Welch Clocks

Welch Clocks by Tran Duy Ly - 1st Edition published in 1992 - 304 pages with 711 catalog illustrations & photographs - ISBN 0-930163-38-9. Newly Published 2nd Edition in 2013 - 576 pages with 1750 catalog illustrations and modern photographs including all original information listed in the 1st edition - 8 1/2 x 11 - Hardbound in white gloss enamel text with 2013 Price Update. Retail $89.50. With 69 pages of beautiful Alarm & Novelty clocks; 72 pages of Double Dial Calendar clocks including B. B. Lewis, B. B. Lewis & Sons, Burwell, Carter, Gale, Lewis, and Solomon S. Spring ; 10 pages of simple calendars, including Franklin-Morse. Continuing, there are 18 illustrations of Carriage clocks; 167 pages of Hanging Clocks & Regulators, 29 pages of Enameled Iron & Enameled Wood mantel clocks; 3 pages of Mantel Clocks-Marble & Onyx; 3 pages of Mantel Clocks-Metal Cases; 41 pages of Patti related clocks & clocks with Patti movements; 120 pages of Mantel Clocks-Wood Cases, followed by 43 pages of Beat Indicators, Keys, Movements, Shields, Weights and Pendulums. Welch clocks have long been recognized as the "Cadillac" of Connecticut clocks, and the history of the company's organization and progress is very colorful. Noted author and horologist Chris Bailey provides all the vivid details in 15 pages of The E. N. Welch Manufacturing Company and its predecessors, subsidiaries and successors [Sessions]. Additional detail has been provided by Robert E. Reichell, also a fellow of NAWCC, who explains the history of Adelina Patti, Elisha N. Welch, Solomon Crosby Spring, Benjamin B. Lewis and Daniel Jackson Gale. Finally, the comprehensive index. First the clocks are separated by category, such as "Mantle Clocks, Enameled Iron." Then following this section, all clocks are listed by their MODEL NAME (a vast improvement).