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- Historic
- Anonymous, Watch and Clock Escapements [1904] from The Gutenberg Project, 5MB
- Airy, George Biddell, On the Disturbances of Pendulums and Balances, and on the Theory of Escapements [1886] from David M MacMillan and Gordon Uber
- Airy, George Biddell, On the Forms of the Teeth of Wheels [1825] from Denis Roegel, Adobe Acrobat 2.6MB
- Airy, George Biddell, On the Vibration of a Free Pendulum in an Oval differing little from a Straight Line [1851] from Denis Roegel, Adobe Acrobat 290K
- Beckett, Edmund Lord Grimthorpe, A Rudimentary Treatise on Clocks, Watches and Bells [1903] from The Gutenberg Project, Adobe Acrobat 3.2MB
- Berthoud, Ferdinand & Auch, Jacob, How to Make a Verge Watch [1763/1827] translated by Richard Watkins and E.J. Tyler, Adobe Acrobat 1.8MB
- Blakey, WilliamThe Art of Making Watch Mainsprings, Repeater Springs and Balance Springs [1780] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 1.3MB
- Bond, Richard F, Bond's Isodynamic Escapement [1860] transcribed by David M MacMillan
- Borsendorff, L, The History of a Watch [1869] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 222KB
- Buffat, Eugene, History and Design of the Roskopf Watch [1914] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 2.4MB
- Camus, C.E.L., A Treatise on the Teeth of Wheels [1750s] from Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 6.0MB
- Crespe, François, Essay on Repeater Watches [1804] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 2.4MB
- David, Jacques, American and Swiss Watchmaking in 1876 [1877] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 4.8MB
- Engler, Edmund A., Time-Keeping in London [1882-1883], Adobe Acrobat 3.1MB
- Favre-Perret, Ed., Philadelphia Exhibition 1876, Report to the Federal High Council [an overview of the horology displays] [1877] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 177KB
- Fitch, Charles H., The Manufacture of Watches and Clocks at the Tenth Census (June 1, 1880) [1883] from Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 205KB
- Francillon, Andre, History of Longines [1947] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 1.1MB
- Frodsham, Harrison M, "Some Material for a Résumé of Remontoires", The Horological Journal [1877-1879], most transcribed by David M MacMillan
- 1877 October Installment, Escapements of Aitkin and Airy
- 1877 December Installment, Escapements of Couet, Mudge, Kater, Bloxam, Massey, Denison, Voss & Monnington, and Gehrcken
- 1878 January Installment, Escapements of May, Melvine, Breguet, and Massey
- 1878 February Installment, Escapements of Hanriot, Verite, Mathew, Moenk, Fleury, Tavan, and De Chalong
- 1878 March Installment, Escapements of Haley and Mudge
- 1878 April Installment, Escapements of De Lafons, Brosse, and Verite
- 1878 May Installment, Escapement of Harrison
- 1878 June Installment, Escapements of Harrison and Ulrich
- 1878 August Installment, Escapements of Herrmann, Gowlands, Benoit, and Gaudron
- 1879 January Installment, Escapements of Lebon, Lebon and Thiout, and Wagner
- 1879 February Installment, Escapement of Detouche and Houdin
- Glasgow, David, Watchmaking By Machinery [1890] from Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 497KB
- Graupmann, Emile, The Finishing of the Watch Case [1910] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 241KB
- Grossman, Moritz, The Construction of a Simple but Mechanically Perfect Watch [1880] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 3.6MB
- Hasluck, Paul N., The Watch Jobber's Handybook, A Practical Manual on Cleaning, Repairing and Adjusting [1887] transcribed by Oliver Mundy, MS Word 62KB
- Hillmann, B., The Keyless Mechanism - A Practical Treatise on its Design and Repair [1920] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 9.2MB
- Houriet, Ch., The American Watchmaking Factories And Their Tools [1895] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 3.0MB
- Huygens, Christiaan, Horologium [1658] by translated by Ernest L Edwardes, Adobe Acrobat 40KB
- Japy, Frederic, Patents for Watchmaking Machines [1799] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 7.4MB
- Jerome, Chauncey, History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome [1860] from The Gutenberg Project
- Lalande, Jérôme, Diary of a Trip to England 1763, translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 1.3MB
- Marsh, E A, History of Early Watchmaking in America [1890] transcribed by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 385KB
- Marsh, E A, History of the Waltham Watch Company [1892] transcribed by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 556KB
- Sarton, Hubert, Abridged Description of Several Pieces of Horology [1789] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 158KB
- Stokes, Sir George Gabriel, On the Effect of the Internal Friction of Fluids on the Motion of Pendulums [1850], Adobe Acrobat 974KB
- The Swiss Society for Chronometry, Some Notes on Pierre-Frederic Ingold and the work of E. Haudenschild [1932] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 814KB
- Vigniaux, Practical Watchmaking [1802] translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 13.2MB
- Vuillamy, Benjamin Lewis, On the Construction and Theory of the Dead Escapement For Clocks [1846], Adobe Acrobat 1.8MB
- Modern
- Chandler, Bruce & Vincent, Clare, Nighttime and Easter Time: The Rotations of the Sun, the Moon, and the Little Bear in Renaissance Time Reckoning, Adobe Acrobat 5.4MB
- Chandler, Bruce & Vincent, Clare, A Sure Reckoning: Sundials of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Adobe Acrobat 4.1MB
- Croswell, Robert, Care and Feeding of Your Early American Clock, Adobe Acrobat 1.2MB
- Dervan, Andrew, Overview of Wooden Shelf Clock Movements, Adobe Acrobat 503KB
- Harris, J Carter, Pennsylvania Clocks 1750-1850, Adobe Acrobat 1.6MB
- Headrick, Mark, Clock and Watch Escapement Mechanics, Adobe Acrobat 1MB
- McKay, Chris, The Turret Clock Keeper's Handbook, Adobe Acrobat 912KB
- Sullivan, D.B., Time And Frequency Measurement at NIST: The First 100 Years, Adobe Acrobat 1.7MB
- Waltham Watch Company, Watchmaker's Handbook, Adobe Acrobat 1.6MB
- Watkins, Richard, Berthoud, Harrison, and Lalande: A Near Myth, Adobe Acrobat 403KB
- Watkins, Richard, The BHI And American Watchmaking, 1858-1862: Three Unfortunate Mistakes, Adobe Acrobat 631KB
- Watkins, Richard, Confabulations - A Humorous Look at Complications, Adobe Acrobat 276KB
- Watkins, Richard, Jacques David and American and Swiss watchmaking in 1876, Adobe Acrobat 177KB
- Watkins, Richard, Mainspring Gauges and the Dennison Combined Gauge by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 3.0MB
- Watkins, Richard, Meditations on Breguet and Mathematics by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 1.2MB
- Watkins, Richard, The Origins Of Self-Winding Watches by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 30.3MB
- Watkins, Richard, The Repeater by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 7.0MB
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