place at Tetbury, Gloucestershire
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. It also contains other horologucal publications, such as journals and exhibition catalogues.
Zonder titelMakers' surnames include: A[...], Abbot, Abraham, Abrahams, Achurch, Ackers, Adams, Adamson, Addis, Addison, Adey, Adkins, Adney, Aimwell, Ainge, Ainsworth, Alder, Aldridge, Aldworth, Allam, Allaway, Alcock, Allcock, Allen, Alleway, Allix, Allsop, Allwood, Alsop, Alstead, Amey, Amy, Amyot, Anderson, Anderton, Andrews, Angelo, Angier, Angot, Anott, Ansoll, Anson, Ant, Antill, Antram, Antrim.
Makers' surnames include: Br[...], Brabant, Brackley, Bradbury, Bradford, Bradgate, Bradley, Bradshaw, Brady, Brafield, Brayfield, Bramer, Bramston, Brand, Brasier, Brass, Brassett, Brather, Braun, Bray, Bredo, Brentwood, Brew, Brewer, Bride, Bridgeman, Bridges, Briggs, Brightridge, Bristow, Brittain, Broadbent, Brockbank, Brodu, Brogden [donbrog], Bromfield, Bromley, Brooke, Brooks, Brookes, Brooksby, Brosy, Brown, Browntree, Bruce, Bryan.
Makers' surnames include: Buank [?], Buchanan, Buck, Buckenhill, Buckingham, Buckman, Bucknall, Budgen, Budgeon, Buffet, Bull, Bulline, Bullock, Bumstead, Bunce, Burch, Burden, Burdet, Burfield, Burgi, Burgis, Burges, Burgess, Burn, Burnett, Burnham, Burport, Burry, Burton, Busby, Bush, Bushman, Buschman, Bushman, Bushnels, Butcher, Butler, Butterfield, Butts, Buxton, Byfield, Bynham.
Makers' surnames include: Clapot, Claypot, Clark, Clarke, Clarkson, Claverton, Clay, Clayton, Clegg, Cleland, Clement, Clementti, Clements, Clemison, Cleverly, Clifton, Clinton, Clive, Cloither, Clough, Clowes, Clyatt.