Selected Bibliography for
Identifying Clocks and Watches
Information or research assistance regarding clocks and
watches is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution. The
following information has been prepared to assist those interested in
this topic.
General
Baillie, G.H., and Brian Loomes. Watchmakers and Clockmakers
of the World. 2 vols. London: N.A.G. Press, Ltd., 1988.
Britten, Frederick James. The Antique Collectors Club Edition
of Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers. 3d ed. rev.
Woodbridge, England: Antique Collector's Club, 1977.
Bruton, Eric. History of Clocks and Watches. New York:
Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1979.
Ehrhardt, Roy. Foreign and American Pocket Watch
Identification and Price Guide. Kansas City, MO: Heart of
America Press, 1976.
Moore, N. Hudson. The Old Clock Book. New York: Frederick
A. Stoker, 1911.
Nutting, Wallace. The Clock Book. New York: Garden City
Publishing Co., Inc., 1935.
Smith, Alan ed. The Country Life International Dictionary of
Clocks. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1979.
Canada
Burrows, G.E. Canadian Clocks and Clockmakers. Oshawa,
Ontario: Published by the author, 1973.
Langdon, J.E. Clock and Watchmakers and Allied Workers in
Canada, 1700-1900. Canada: Anson-Cartwright, 1976.
England
Beeson, C.F.C. Clockmaking in Oxfordshire, 1400-1850.
Ramsgate, England: Antiquarian Horological Society, 1967.
Bellchambers, Jack Kenneth. Devonshire Clockmakers.
Totnes, England: Devonshire Press Ltd., 1962.
______. Somerset Clockmakers. Ramsgate, England:
Antiquarian Horological Society, 1968.
Brown, Howard M. Cornish Clocks and Clockmakers. Newton
Abbot, England: David and Charles, 1970.
Daniell, John. Leicestershire Clockmakers. Leicestershire,
England: Leicestershire Museums, Art Galleries and Records Service,
1975.
Hagger, Arthur L., and Leonard F. Miller. Suffolk Clocks and
Clockmakers. Ticehurst, England: Antiquarian Horological
Society, 1974.
Loomes, Brian. Lancashire Clocks and Clockmakers. North
Pomfret, VT: David and Charles, 1976.
______. Westmoreland Clocks and Clockmakers. North
Pomfret, VT: David and Charles, 1974.
______. Yorkshire Clockmakers. Clapham, England: The
Dalesman Publishing Company, Ltd., 1972.
Mason, Bernard. Clock and Watchmaking in Colchester, England.
Feltham, England: Country Life, Ltd., 1969.
Penfold, John B. Clockmakers of Cumberland. Ashford,
England: Brant Wright Association, Ltd., 1977.
France
Allix, Charles. Carriage Clocks. Woodbridge, England:
Baron Publishing, 1974.
Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français. Paris: Tardy,
1971-72.
La Pendule Française. 3d ed. 3 vols. Paris: Tardy, 1961.
Germany
Bender, Gerd. Die Uhrenmacher des hohen Schwarzwaldes und ihre
Werke. Villingen/Schwarzwald: Verlag Muller, 1975.
Jüttemann, Herbert. Die Schwarzwalduhr. Braunschweig:
Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1972.
Maurice, Klaus. Die deutsche Räderuhr. 2 vols. Munich:
Verlag C.H. Beck, 1976.
Tyler, Eric John. Black Forest Clocks. London: N.A.G.
Press, 1977.
The Netherlands
Sellink, J.L. Dutch Antique Domestic Clocks. Bronxville,
NY: Clock Trade Enterprises, 1973.
Ireland
Fennell, Geraldine. A List of Irish Watch and Clock Makers.
Dublin: Stationery Office, 1963.
Italy
Morpurgo, Enrico. Dizionario degli Orologiai Italiani,
1300-1880. Rome: Edizioni "La Clessidra," 1950.
Poland
Siedlecka, Wieslawa. Polskie Zegary. Warsaw: Zaklad
Narodowy im. Ossolinskich, 1974.
Russia
Chenakal, Valentin L. Watchmakers and Clockmakers in Russia,
1400-1850. W.F. Ryan, trans. Ramsgate, England: Antiquarian
Horological Society, 1972.
Scotland
Smith, John. A Handbook and Directory of Old Scottish
Clockmakers from 1453-1850. Edinburgh, 1903. Reprint. New York:
British Book Centre, 1975.
Switzerland
Jaquet, Eugène, and Alfred Chapuis. Technique and History of
the Swiss Watch. 2d ed. London: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd.,
1970.
United States
Bailey, Chris H. Two Hundred Years of American Clocks and
Watches. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., A Rutledge
Book, 1975.
Beckman, Elizabeth D. Cincinnati Silversmiths, Jewelers, Watch
& Clockmakers. Cincinnati: B.B. and Co., 1975.
Carlisle, Lilian Baker. Vermont Clock and Watchmakers,
Silversmiths, and Jewelers 1788-1878. Burlington, VT: Stinehour
Press, 1970.
Criss, David. Collectors Price Guide to American Pocket
Watches. 7th ed. Imlay City, MI: Criss and Son Enterprises,
1985.
Distin, William H., and Robert Bishop. The American Clock: A
Comprehensive Pictorial Survey, 1723-1900. New York: E.P. Dutton
and Co., 1976.
Drost, William E. Clocks and Watches of New Jersey.
Elizabeth, NJ: Engineering Publishers, 1966.
Edwards, John. The Complete Checklist of American Clock and
Watchmakers 1640-1950. Stratford, CT: New England Publishing
Co., 1977.
Eckhardt, George H. Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers.
New York: Devin-Adair Co., 1955.
Ehrhardt, Roy, and William F. Meggers. Identification and
Price Guide to American Pocket Watches from Beginning to End.
Kansas City, MO: Heart of America Press, 1987.
______. American Pocket Watch Identification and Price Guide.
Kansas City, MO: Heart of America Press, 1974.
Gibbs, James W. Buckeye Horology. Columbia, PA: Art
Crafters, 1971.
______. Shaker Clockmakers. Columbia, PA: National
Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc., 1972.
Hoopes, Penrose R. Connecticut Clockmakers of the 18th Century.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1930.
James, Arthur Edwin. Chester County Clocks and Their Makers.
West Chester, PA: Chester County Historical Society, 1947.
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Supplement #5.
Clockmakers of the Concord, Massachusetts Community.
Columbia, PA: National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors,
Inc., 1967.
Palmer, Brooks. The Book of American Clocks. New York: The
Macmillan Co., 1950.
______. A Treasury of American Clocks. New York: The
Macmillan Co., 1967.
Parsons, Charles S. New Hampshire Clocks and Clockmakers.
Exeter, NH: Adams Brown Co., 1976.
Roberts, Kenneth D. Connecticut Clock Technology of Joseph
Ives 1810-1862. Bristol, CT: American Clock and Watch Museum,
1970.
______. Eli Terry and the Connecticut Shelf Clock.
Bristol, CT: K. Roberts Publishing Co., 1973.
Swedberg, Robert W. American Clocks and Clockmakers.
Radnor, PA: Wallace-Homestead Book Co, 1989.
Townsend, George E. Almost Everything You Wanted to Know about
Watches and Didn't Know Who to Ask. Vienna, VA: published by the
author, 1970.
Wood, Stacy B.C., Stephen E. Kramer, and John J. Snyder.
Clockmakers of Lancaster County [PA] and Their Clocks 1750-1850.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977.
Wales
Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog. Clock and Watch Makers in Wales.
Cardiff: The National Museum of Wales, Welsh Folk Museum, 1960.
Hallmarks
de Carle, Donald. Watch and Clock Encyclopedia. New York:
Bonanza Books, 1977.
Grimwade, Arthur G. London Goldsmiths 1697-1837: Their Marks
and Lives. 2d ed. Boston: Faber and Faber, 1982.
Trademarks
Ehrhardt, Roy. Trademarks, Watch Cases, Pocket Watches,
Precious Stones, Diamonds. Kansas City, MO: Heart of America
Press, 1976.
Kochmann, Karl. Clockmaking in Europe: German, Austrian,
Swiss, French Trademarks. Concord, CA: Antique Clock Publishing,
1977.
Watch Cases
Niebling, Warren H. History of the American Watch Case.
Philadelphia: Whitmore Publishing Co., 1971.
Prepared by the Engineering and Industry Collections
in cooperation with the Public Inquiry Mail Service,
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