Repeater (horology) - Bibliography

Bibliography

• Francois Crespe (1804) Essai sur les montres a répétition, JJ Paschoud, Geneva. Available on Google books at http://books.google.fr/books?id=PLU-AAAAcAAJ, also reprinted in 2011 by Origami. English translation: Essay on Repeater Watches, Richard Watkins, Australia.
• John Huguenin (1897) Etablissage et Repassage des Montres à Répétition, Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie. 48 pages. No drawing. Reprinted 2011 by Origami.
• Emile James (1899) Traité des Sonneries, Librairie Stapelmohr. 99 pages, 59 drawings. An advertisement for this book appeared on the 4th February 1900 issue of the bi-weekly Swiss journal "La Fédération Horlogère" (page 60). Reprinted 2011 by Origami.
• C. T. Etchells (1917) Repairing Repeating Watches, Hazlitt & Walker, Chicago. 26 pages, 11 drawings.
• Ch. Poncet (1938) L'horloger. tome. II., sonneries d'horloges et de montres. 224 pages.
• Emanuel Seibel and Orville R. Hagans Ed. (1945) Complicated Watches, The Roberts Publishing Co., Denver Colorado.
• François Lecoultre (1952), A Guide to Complicated Watches (Les Montres Compliquées), A. Simonin, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
• J. H. Francis Wadsworth (1965) A History of Repeating Watches, Offprint from Antiquarian Horology (originally published in parts from September 1965 to June 1966).
• Manfred Fritz (1991) IWC Grande Complication, Edition Stemmle. 240 pages. Pages 142-176 and 194-201 are about the minute repeater mechanism of the IWC Grande Complication watch.
• Roy Ehrhardt (1993) European Repeaters & Clock Watches, Book 1, Heart of America Press. ISBN 0-913902-72-1. A compilation of repeaters and clock watches found in auction catalogs over the years. 170 pages. A picture and a description of each watch is given. The watches are sorted by functions and brands. The Book 2 has not been released yet.
• Audemars Piguet (2002 ?) Les Heures Musicales, Audemars Piguet edition. 70 pages with many repeater watches (pocket and wristwatches) made by Audemars Piguet. This is not a commercial catalog.
• Curtis D. Thomson (2006) Decimal Points, an article about Kari Voutilainen's minute repeater, International Watch (May 2006): pp. 136–140.
• Ron DeCorte (2007) Exploring the Repeater (DVD and VHS), AWCI editions. Duration : 1 hour 30'.
• Bob Stuart (2009) The Sound of Minute Repeaters, Vanity Fair (May 2009). 4 Pages. An audiophile comparison between 8 modern minute repeaters.
• Richard Watkins (2011) The Repeater. 87 Pages. A detailed, technical study of repeaters.