(Le français suit…) Another mid-18th century Parisian horloger I will write about some day is Anne Clément (~1712-1747), whose name is inscribed on the plate and painted on the dial…
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In the marvellous book “It’s About Time” (published shortly after his death by his widow Margaret), Major Paul Chamberlain wrote a short biography of our subject which starts with the…
(Le français suit…) I wrote a new article on Parisian “horloger” Pierre-François Le Roy (brother of famous Julien Le Roy, and uncle to Julien’s notable son Pierre). My draft was…
(Le français suit…) A discussion on my André-Charles Caron watch on the NAWCC discussion forum “European and Other Pocket Watches”: https://mb.nawcc.org/threads/caron-verge-watch-paris-mid-18th-century.151465/ Une discussion sur ma montre d’André-Charles Caron sur le…
(English follows…) J’ai écrit ce document chronologique (basé sur plusieurs sources) qui dresse un sommaire des interactions entre Jean-André Lepaute (1720-1788) et Pierre-Auguste Caron (1732-99) au sujet de l’invention de…
(Le français suit…) After acquiring an old watch signed “Romilly” I had researched the watchmaker and summarized the information in this chronological table, which may be useful to others interested…
(Le français suit…) Attached is a PDF version of a presentation I gave (in Nov. 2018 at Chapter 111 of NAWCC in Ottawa) on the subject of Parisian horloger (watch/clockmaker)…
(English follows…) Lors de la recherche de mon article sur André-Charles Caron (publié en deux parties en 2019 dans le Bulletin du NAWCC), j’avais préparé ce tableau qui résume les…
Well, I suppose I should add a first blog entry. Actually, the documents I put up previously seem to be showing up in the “blog” so maybe it’s all a…
This is a Powerpoint presentation I prepared and gave in Fall 2019 to our local NAWCC Chapter 111. The presentation provides an overview of provincial watch and clock making in…