This list generated 1/6/2004 Books on (or Related to) Escapements for Mechanical Timepieces (an ongoing list) Compiled by Daryl Bender but only with the magnanimous assistance of the following; Dr. David M. MacMillan, Fortunat F. Mueller-Maerki, Robert Miles, Ernest Martt, Bill Scolnik, Tony Roberts, Paul Middents, Bob Holmstrom and where all else was unknown then brief descriptions from the catalogs of Rita Shenton and G.K. Hadfield were used. May they live long and prosper. I take credit for all typos, incorrect spelling etc. Binding, Author Title Publisher Comments Year Pages Height On the Disturbances of Pendulums A classic paper. The first comprehensive theory on escapements and pendulums. Paper and Balances and on the Theory of Royal Society, Airy, George Biddell given at the Royal society , London 1826, technical and mathematical. Available at 1826 Escapements - Read at the Royal United Kingdom http://www.marcdatabase.com/~lemur/dmh-airy-1826.html Society November 26, 1826 Horologerie et Chronometrie - HB, burgundy, Bailliere, Paris 192 Illustrations, "Contains much information on chronometers. Tends to be Antrades, Jules Grandes encyclopedies industrielles - 1924 582 3/4leather, France advanced and technical, but is an important work." J.B. Bailliere marb, 24cm Les Organes regulants des Magron, Bienne HB, orange, Antrades, Jules 1922 146 Chronometres Switzerland 20cm Supplement #8 to the Bulletin of the NAWCC. A very detailed review of the dead-beat A Review of George Graham's with respect to theory and design. Contains a brief biography, some observations, basic Saddlestapled, Aydlett, Guy D Classic Escapement - Dead-Beat by NAWCC 1973 52 geometry, the action, the layout procedure, symbols, the tables, some finer points, some green 23cm. Design practical matters, summary and conclusion, acknowledgements, references and notes. The Square Recoil Escapement - a Author, Rochester Saddlestapled, Aydlett, Guy D 1975 36 special Case NY USA 23cm The Neyenesch "A very idiosyncratic volume (with a lovely embossed cover in this edition). This Barkus, Sarah and HB, black, DJ, Know the Escapement Printers, Inc. San material was later serialized in "The American Horologist and Jeweler" The lever 1943 133 Homer 19cm Diego USA escapement in great detail, with photos of a working model." The Escapements: Their action, Technimedia, History of Watch Production in the Haut Doups department of France with emphasis on HB, green, Belmont, Henry L. 1990 328 construction and proportions Besancon France Cylinder escapement watches (in France), illustrated 28cm CD Rom with excellent quality animated escapements of electrical clock systems. Highly recommended. Covers Bain, Brillié & Virgreux, Campiche, Carley, Cauderay, Bosco Clocks, Leiden Favre-Bulle & Moulin, Froment, Garnier, Gill, Hâtot & Lavet 1, Hâtot & Lavet 2, Hipp, From Bain to Short - elekrische klok The Netherlands, Hope-Jones, H-J & Bowell 1, H-J & Bowell 2, H-J & Bowell 3, Jamin, de Jong, Bosschieter, J. E. 2001 N/A CD ROM systemen BoscoClocks@zonne Lambert, Lowne, Mildé, Murday, Palmer, Parsons, Parsons & Ball, Perret, van de t.nl Planke, Poole, Powers, Rabe & Steinheuer, Reform, Ritchie, Rudd, Shepherd, Shortt, Steinheil, Stroh, Tiffany, Vaucanson, Wagner, Wheatstone. Complete with introduction and background information. In French, "covers the 'scientific' aspects of escapements very well - it is very Bouasse, H. Pendule Spiral Diapason 1920 unfortunate that they are not currently available in English!" Arlington Book The Escapements - Their Action, 1900, 1984 PB, white, Britton, F.J. Company, Arlington 66 Construction and Proportions reprint 21cm Virginia USA Page 1 of 7 This list generated 1/6/2004 Binding, Author Title Publisher Comments Year Pages Height Part I. There are very excellent perspective and projected drawings. Successive Chapters describe the evolution of the escapement and its development. There are illustrated many obscure types, never adopted. There are essays on the dead-beat-verge escapement, the cylinder, virgule, duplex and variant, spring and pivoted detent, hybrid chronometer-out-of-lever, rack lever, lever etc. The two escapements of Tavan receive detailed attention and are a byway of horological knowledge that is not usually discovered. Two examples of American watchmaking history are shown in the Three- Wheeled Chronometer-Lever and the Jeunet Seconds-beating watch. There are some illustrated notes on Bonniksen's Karrusel watch, and illustrated descriptions of some The Holland Press escapement variants, such as the Breguet cylinder, Double virgule, Robin and Peto X- 1941, 1964, HB, red, DJ, Chamberlain, Paul M It's about Time 490 - 548 LTD, London UK detent. 1978 22cm Part II is more general, containing notes on the following;: 'Pendule Sympathique'; a history of watch regulating devices; going barrels of many types, and their pre-cursors the stackfreed and the fusee; 'Alarm and Striking Watches'; "Sunrise-Sunset Watch'; 'Raingo's Astronomical Clock'. Part III is devoted mainly to famous watchmakers. Here and earlier in the book is such a collection of portraits as is found nowhere else. The biographies include; Arnold, Berthoud, Breguet, Caron, Cole, Dent, Derham, Dittisheim, Earnshaw, Ellicott, Facio, Frodsham, Graham, Grossmann, Guillaume, Harrison, Houriet, Howard, Huygens, Jurgensen, Kessels, Kullberg, Le Roy, Lepaute, Mudge, Potter, Sully, Tavan, Tompion, Thuret, Vacheron. "It's really a catalog of the Chamberlain collection but describes many unusual Chamberlain, Paul M Watches escapements with good illustrations." Author, Isle of Man Survey and analysis of geometry and design of the mechanical watch escapement from PB, black, Daniels, George The Practical Watch Escapement 1994 80 UK the verge to the co-axial 26cm Fachkunde für Uhrmacher - Editions Horlogeres, HB, green Defossez, Leopold übersetzt und bearbeitet von M. 1950 270 Biel Switzerland fabric, 30cm Bossart HB, brown Marine Timekeepers of Ferdinand Defossez, Leopold 16 leather 1/2, Berthoud and their Trials at Sea marbled, 26cm Chambre Suisse Théorie Générale de L'Horlogerie - -d'Horlogerie, La In French, "covers the 'scientific' aspects of escapements very well - it is very HB, grey, Defossez, Leopold 1950 316 / 578 Tomme premier, Tomme II Chaux de Fonds unfortunate that they are not currently available in English!" 23cm Switzerland HB, green Spiral Reglant et le Balancier depuis Dittisheim, Paul 1945 117 leather 3/4, Huyens jusqu'a nos jours 27cm The Watch Escapement. Lever and Jadow, New York HB, brown, Fried, Henry B Cylinder. How to analyze, how to Well illustrated. Covers lever and cylinder. 1959 / 1974 164 / 191 USA 22cm / PB adjust, how to repair A classic horological text. Basing the book on a lifetime's experience in the clock and watch-making trade, the author provides detailed instructions for making all types of escapements and for the location and correction of faults. Part 1, Clock Escapements, 1956, 1973, Robert Hale Limited, covers the Verge escapement, the recoil escapement, the dead-beat escapement, the 1975, 1977, HB, black, DJ, Gazeley, W.J. Clock and Watch Escapements 294 / 192 London UK gravity escapement, the chronometer dead-beat escapement and platform escapements. 1980, 1992, 21cm Part 2, Watch Escapements, deals with the verge escapement, the Mudge remontoire 2001 escapement, the cylinder escapement, the virgule escapement, the duplex escapement, the chronometer escapement, the depth tool and polishing. Page 2 of 7 This list generated 1/6/2004 Binding, Author Title Publisher Comments Year Pages Height 249 plates, octavo, By director of the Nautical School in Lussinpiccolo which is on one of the small northern Adriatic islands this is a very comprehensive and technical treatise. It covers the standard clock and chronometer escapements with detailed drawings including and Urban Jurgenson detent; constant force escapements; quite a A. Hartlesbens Die Uhrmacherkunst und die detailed section on the cylinder. "For those who can read it, this book is crammed full HB, green Gelcich, Eugen Verlag, Wein, Pest, 1892, 1981 636 Behandlung der Präcisionsuhren of interesting and unusual information." In a 1982 catalog he says "A rare classic. One cloth, 19cm Leipzig of the very few books ever to offer watch and clock calipers. Covers all the conventional German Horological School teaching. Very interesting on compensations, escapements, regulator clocks, marine chronometers, magnetism, clock striking and repeating work, calendar work, chronographs alarms, and electrical horology." An important book by a watchmaker who was famous in his day. Contains practical Watch and Clock Making - Manuals information, now all but forgotten, connected with manufacture and repair. Particularly HB, maroon, Glasgow, David Cassell, London UK 1885, 1897 332 of Technology interesting on marine and pocket chronometer, adjusting rod (including its application 17cm to fusee maintaining springs), springing watches jewelling watches, gilding, etc. 1923, 1956 J.D.Potter London UK, 1960, "A bit specialized, but exceedingly well done - very good hand-drawn plates". Holland The Marine Chronometer Its 1923, 1960, 287, 287, HB, blue Gould, Ruppert T. 1973 Holland Press, Press reprint is apparently better than the ACC edition. 1989 version has added History and Development 1978, 1989 287, 401 cloth, 23cm 1989 Antique Coll. illustrations. An important contribution to the information on the chronometer. Club 2nd ed. Paris, l'almanach de l'Horlogie et Bijouterie. Important reference book on the more