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How to Identify and Value Timepieces including watches and clocks.

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Chronomat
The Breitling Chronomat with its rotating slide-rule was patented in 1941 as war raged through Europe and other parts of the world, its design offered a welcome respite from the overabundance of military and military-inspired watches of the period. The Chronomat's emphasis on engineering and m ...
Clocks
(Fig 1 to the left), the unsigned weight driven skeleton clock of Continental origin is most unusual. Similar clocks have been made by Verneuil and these are very rare with one other similar clock with full calendar work. Another unique clock is the longcase clock by Merlin (Fig. 2 right). He ...
How to Look After Your Treasured Timepieces
Clock care carefully dust and wax wooden cases never attempt to clean brass or silvered dials ask an expert to oil and clean the clock's mechanism hold clocks upright if you're moving them from one room to another secure or remove the pendulum before a long journey The protective meas ...
A Brief Overview of Clocks
Clocks that are collectible frequently have features that make them difficult and expensive to repair, such as a Brocot escapement. French clocks and Atmos clocks are collectible, but they are much more difficult to repair than other clocks and more difficult to keep running. Carriage clocks an ...
A Brief History of Clocks
The History of Clocks The history of clocks is very long, and there have been many different types of clocks over the centuries. Not all historians agree on the history of the clock. The word clock was first used in the 14th century (about 700 years ago). It comes from the word for bell in Lati ...