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.
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.
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.
Niebling, Warren H. History of the American Watch Case. Philadelphia:
Whitmore Publishing Co., 1971.
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