A document I’d like to read some day is a manuscript written by William Oughtred (1574-1660) entitled (in modern English) “Some directions towards the making of a small watch of…
Category: Research-Recherche
I acquired this clock from a local seller a few days ago. It has a long family history, mostly in Montreal. Maker is Robert Scholfield of Rochdale, England, engraved on…
In 2018 I acquired a poorly described watch movement from France for a modest sum. It turned out to be from the workshop of Edward East (1602-1697), whom Baillie described…
I recently acquired a copy of Tardy’s “Dictionnaire des horlogers Français”, an essential reference book for anyone doing research in French horology. I was pleasantly surprised to find, on page…
(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…
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 just wrote a new article on Parisian “horloger” Pierre-François LeRoy (brother of famous Julien LeRoy, and uncle to Julien’s notable son Pierre). My draft was submitted…
(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…