Book 1,730 – Antique American Clocks & Watches by Richard Thomson

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Antique American Clocks and Watches
by Richard Thomson. The story of American clocks and watches is not only a history of mechanical ingenuity but also a reflection of society’s changing styles and affluence. For the collector antique lover Richard Thomson traces this engrossing history of timekeeping in America, with a good look at its European, particularly English, background. With the aid of line drawings and over 50 photographs – a number showing timepieces from his own important collection – the author describes the perfecting of the movements and the elaboration of cases, hoods, and dials that took place in the 18
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and 19
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century in America. He deals both with what makes a “good clock” and with cases as furniture and jewelry. His principle chapters cover the Pennsylvania, New England, and Connecticut schools of clock- and watchmaking, where such names as Stretch, Rittenhouse, Howard, Villard, and Terry, and Thomas first became famous. And he includes valuable lists of dates and serial production numbers to be found in the backs of timepieces from the important American makers of the latter half of the 19
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Century. 192 pages. Hard cover with jacket. Copyright 1968. Excellent condition. – Book 1,730