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BHI Wessex Branch
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Auction
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Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Lyndhurst Community Centre SO43 7NY
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Viewing from 6:30pm Auction 7:30pm – 10pm
Registration charge £2 includes refreshments
Note: Payment for purchases after lot 180 will not be
accepted until the Auction has concluded.
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new old stock
good working order
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assorted
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Books: Auction catalogues, Omega Lifetime
magazines, A Time Capsule Omega Speedmaster,
Swatch - A Guide for Connoisseurs & Collectors and
Watches - The Collector's Corner
Books: Parts catalogues
Books: Books on musical boxes and mechanical
music (6)
Books: Hull and East Riding Clocks - J E S Walker,
Beaminster Clocks and their Makers - D R Beney,
English Lantern Clocks - W E J Hana and English
Bracket and Mantel Clocks - A Nicholls (4)
Book: The Swiss Watch Repairer's Manual - H
Jendritzki (1)
Books: Treatise on Modern Horology - C Saunier
and How to Repair Antique Clocks - 2 Volumes - J
Wilding (3)
Book: Musical Box - A History and Collector's Guide
- A W J G Ord-Hume (1)
Book: Chronometer Makers of the World - T Mercer
(1)
Book: Horological Masterworks - AHS (1)
Book: Omegamania - Antiquorum Auctioneers (1)
Book: Mechanical Singing- bird Tabatieres - G T
Mayson (1)
Book: Watchmaking - G Daniels (1)
Book: Devon Clocks and Clockmakers - C N
Ponsford (1)
Various clock parts including bells, hands, line,
chains
3 car clocks (1 in pieces)
Barometers (2) and compasses (3)
Modern stick barometer
Mantel clock, alarm clock, pocket watch movement
holder and 4 other small clocks
Drum Clock
Clock keys and watch keys
Pocket watches, stop watches, compasses and
pedometers for spares or repair
Watch movements for spares
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Pocket watch movements for spares
Fusee pocket watch movements (9)
Various incomplete verge watch movements for
spares (8)
Verge watch movements and dials (3)
Benson pocket watch movements and dials (3) and
Benson dials (2)
Kendal & Dent and Dent pocket watch movements
and dials (3)
Platform escapements (3)
Goliath pocket watches for spares (5)
Pocket watches (4)
Watch cylinders, cylinder plug stakes and hand
stake
Plastic tool boxes (2)
Metal filing cabinet with 30 drawers
Renata watch battery tester
Small ultrasonic cleaning tank
Micro soldering station for electronic quartz watches
Mixed lot of clock/watch tools
Multi angle vice and drill sharpener
Small hammers (6)
Knipex pliers (5)
Assorted pliers (13)
Tweezers
Needle files
Files: needle, screw head, bulls foot and pivot
Machine for cutting unbreakable watch glasses and
a fitting tool
Hand wheel, punches, oilers and small collets
6.5mm watchmakers lathe with cross slide, top
slide, face plate, collets and other accessories
Mixed lot of clock/watch tools
Lathe parts including a 3 jaw chuck and Record
anvil
A 10" square brass faced longcase clock movement,
30 hours, birdcage, with pendulum by J Lefter of
Sturminster
A carriage clock timepiece with lion on backplate
and a carriage clock case
A French style mantel clock, two train with
pendulum and key
A French slate mantel clock with brass inlay. Made
by L. Marty, with pendulum
A French slate clock, two train, with pendulum
Books: The History of Clocks and Watches - Eric
Bruton, Grandfather Clocks and their Cases - Brian
Loomes. (2)
Book: Carriage Clocks - Allix and Bonnert, published
by The Antiques Press. (1)
Book: Brittens Old Clocks and Watches. (1)
Art Nouveau brass clock with pendulum
A wooden frame for grandfather clock repairs
Anglepoise bench light and another with
magnification
Art Deco three train Westminster chimes with oak
case, pendulum and key
A 30 hour painted dial, longcase clock movement
with pendulum with date wheel and second aperture
A square brass 30 hour longcase clock movement
and a pair of hands
Four Napoleon hat style mantel clocks
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A 30 hour painted dial longcase clock movement,
rope driven with pendulum
An Ansonia two train clock in metal case and with
pendulum
A Napoleon hat style mantel clock and an Art Deco
one. Both two train and with pendulums
Three shelf clocks timepieces with pendulum
Japy Freres two train with original pendulum, with
key, in onyx and brass case
WW style Boley & Leinen 8mm Lathe
Seitz Jewelling tool
Assorted Watch Tools
Chatons SA Jewelling tool (In unused condition)
Staking Set Inverto
Five 8mm Collets nos. 2,4,6,8,10
Five 8mm Collets nos. 12,16,20,24,52
IME 8mm Lathe
IME twin pedestal 14’’ Bed
Assorted Watch Hand Tools
Metric tap & die set and socket & bit set
Brass rod and plate
Steel rod and plate
Cleaning and polishing materials
Diamond stones and honing set plus various stones
Wire wheels and polishing wheels
Cleaning and polishing materials
Engraving set and wood carving tools
Sash cramps (2 pairs) and G cramps (4 pairs)
Nu Tools wood lathe
Fine, large, early 8-day longcase movement with
five knopped, finned & latched pillars, outside
countwheel on barrel shaft, bell-stand, motion-work,
calendar wheel, seatboard and pulleys. Complete &
in good order. Circa late 1600s
6mm Watchmakers lathe
DC motor and Forward/Reverse speed controller
Twenty 8mm watchmakers collets
Clock fusee chains
Fifteen 6mm watchmakers collets
8mm Watchmakers lathe
Ladies Bulova watch parts
Watchmakers turns
Twenty 8mm watchmaker collets
Box of Clock mainsprings
Box of Platform escapement parts
Schaublin 70 Lever Tailstock with W12 draw bar
French clock movements for spares or repairs
DC motor and speed controller
Mahogany box and contents
New Staking set Stand
Box of standard 4.7mm staking set punches
Clock weights
Favorite staking set
Two drawer metal cabinet
CWC Ex MOD quartz wrist watch. Broad arrow on
back. Looks to be near unused. WO
Dial clock. Unusual; English and made like an
American movement. GWO.
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Longcase clock birdcage single hand movement
signed John Inkpen Horsham. Brass 10” square
dial, calendar. With good bell and pendulum.
Lacking weight and pulley. Ca 1730
Brass longcase dial, 10” square. Spandrels, centre
engraving signed Easton Petworth. Ca. 1775.
Drill chucks, Morse 1 & 2 taper arbors, small
machine vice. Dial gauge 0.0001” (1/10th of a thou.)
reamers, milling cutters, etc.
Box of 3 platform escapements. Unused, old stock,
35mm x 45mm approx.
Engineers’ precision machine spirit level. Rabone.
8”
Master clock, ½ seconds pendulum, glass front.
Hipp toggle mechanism, no slave dial, probably exGPO and made by Telephone Manufacturing Co
(TEMCo)
Gramophone? 2 Very large mainsprings, probably
for gramophone. OD 96mm, 32 high, 0.45 thick.
Westminster / Whittington mantel clock, Haller
movement. Rectangular art-deco case. Runs.
Two gas blow torches, jewellery type. Travelling
gold scales in wooden box with weights.
Mechanical digital RPM meter in box.
Books: 4 copies: ‘Dorset Clocks and Clockmakers’ Tom Tribe & Philip Whatmoor. (Author’s
remaindered stock. RRP £12.00 each) (4)
American clock
Large factory clock electric
A German clock
An Ebonised arch top bracket clock with a silver dial
The Gents Pul-syn-etic master clock incl. instruction
manual and 17 inch slave dial
Gents Chronopher 1/2 second pendulum electrically
wound master clock with replacement and original
dial
2 Electrically wound pendulum control clocks SWEB
plus Horstmann synchronous control clock
Gledhill fusee time clock oak case
Bench pillar drill 13mm chuck Wickes, new &
unused
Clock keys: 8 old longcase & 1 music box
(threaded)
Clock keys: 3 modern longcase & 4 carriage
Books: Clockwise Around Wales - Ed. Paul Parker,
Clock & Watch Makers in Wales - Iorwerth C. Peate,
The Clockmakers of Llanrwst - C & M Brown,
Curiosities of Clocks & Watches - E. J. Wood (4)
Book: Skeleton Clocks Britain 1800-1914 - Derek
Roberts
Book: White Dial Clocks The Complete Guide Brian Loomes
Book: Gloucestershire Clock & Watch Makers Graham Dowler
Book: Connecticut Clockmakers of the 18th Century
- Penrose R. Hoopes
Myford ML 7 lathe with faceplate, changewheels,
toolpost and tailstock with 13mm chuck
Myford vertical slide fitted with an electric motor and
a milling head for Thornton cutters for wheel and
pinion cutting
A 3 jaw and a 4 jaw chuck to fit a Myford with chuck
keys and reverse jaws
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2 dividing plates with arbor to fit Myford headstock.
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54, 49, 37, 114, 104, 92, 88, 80, 76, 75, 68, 66, 64,
63, 58, 56, 52, 41
Myford quickchange tool post with 7 tool holders, a
filing rest and a knurling tool
10 Thornton cutters in a fitted box
Assorted end mills, slot drills, metric taps and dies
and holders (20)
A box of tool steel
Machine vices. (3)
Work clamping set
A rotary table with tilt
An ultrasonic bath with heater and 3 baskets
A quantity of round brass; solid and tube
A quantity of flat brass
A quantity of round steel
A quantity of flat steel
A quantity of nuts, bolts and washers
A quantity of clock glasses and some dials
A part completed Grasshopper escapement clock by
Bill Smith with wheels, spring and book
A box of watch glasses (mostly acrylic)
Books: Collectable Clocks - Shentons, Millers
Clocks. (3)
Books: Practical Clock Repairing, Practical Watch
Repairing - De Carle, Clocks and Clock Repairing Smith, Old Clocks and Watches - Whiten, Clocks
and Watches - Tait, Anniversary Clock Adjusting Passmore.(6)
Books: Sundials – Mayall & Mayall, The Art of
Sundial Construction - Drinkwater, Sundials Christopher Daniel (autographed copy) (3)
Books: The Clock and Watch Encyclopaedia -De
Carle, Revolution in Time - Landes. (2)
Books: Clockmakers of the World - vol 1 Baillie, vol2
Loomes, The Horological Directory - Snelling, Clock
and Watch Trademarks -Koch. (4)
Book: Longcase Painted Dials - Tennant. (1)
Books: The Clock Repairers Handbook - Penman,
400 day Clocks - Terwilliger, The Clock Repairer’s
Manual - Watters, Clock Repair Primer - Balcomb.
(4)
Books: The Grandfather Clock: The Pendulum
Clock - Edwardes (2)
Book: Old Clocks and Watches - Britten 9th Edition
(1)
Book: English Domestic Clocks - Cescinsky and
Webster (1)
A box of quartz movements (6) and hands to fit
(many)
A box of assorted clock hands, old and new
A boxed height gauge
A box of wire; silver, bronze, brass, iron and piano
A box of brass wheel blanks, case parts etc
A foot operated speed controller (240v)
A quantity of paxolin sheet and 4 pieces of gauge
plate
24 drawer cabinet full of small parts
A Smiths Enfield in a Bakelite case and 4 others
A box of spring barrels and springs
Books on construction and advice by John Wilding.
(6)
181 Book: Horological Masterworks - AHS (1)
182 Book: Antique Watches - Camerer Cuss (1)
183 Book: The Musical Clock: - Ord Hume (1)
Book: English 30 Hour Clocks - Darken and Hooper
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(1)
185 Book: English Dial Clocks - Rose (1)
Books: Clock and Watch Escapements - Gazeley
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and Conservation - Willis (2)
Books: The Watchmakers Lathe - De Carle and
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The Amateur's Lathe - Sparey (2)
Books: Horological Hints and Helps - Britten,
188 Workshop Devices - Tubal Cain, Electroplating Poyner (3)
Books: The Art and Craft of the Clockmaker, vols 2
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and 3, Collectable Clocks - Shentons. (3)
190 A 30hr Dial, Movement, Weight and pendulum
An Oertling 5 decimal place balance with a box of
191 weights and a transformer in a mahogany and glass
case
192 The metal and instructions for a turret clock
A Telefonbau and Normalzeit master clock. (door
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missing)
A black and chrome square Smiths clock, a brass
194 wallclock with Strob escapement, a Kundo 400 day
clock and a small bird in a cage clock. (4)
195 A bag of assorted watches, cases and straps
A dial gauge and a small rotary table with 72
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divisions (2)
197 A box of pendulum parts and rods
198 A box of polishes and mops
199 Watch strap adjustment kit
200 A materials cabinet with contents
201 Renotest 2 watch tester (never used)
202 An old Jacot tool
203 Shock material (Incabloc etc)
204 Glasshütte balance calipers
205 Book: Britten’s Handbook Dictionary & Guide
206 Clock movement test stand
207 Four boxes clock bushes, KWM gauge, & broaches
208 French timepiece movement
209 Drawing instruments
210 Screwhead polishing tool
211 French ¼ chime wall clock, wo
212 American wall strike, wo
213 American wall 30 hr. strike, weight driven, wo
214 Rolex case key & vice
215 Turns with hand wheel
216 French mantel strike, wooden case
217 Jaeger car clock, (needs hairspring)
218 Staking tool
219 Vice
Books: Collectable Clocks - Shenton, Collectors
220 Guide - D Roberts, Guide to Antiques - Battie,
Western Art - Hooker (4)
Books: Workshop Receipts 4 volumes - Spon,
English Hallmarks - Bly, Ottoman Art - Levey,
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Japanese Ceramics at Burghley - Lang, English
Interior Decoration - Beard (8)
Books: The Workshop - Bradley, Watches - Camerer
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Cuss, Various Swiss watch catalogues (2+)
Books: Antique Restoration - Young, Henleys
223 Formulas - Hiscox, French Clocks - Edey,
Clockmaking - Gordon, Hallmarks - Bannister (5)
Books: Enamelling - Zechlin, British Furniture Andrews, Hallmarks - Bannister, European Clocks 224 Uresova, Victorian Church Art, Country Houses
From The Air - Tinniswood, Architectural Antiques Robertson (7)
Books: Japanning - Stalker, Antique Clocks Bentley, Clocks in Colour - Nichols, Guide to British
225 Clocks - Loomes, Restoration of Windsor Castle Nicholson, Romanovs - Cowles, Faberge - Sotheby,
Fine arts Magazine (8)
Books: Practical Clock Repairing - De Carle,
Barometers - Bolle, Looking After Barometers 226
Rose, BHI Conservation of Clocks - Wills,
Horological Patents 1901 (5)
Books: Lathe and Planer Tools, Workshop Tools 227 Bray, Workshop Devices - Cain, Horological
Directory - Snelling, The clockmaker - Tyler (5)
Books: x 5 Scottish Clockmakers - Whyte,
Lanarkshire Clockmakers - Wallace, Ilbert Collection
228 - Christies, Patents up to 1853 - Aked, Trade
Directory 1861 - Collinson, Anniversary Clocks Wotton (6)
229 Journals: 12 years BHI Journals most in binders
230 English Mandrel
231 Belt Sander
232 19th century microscope with mahogany box
233 Box of hand tools
234 Box of hand tools
235 Large surface plate and gauge
236 Small surface plate
237 Box of clock mainsprings
238 Box of chemicals and cleaners
239 Soldering items
240 Wire brushes etc
241 Box of tools
242 2 clocks, carriage clock case, mahogany clock case
243 Mumford Microset clock timer
244 Depthing gauges and turns
245 JMW Jacot drum tool for Myford tailstock
246 Machine level and micrometer
247 Myford tool holder and cutting tools
248 Books: Clock auction catalogues
249 Box of tools
250 9 x 19th century watch movements with dust covers
251 12 x asst watch mvts and some asst dust covers
252 14 x small watch movements
253 12 x assorted watch movements
254 8 x watch movements
255 6 watch movements with dials
256 Box of watch mvts plus some dials and some parts
257 Box of watch mvts including Waltham and Elgin
258 40 miscellaneous watches, movements and parts
259 Box of old tins containing watch parts
260 13 old clock winding keys, mainly longcase
261 27 clock winding keys
Box of clock and barometer wooden parts, turnings,
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2 brackets, 3 seat boards and a part hood
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7 drawer chest containing a mixture of tools and
clock and watch parts
Small box of ormolu clock mounts etc.
2 ‘Hoop and spike’ clock movements for restoration
4 cherub head spandrels
5 drawers containing hundreds of unused pocket
watch glasses
Small cabinet with drawers containing tools and
clock and watch parts
Brenray Cleaning Machine wo together with a
National Watch Cleaning Machine for spares
Smiths of Enfield Bakelite 8 day mantel clock,
together with Smiths Junghans quartz battery clock.
Both wo
Watch & Pocket Watch tools and spare parts
Walnut 8 day mantel clock with W & H movement.
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Walnut 8 day mantel clock with Elliott (Lincoln)
movement. gwo
Clock & Watch catalogues for reference
BHI Journals for reference
Two metal storage containers for parts
Wooden test stand for longcase clock movement
Please note:
1. If any dispute arises, the Auctioneer shall have absolute
discretion to settle it and/or to put any disputed lot up for
auction again.
2. The Sellers and the British Horological Institute (Wessex
Branch) do not make or give, nor has any other person any
authority to make or give, any representations or warranty.
3. All statements in the catalogue are statements of opinion
and are not to be taken as statements or representations of
fact. Buyers have full responsibility for inspecting lots before
purchase and becoming fully aware of their age, condition
and authenticity.
4. Goods become the liability of the Buyer immediately after
the fall of the hammer.
5. There is no Buyer's premium – if your bid is successful, the
price bid is the price you pay.
6. Payment may be made by cheque (payable to "BHI Wessex
Branch") only if the Buyer is known to the Branch and/or can
produce proof of address etc. as required by the Branch and
his "Bidder's Form" has been accredited and checked by a
Branch official, unless prior arrangements have been made
with the Treasurer. Otherwise payment must be made in cash.
7. Lots are to be removed at the Buyer's expense immediately
after the conclusion of the sale, when a receipt for payment
must be shown to a porter who will gather your lots together
for you and hand them over in exchange for the signed
receipt. Any lots uncollected after the sale will be disposed
of at the discretion of the Branch.
8. All items are sold as seen. Electrical goods are sold with no
guarantee as to their condition or safety.