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Buying
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I have been producing a Postal Auction Catalogue once or twice a year offering a variety of interesting, unusual and sometimes important items concerned with watchmaking. If time allows, my intention is to continue to produce the occasional catalogue, the first of which is issued free. Please email your name and address if you would like to receive a copy: Catalogue@davidpenney.co.uk
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As well as these catalogues I
continue to sell fine watches and watch related material throughout
the year, a few of which are advertised in Antiquarian Horology,
the journal of the
English Antiquarian Horological Society.
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I
also attend all London and many international auctions. Once instructed,
I will act on a clients behalf by issuing independent condition reports,
as well as making purchases and clearing goods if required. I do not
charge a commission on a successful purchase but rather charge for
the report as I strongly believe that ‘what not to buy’
is in many ways a much more important factor.
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Wants lists are welcomed and during the past fifteen years it has been my pleasure to help form some carefully considered collections. This is the most rewarding part of my life as an antiquarian horologist and I am always happy to hear from anyone who is considering either starting to collect or upgrading an existing collection
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Confidential appraisal and
insurance reports, based on the best and most up to date information,
also undertaken. |
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Selling |
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I
have numerous wants requests and I would be most pleased to hear from
anyone who may be considering the sale of watches or watch movements
of interest, especially if of technical, precision or unusual merit.
Pocket chronometers are always wanted.
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As
well as out-of-print and antiquarian horological books on the subject
of watchmaking, I am very keen to purchase watch related ephemera,
including trade catalogues, letterheads, and especially trade cards
and watchpapers
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I offer a confidential
and efficient service with various options that can be tailored to
suit individual payment requests. |
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Restoration |
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Over
the past thirty years it has been my privilege to get to know some
of the finest craftsmen still working and if you have a watch that
needs sympathetic restoration, from a simple clean through to a properly
made and tempered spring-detent, I may be able to help. However, anyone
who is both good and experienced is also very busy, and waiting times
can be very long. No work related to faking is acceptable.
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Case and dial repair as
well as gilding and engraving of the highest standard can also be
arranged. |
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Information |
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Research of any watch and
its maker can be undertaken, as well as my usual illustration and
photographic services. I take particular pride that my records, formed
over the last thirty years, are second to none. Please enquire if
you would like to know more. |
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Illustration |
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All of my older and limited edition prints are now sold out but I am keen to buy back good examples whenever possible. If copies become available, they will appear in the relevant section on this site. I also have some signed copies left of the Royal Mail 'Presentation Pack' with my Harrison stamps that were issued in 1993.
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Nearly all of my past illustration
work is available for use, either as a single framed print for personal
use or in an article or other publication. Prices start from as low
as £50. Please enquire if you would like to know more. |
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Ephemera Library |
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I have a large and unique
collection of horological ephemera available to those considering
publishing on any topic of horology. Numbering over 6,000 items it
includes billheads, letterheads, trade cards, watch papers,
and portraits, dating from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
Prices start from as low as £50. Please enquire if you would
like to know more. |
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Publishing |
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I
have a series of booklets and reprints on the topic of watchmaking
planned over the next few years, the first two reprints of which have
been published: Barraud & Lunds
, and Nicole, Nielsen & Co. Numerous future projects are under way and I would be grateful to
hear from anyone who has information on the following:
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George
Graham
Thomas Mudge and William Dutton
Robert Pennington
Victor Kullberg
Nicole Nielsen and his watches bearing various retailers names
Hector Golay and his watches bearing various retailers names
Pierre-Frederick Ingold, in Switzerland, France, England and America
The Massey family of watchmakers, Liverpool
Bahne Bonniksen, Coventry
Lancashire Watch Co, Liverpool, unusual examples only
J W Benson, unusual examples only
Rotherham & Co, Coventry, unusual examples only
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If you have been researching in the field of watchmaking and are interested in publication assistance, including copy editing, image finding, design, and distribution, please contact me. |
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