Exceptional Discoveries: The Olmsted Complications Collection
The horological reference library of Mr. Robert Olmsted
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The library comprising approximately 144 reference books and catalogue publications in English, French and German including:
Berner, G. A. Dictionnaire Professionnel Illustré de l'Horlogerie. Editions de l’Homme, 1995.
Clutton, Cecil & George Daniels. Watches. Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1979.
Daniels, George. The Art of Breguet. Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications Ltd., 1974.
Lloyd, H. Alan. Some Outstanding Clocks Over Seven Hundred Years: 1250–1950. Leonard Hill Ltd., 1958.
Chapuis, Alfred, and Edmond Droz. Automata: A Historical and Technological Study. Éditions du Griffon, 1958.
Dawson, Percy G. The Iden Clock Collection. The Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd, 1987.
Jaquet, Eugene, and Alfred Chapuis. Technique and History of the Swiss Watch from Its Beginnings to the Present Day. Translated by D.S. Torrens and C. Jenkins. Swiss Society of Chronometry and the Swiss Watch Chamber, 1953
Mortensen, Otto. Jens Olsen's Clock. Technical Institute Publishing Department, 1957.
Chamberlain, Paul M. It's About Time. The Holland Press ltd., 1964.
Von Bassermann-Jordan, Ernst. Uhren. Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1961.
Symonds, R.W. Thomas Tompion: His Life and Work. Balding and Mansell Ltd., 1951.
Saunier, Claudius. A Treatise on Modern Horology. W. & G. Foyle Ltd., 1952.
Rees, Abraham. Clocks, Watches, and Chronometers 1919-20. David and Charles, 1970.
Tardy. Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français. Imprimerie Courvoisier, 1968.
Frodsham, Chas. Tables for Facilitating the Construction and Higher Adjustments of Watches and Chronometers. Charles Frodsham F.R.A.S., Assoc.C.E.
Daniels, George. Watchmaking. Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1981.
Chapuis, A., and Eugène Jaquet. The History of the Self-Winding Watch 1770–1931. Translated by R. Savarè Grandvoinet. Central Book Company Inc., New York, 1956.
Thomann, Charles. Les Dignitaires de l'Horlogerie. Éditions Du Griffon, 1981.
Britten, F.J. Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers. S.R. Publishers Ltd., 1971.
Salomons, David Lionel. Breguet: 1747-1823. Kent and Sussex Courier Company, 1923.
Lecoultre, François. A Guide to Complicated Watches. A. Simonin, 1985.
Higginbotham, Charles T. Precision Time Measures: Their Construction and Repair. North American Watch and Tool Supply Company, 1952.
Gazeley, W.J. Clocks and Watch Escapments. Heywood and Company Ltd., 1956.
Gazeley, W.J. Watch and Clock Making and Repairing. Heywood and Company Ltd., 1953.
Roberts, Derek. Carriage and Other Traveling Clocks. Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1993.
Mercer, Vaudrey. The Frodshams: The Story of a Family of Chronometer Makers, 1758-1980. The Antiquarian Horological Society, 1981.
Allix, Charles. Carriage Clocks: Their History and Development. Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd., 1974.
Mercer, Vaudrey. Edward John Dent and His Successors. The Antiquarian Horological Society Ltd., 1977.
Thiout, Antoine. Traité de l’Horlogerie Mecanique et Pratique. Editions du Palais Royal, 1972.