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A very fine West Country walnut longcase clock with moon dial and high water at London Bridge.

Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 19 no. 3 (July/August 1984), pp. 32–33.

Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 17 no. 3 (July/August 1982), p. 40–42.

Two copies of an original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 13 no. 2 (June 1978), pp. 26–28.

A good, mahogany, striking regulator longcase in a finely figured mahogany case of beautiful colour.

Original article from Antique Collecting (March 1986), pp. 30–33. Also includes Where to buy clocks directory.

Original article from Art & Antiques (15 April 1972), pp. 18–21.

Celebrating 160 years of the company's watchmaking tradition and 125-year history of the brand.

Also includes reproductions of Paris-Matinal and The New York Herald 1927 issues with articles on Charles Lindbergh's flight and the flight map, and newspaper articles.

Celebrating 165 years of the company's watchmaking tradition and 130-year history of the brand.

Two copies of an original article from "The world of antique clocks" section of The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (August 1975), pp. 120–125.

Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (August 1975), pp. 80–86.

Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (May 1980), pp. 74–76.

Original article from Antique Collector (August 1986), pp. 40–45.

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.

Original article from The Antique Collector (June 1986), pp. 102–103.

Includes four photographs and a 1930 Uhrmakerkunst article reprint on "Die neue Regulierung der Uhr der St. Marienkirche in Lübeck".

Includes four photographs and a typescript article "The Clock of Lund", translated from German.

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.

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.

A very finely preserved and exceedingly rare mail coach timepiece with its original travelling case.

Includes typewritten letters, eight photographs and envelope.

A fine and small mantel timepiece in a rosewood case of the highest quality.

A good, small mantel clock in a four-glass rosewood case and with hour strike on a bell.

A fine and small, repeating mantel clock in an ebonised case by this well-known maker.

A fine, small striking mantel clock in a rosewood case.

A fine, small and exceedingly rare rosewood mantel clock with gilded engine-turned dial and back wind.

A small and elegant satinwood mantel timepiece with a movement of high quality and a delicately engraved, silvered dial.

Also includes press cuttings from Newnes Practical Mechanica on orrery, planetarium and timing and delay mechanisms.

Held at the School of Horology, Blanchardstown, Dublin, on 14 Dec 1976 to mark the bicentenary of the death of John Harrison. Signed by W. Stuart.

A fine two-day marine chronometer by this excellent maker.

A fine and small two-day marine chronometer by this well-known maker.

A good two-day marine chronometer by this well-known maker, in a brass-strung, coromandel wood box of the highest quality and complete with deck box.

A good, two-day marine chronometer in a very fine rosewood box.

A fine, eight-day marine chronometer by this celebrated maker, in a rosewood box of the highest quality.

An eight-day chronometer by this well-known maker in a brass-bound rosewood box and with fully numbered movement.

A fine, two-day marine chronometer by these well-known makers.

A fine eight-day chronometer by this celebrated maker in a brass-strung coromandel box.

A fine eight-day chronometer by this celebrated maker.

A fine and rare miniature ship's bulkhead timepiece by these well-known makers.

Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (October 1984), pp. 36–39. Also includes antique clock dealers' advertisement pages and issue cover.

Original article from The Connoisseur Year Book (1956), pp. 104–110.

Printed.

Original article about a small clock by Grimalde & Johnson from Antique Collector (April 1974), pp. 62–63.

Two original articles from Antique Collector (August and September 1987), pp. 68–74 and 108–115 respectively.

Typescript and handwritten.

Original article from The Connoisseur (June 1970), pp. 77–85.

Original article in two parts from The Connoisseur, vol. 182 (February 1973 and March 1973), pp. 106–111 and 179–188 respectively.

Original article from The Connoisseur, vol. 166 no. 670 (December 1967), pp. 213–221.

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.

Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 9 no. 6 (October 1974), pp. 22–27.

Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 21 no. 3 (July/August 1986), pp. 54–55.

Original article from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (February 1976), pp. 75–77.

Four drawings, including the "stackfreed" and "mainspring barrel and fusee".

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

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.

Original article from Antique Collector (September 1977), pp. 70–74.

Inscribed "J.A. Sutcliffe, Blackpool".

Includes letters, copy catalogue pages, eight photographs and slides.

Original article from The Antique Collector (June 1973), pp. 165–169.

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.

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

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.

192 pages. Signed by Milo Mighell on 21 July 2010.

Typescript. With Dr Ward as the Honorary Treasurer.

Four original pages from various issues of The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (December 1956, November 1976, October 1986).

Seven cuttings, mostly from unidentified newspapers.

Originals and photocopies, relating to individual clocks and watches, clockmaking news, Robert Hooke and Captain James Cook.

Includes signed typescript of L. Northcote's review of Clockmaking in Oxfordshire 1400-1850 by C.F.C. Beeson (1962); typescript of "Electronics in Timekeeping", a lecture given to the Electrical Horology Group by J.D. Weaver at the Science Museum (6 Dec 1975); typescript of an article on "The Watchmaker's Guild of Copenhagen" (n.d.), and handwritten notes and comments on the Flamsteed / Towneley correspondence and Towneley's pallets as revised by Tompion.

This collection comprises material relating to electrical horology created and collected by Arthur Mitchell. It contains subject and correspondence files concerning electric clock companies worldwide and their products, including the Synchronome Company.

Original articles from La Suisse Horlogère (August 1954), pp. 39–50.

Original article from Antique Collecting (April 1998), pp. 36–37.

Includes typewritten letters, five photographs, a tourist map of Alsace featuring a photograph of the clock, and typewritten articles on "Kunstuhr in Molsheim" and "Les horloges astronomiques et Monumentales: Molsheim".

Includes catalogues, photocopies of press articles, hand-drawn plan of Le Forges à Montécheroux, photographs and negatives, and related correspondence.

This collection comprises material related to the research, writing, laying-out and publishing The Clockmakers of Somerset 1650-1900 and The Clockmakers of Bristol 1650-1900, as well as assorted research papers and ephemera, including but not limited to a collection of photos, copies of deeds, correspondence with owners of clocks including enclosures, and photocopies of archival documents.

Original article from Antique Collecting, vol. 12 (February 1977), pp. 57–60.

Album containing the complete series of 25 cards. Purchased from The Good Olde Days shop in Brighton.