HATTON, Thomas. An Introduction to the Mechanical part of Clock and Watch Work in tzuo parts.., a Work very useful for the zuorking mechanic or gentlemen mechanically inclined, London, 1773. | Important Collectors Wristwatches Pocket Watches & Clocks | Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 21st October 1995

Important Collectors Wristwatches Po...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

LOT 72

HATTON, Thomas. An Introduction to the Mechanical part of Clock and Watch Work in tzuo parts.., a Work very useful for the zuorking mechanic or gentlemen mechanically inclined, London, 1773.

CHF 1,000 - 1,200

80, contemp. sheep worn, corners bumped, head & ft of sp chipped, jts cracked, pp. xvi + 400 with 18 eng flg pis.

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Note: Scarce and valuable work, one of the few books in any language to have been written by a working clockmaker about his craft. Apart from offering an invaluable picture of 18th Century techniques, Hatton's text supplies mach important ancillary historical information.