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Original article from Journal of the Society of Arts (21 May 1886), pp. 740–750.

Original article from Endeavour no. 99, vol. 26 (September 1967), pp. 122–125.

Original article from the "Collectors' Club" section of Discovering Antiques (n.d.).

Original article from La Suisse Horlogère (October 1954), pp. 1–30.

Original articles from Antique Collecting, vol. 22 no. 10 (March 1988), pp. 7–11 and 4–6. Also includes antique clock dealers' advertisement pages and directory.

Original article from Antique Collecting (March 1995), pp. 4–8.

Original article from The Connoisseur (March 1903), pp. 169–174.

Original article from Country Life (26 January 1978), pp. 199–201.

Original article from Country Life (26 May 1988), p. 214.

The subseries contains articles written by authors with surnames beginning with "Z".

This collection comprises papers collected and created by Michael Hurst. They include correspondence and subject files relating to particular clocks and other horological matters, lecture notes, printed material (auction catalogues, articles, newspaper cutting, pamphlets, etc.), and a large series of clock photographs, colour slides and copper plate negatives. The Hurst archive also contains some records created by Percy Webster, Robert Foulkes and Archie Mackay, which were entrusted at some point to Michael or his son Edward. It also contained several separate box files marked “Dr Ward”, which have since been catalogued separately as the Frank Ward archive (WAR).

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.

A fine mahogany bracket clock with verge escapement.

A grande sonnerie Vienna regulator of one month duration and of the highest quality.

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

A walnut longcase clock of eight days duration by this celebrated maker.

A fine corniche case carriage clock, engraved and gilded and with engraved dial mask and hour repeat.

A miniature carriage timepiece by this celebrated maker with original gilding to the case.

A fine carriage clock in an engraved gorge case with subsidiary dials for alarm and day of the month and petite sonnerie strike on bells.

A fine and rare French fusee skeleton.

A good Vienna timepiece with one-piece dial in a fruitwood case.

Striking clock.

A seventeenth-century chamber clock. [This is a detailed, four-page description, signed by Beresford Hutchinson on 21 October 1977].

A very fine quality skeleton clock with hour strike and repeat, on a marble base.

A good, small ebonised bracket clock with brass inlay, 7-inch white dial and pull hour repeat.

A fine and small longcase with arched brass dial with moon and mahogany case in the style of Mudge and Dutton.

A very fine and early Vienna timepiece with many interesting features.

A walnut and mulberry longcase of the highest quality and with a movement of exceptional horological interest.

A fine lantern clock with verge, striking movement and alarm.

A good, round-top, open-fronted mahogany barometer by this well-known maker. The same as item STR/02/002/018.

A small and elegant rosewood timepiece by a local maker.

A very fine red lacquer bracket clock.

A very fine, ebonised and ormolu mounted bracket clock, quarter striking on 8 bells and with original wall bracket.

An English regulator of the very highest quality and with movement of one-month duration.

An exceptionally finely preserved tavern or Act of Parliament timepiece, recently removed from the Swan Hotel, Wells.

An exceptionally fine and large, satinwood balloon bracket clock.

A good, mahogany, bell-top bracket clock.

A fine and large mahogany wheel barometer by this well-known maker.

A very important and early tavern timepiece in an exceptional state of preservation

A very fine and small "library" timepiece [with two bronze lions and eagle case].

A very fine Act of Parliament or tavern timepiece by one of Liverpool's most celebrated makers.

A walnut longcase clock of very fine proportions and colour with a movement of the highest quality with a very good 12-inch dial.

A fine verge wall clock with 14-inch engraved brass dial.

A black-lacquered Act of Parliament or tavern clock in superb original condition.

An exceptionally elegant mahogany longcase in the style of Dutton, Mudge and Holmes.

A good provincial walnut longcase with 11-inch dial.

A good, provincial oak longcase clock with arched brass dial incorporating a very rare calendar feature.

An exceptionally fine lacquer longcase clock decorated with chinoiserie on a brick-red ground.

A good marine stick barometer by these well-known makers.

A fine and large mahogany wheel barometer with 12-inch dial and case crossbanded with tulip wood.

A fine, small skeleton timepiece of the highest quality.

A fine and large lantern clock by a member of this well-known family of clockmakers.

A good mahogany longcase clock by this well-known Northumberland maker, with a very rare marriage dial.

A good small carriage clock in an engraved gorge case with engraved and shuttered door and engraved dial mask.

A very fine carriage clock in an engraved gorge case with three subsidiary dials and seconds dial and with grande sonnerie striking on bells, almost certainly the work of Henry Jacot.

A very fine mahogany longcase in the manner of Mudge, Dutton and Holmes, the arched silver dial signed as above but, in [Mighell's] opinion, from the workshop of John Holmes.

A fine and large mahogany wheel barometer with 12-inch dial and case crossbanded with tulip wood.

A fine and very rare Act of Parliament or tavern timepiece in a chinoiserie decorated banjo case with round white dial by this celebrated maker.

A fine and extremely rare miniature tavern timepiece with coloured print on the door.

A good and small ebonised chamfer top bracket, well inlaid with brass, by this fine maker.

A provincial mahogany longcase of the highest quality with brass arched dial and rocking ship.

A very fine and rare "rooftop" Vienna regulator timepiece in a six-light walnut case by these well-known makers.

A fine mahogany longcase in the manner of Mudge, Dutton and Holmes with arched, silvered dial by this well-known maker.

A very fine mahogany marine barometer with original signed gimbals and travelling case.

A very good Sedan timepiece.

A mahogany bell-top bracket clock in a case of fine proportions and colour and with verge movement having hour and half-hour strike and hour repeat.

A very finely proportioned longcase clock with panelled bird and flower marquetry, panelled and strung sides and 11-inch dial, all in an exceptional state of preservation.

A fine walnut bracket clock with inverted bell-top case, arched brass dial, hour strike with pull repeat and strike/silent by this celebrated maker.

A fine and very rare English dial [clock] with 12-inch convex wood dial and hour strike.

A good Regency mahogany bracket clock by this noted maker, complete with replacement wall bracket.

A very fine and rare mahogany tavern timepiece by these well-known makers.

A very fine and unusually small "Dachluhr" or rooftop timepiece in a strung mahogany case.

A finely proportioned mahogany wheel barometer.

A fine and tall mahogany longcase of the highest quality, incorporating in the movement the known technical refinements of this noted maker.

The book includes ten items purchased before the foundation of Strike One in February 1968; they were given stock numbers 468.1-468.10.

A good English dial clock with engraved brass dial and verge escapement.

A fine and very rare Act of Parliament or tavern timepiece in a chinoiserie decorated banjo case with round white dial by this celebrated maker.

A very fine mahogany Regency bracket clock by these two well-known makers and complete with replacement wall bracket.

A good mahogany marine stick barometer with silvered brass register plate.

A rare, early eighteenth-century walnut stick barometer in the manner of John Patrick.

A very fine and rare mahogany tavern timepiece by these well-known makers.

A grande sonnerie carriage clock of the finest quality by this celebrated maker.

A fine seventeenth-century panelled marquetry longcase with 11-inch dial with some good decoration and the rare feature of a day-of-the-week aperture.

A fine eighteenth-century walnut stick barometer.