Book Details

Lancashire Watch Company

History and Watches

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  • A new book by John Platt.
  • 528 pages with almost 1,000 illustrations.
  • Full history of Lancashire Watch Company.
  • Includes details of company’s ledgers.
  • Detailed record of types of watches produced by the company.
  • Photographs of over 100 watches.
  • Appendices section with known catalogues.
  • This is a large hardback book – 33cm x 24cm.

 

The Lancashire Watch Company was based in Prescot, Lancashire, UK in the late 1800s, early 1900s. This important new publication is an essential work of reference for anyone with an interest in the watches which the company produced, the environment in which it existed, or the people involved. It is a full compendium of information known to the author about the company which is held within museums and archives.

It is also a record of the types of watches which were produced by the company, with many of them being shown in photographs. It includes material about the company which has not been published before.

The author has been involved in exhaustive research and, for the first time, the result of this work is being made available to a wider audience, and will enable anyone with an interest in these watches to get some idea of their provenance.

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This is the only book to have been written about the Lancashire Watch Company since Alan Smith’s work in 1973.

The History Section describes how the company came about, how it went into decline and finally closure. The history of the company and its positioning within its home town of Prescot is told as it was written in newspapers, magazines, and journals of the time; primarily the local press and the Horological Journal.

There is a Section which describes the company’s Ledgers. These were used to record the watches the company produced. The different type of watches are tabled together with an indication of the numbers produced of these types.

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The Watches Section comprises photographs of over 100 watches, split into several chapters showing different aspects of what the company produced. Almost all photographs within the book are in full colour.

The final section, the Appendices, show known catalogues which have survived. These are shown in full. There is also a collection of photographs from the day and a useful list of all the watches which are photographed within the book.

The book is not a technical book explaining the way pocket watches work. It will be of interest to anyone with an interest in pocket watches, and the development of watchmaking. The reader will also get some understanding of the socio-economic climate of the time, and life within Prescot.

The book will be used by museums and libraries and will be an important addition to any private horological collection.