28th Annual HOROLOGICAL AUCTION For The Westcountry Horological Trust Registered Charity No. 1082255 th Saturday 19 October 2019 12.30 p.m. Viewing on Sale Day from 10.00 a.m. until Noon ONLY at Exeter School’s Assembly Hall Manston Terrace, off Magdalen Road, Exeter, EX2 4NP 255 Lots Books Watches Clocks Parts Materials Equipment Movements Tools Auctioneer - David Force FNAEA Lot 186 NB: The school has a NO SMOKING AND NO DOGS policy over the WHOLE OF THE SCHOOL SITE LOT 186 LOT 186 LOT 186 LOT 186 LOT 52 LOT 118 LOT 118 LOT 120 LOT 120 LOT 115 LOT 147 LOT 182 LOT 183 LOT 187 LOT 198 LOT 209 LOT 232 LOT 209 Saturday 19th October 2019 On arrival please hand in your completed Bidder’s Form to obtain a Paddle Number for bidding. CONDITIONS OF SALE 1. The vendors, the BHI SW Branch and the Westcountry Horological Trust do NOT make or give, nor has any other person any authority to make or give, any representations or warranty. Each lot is sold with all faults, imperfections and errors of description and neither the vendor nor the auctioneer is responsible for the authenticity, attribution, genuineness, origin, authorship, date, age, period, condition or quality of any lot. All statements and estimates in this catalogue are statements of opinion and are not to be taken as statements or representations of fact. Purchasers are deemed to have satisfied themselves before bidding by inspection or otherwise to all such matters, and as to the physical description of any lot. A qualified electrician must check any electrical items before connecting to a supply. 2. Highest bidder to be the buyer. If any dispute arises, the Auctioneer shall have absolute discretion to settle it and to put any disputed lot up again. 3. Buyer registration £3. There is no Buyer’s premium - the price you bid is the price you pay. 4. Goods become the liability of the buyer immediately after the fall of the hammer. 5. Terms are cash to be paid on the day; cheques may be accepted by prior arrangement only. 6. All lots must be taken away at the buyer’s expense at the conclusion of the sale. No lot may be removed without presenting a receipted invoice to a porter who will collect the lots for you. Please ensure you have all the items you have paid for before leaving. Any lots not claimed will become the property of the Westcountry Horological Trust. Please note that:- All enquiries should be made to Dave Dawson - Tel 01626 779167 or by e-mail to [email protected], or George Thomas [email protected] or another committee member; but please, NOT to Exeter School. Lots are unseen by us until they are delivered to the saleroom on the evening before or on sale day itself. – Viewing is only between 10 a.m. and noon on the day. No telephone bidding can be accepted. Bids may be left but buyers must make arrangements to pay for and collect the goods immediately the sale finishes. All of Exeter School grounds and buildings are designated: NO SMOKING and NO DOGS Please also remember that we are guests of the Exeter School and we would ask you to: LEAVE NO LITTER AND KEEP THE LAVATORIES CLEAN AND TIDY VIEWING IS ON SALE DAY FROM 10.00 AM UNTIL NOON ONLY SALE STARTS 12.30 PM PROMPT Westcountry Horological Trust The Westcountry Horological Trust was established in 2000 and aims to advance the horological education and/or training of those who aspire to become horologists and are living in Devon, Cornwall and part of Somerset. It is hoped that more than token support to a few individuals can be achieved. Today’s sale will help, and you will see a few lots marked with the ☺ these have generously been given to the Trust. Donations are always welcome also any money left to the Trust in a will falls outside your estate as far as inheritance tax is concerned. The Trust is anxious to build funds more quickly in order to make an impact – Please contact the Trust via the enquiries contacts above. All lots are SOLD AS SEEN. Buyers must satisfy themselves, by personal inspection, as to the condition of each lot. Items marked with ☺ are generous gifts to the Westcountry Horological Trust Lots marked with * have photos available via the Branch’s website www.bhiswbranch.co.uk/auction.htm or at www.flickr.com/photos/bhi-auction/sets - - on Flickr please click on the clock logo Please view carefully and be aware that every lot is sold with all faults, imperfections and errors of description and neither the vendor nor the auctioneer is responsible for the authenticity, attribution, genuineness, origin, authorship, date, age, period, condition or quality of any lot BIG BEN WESTMINSTER doorknocker with the 1951 Festival of 1 Britain logo 1951 Reg No 862119 Made in England. * 2 ☺A watch salesman's leather wallet.☺ 3 Vienna style wall clock with HAC movement. 4 An Art Deco chiming mantel clock with Perivale movement. 5 An adjustable homemade heavy test stand for clocks. 6 ☺A toolbox full of clock gongs.☺ 7 A striking mantel clock by William Gilbert, Winsted, Connecticut, US. 8 A Sonicor ultrasonic tank - no basket. ☺Wooden (burr walnut?) cased day/date/month desk calendar with 9 8-day movement.☺* 10 ☺Circular timepiece mounted atop a brass topped pedestal.☺* 11 ☺A box of 36 large collets probably for Capstan lathe. ☺* 12 Large bench vice. 13 Bench grinder. Heated bath, box of hinge brackets, and box of miscellaneous metal 14 pieces. Miscellaneous tools including drill bits, wire brushes, watch batteries, 15 emery powder, eyeglasses etc. 16 Ornate spelter French case - no movement. 17 Box of French clock movements and parts. 18 Chiming mantel clock - movement and case separate. 19 Run Tech heart monitor watch mountable to bicycle handlebars. 20 Box of clock keys & winders. 21 ☺Small Ultrasonic Watch cleaning machine (New).☺ 22 ☺A watchmaker's pivoting tool. ☺ 23 Old Dial Clock. 24 Mantel clock strike signed Elkington burr walnut case. 25 Box of clock movements. 26 Box containing French clock movements. 27 Smiths Bakelite case strike clock. 28 Two old cuckoo clocks. ☺Various books on watches including Rolex brochures and souvenir 29 brochure 'Rolex Collection of Antique Watches'. ☺ 30 Various books/pamphlets on watches and clocks. All lots are SOLD AS SEEN. Buyers must satisfy themselves, by personal inspection, as to the condition of each lot. 3 Books: The Pocket Watch Handbook (M Cutmore); Watch and 31 Clock Making and Repairing (W J Gazeley);Clock and Watch Repairing (Donald de Carle). 2 Books: The Clock Repairer's Handbook (Laurie Penman); Britten's 32 Watch and Clock Maker's Handbook (16th ed). 2 Books: The Watch Collection of Stanley Burton 'Warts and All' 33 (Burton); English Country Grandfather Clocks - The Brass-dial Longcase (Richard C R Barder). 5 Books: The World's Great Clocks and Watches (Cedric Jagger); American Clocks and Clockmakers (RW and H Swedberg); British 34 Clocks and Clockmakers (Kenneth Ullyett); Mechanical and Quartz Watch Repair (Mick Watters); Clocks (Simon Fleet). 35 The Price Guide to Collectable Clocks 1840 - 1940. Carriage Clocks - Their History and Development (Charles Allix) - 36 SIGNED by author and illustrator. Books: The British Museum - Clocks (David Thompson); Making and Repairing Wooden Clocks Cases (Taylor and Babb); The Bracket 37 Clock (Deryck Roberts); The History of Clocks and Watches (Eric Bruton). Thomas Tompion His Life and Work by R W Symonds 1951 edition 38 (First) 316 pages, still retains dust jacket, some foxing to page edges. ‘Magnificent illustrations’. * 39 Three ring-binders of various training manuals. 40 7 assorted clock books. 41 7 assorted clock books including Britten's Old Clocks. 42 7 clock repair books. 3 Books: Watches - adjustment and repair by F J Camm; Practical 43 Watch Adjusting by Donald de Carle; Practical Watch Repairing by Donald de Carle. 5 Books: English Lantern Clocks by W F J Hanna; The White Dial Clock by Brian Loomes (ex-library copy); Making a Chiming 44 Grandfather Clock by Claude Reeve; The International Dictionary of Clocks ed. by Alan Smith; European Clocks by Libuše Urešová. Practical Clock Repairing by Donald de Carle and Devon Clocks and 45 Clockmakers by Clive Ponsford. 46 Bound volumes 34 – 38 of Antiquarian Horology. 47 Four wooden pendulums. 14 mvts. Spares or repair. Ansonia, Seth, Waterbury, Gilbert, Welsh 48 etc. * Six Striking and chiming clocks: Westminsters, Junghans, Smiths 49 etc. * 50 Three Smiths Westminster Chiming clocks. * 51 Two Dial clocks and two cases. * A Plato/ticket clock with glass and another as parts for spares or 52 repair. * Six 400-Day clocks all with glass domes. Keiniger, Jahresurhenfabrik 53 etc. * A 30-Hour Longcase movement for spares or repair; and a Birdcage 54 part movement. * All lots are SOLD AS SEEN. Buyers must satisfy themselves, by personal inspection, as to the condition of each lot. 55 An Art Deco style cinema clock. Quartz movement. 14" x 12 1/2". * 56 A National Time Recorder clocking-in clock. * Grandmother clock. German 3-train spring-driven movement. Visible 57 pendulum & faux weights behind glass door. Westminster chimes on 5 gongs. * 58 Large slate mantel clock with visible escapement. * 59 Box of assorted French movements for spares. 60 French slate clock minus pendulum & a ting-tang clock in pieces. 61 Drawer of mantel clock movements. 62 Box of four mantel clocks and two mantel clock cases. 63 An Elliott travelling clock (working). * 64 French slate mantel clock minus pendulum. * 65 Box of mantel clock movements. Wall clock with 12" dial & Smiths movement with platform 66 escapement.