COMPLETE BRITISH CLOCKS. Brian Loomes

1978. Hard cover with dust cover; 256 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg.

Loomes takes as his starting point the emergence of a truly British clockmaking industry, and moves on to discuss lantern clocks, the invention of the pendulum, longcase clocks, whitedial clocks, wall clocks and table clocks. He discusses casework, and the artistry and craftmanship involved in the making of cases; as well as giving valuable advice on the type of clocks to look out for to build up a collection and to make viable investments.