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Charles Gretton
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Watch and Clock Making and Repairing: Dealing with the Construction and Repair of Watches, Clocks and Chronometers
Dealing with the construction and repair of watches, clocks and chronometers.
Pennsylvania Clocks and Watches
A history of timepieces made in Pennsylvania from William Penn's time to the present, this book is more than a compendium of clock and watchmakers and their work. With abundant illustrations and lore from historians in every part of the state, it recreates a time when clock and watchmaking was not a mere occupation: it was truly a craft. The author attributes this characteristic to the Keystone State's unusually varied population, and explores the various "old world" influences affecting the design and style of timepieces. The story of clock and watchmaking from colonial Philadelphia to Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle is a major chapter in the history of industry, trade, tastemaking, and crafts...
