Horological Articles by John Robey

This index of articles published in Clocks magazine, Antiquarian Horology, Horological Journal and elsewhere, includes about 100 that are available as a free download.
PDFs do not exist for the earlier articles, but can be created on request, EMAIL.

Clocks Magazine

Penny moons
(John Taylor, Ashton-under-Lyne)
June 1991, pp26-32

Of clocks and cotton
(Thomas Hargreaves, Settle)
March 1992, p14-17

Striking peculiarity
(John Barron[w], London)
October 1992, pp30-5

Connections in the Midlands
(Tantum, Wooley, Whitehurst, round dials)
May 1993, pp12-16

A Blundell bracket
(Joseph Blundell, Dublin)
Part 1: The going train, alarm and passing strike,
May 1994, pp27-31
Part 2: The pull repeat
June 1994, pp32-5

Marking time
(scribed circles, George Ainsworth Warrington, Richard Scholfield, Rochdale)
August 1994, pp12-16 DOWNLOAD

Square repair
(repairing winding square)
March 1995, pp43-44

Added arches
(Asselin, Finch, Alexander Gordon)
September 1995, pp29-31

A competent country craftsman
(Richard Marshall, Walsingham)
November 1995, pp17-20

Making a walnut case
(Blundell bracket clock)
Part 1: Designing and constructing the carcase, February 1996, pp26-29
Part 2: The cross-grain mouldings and veneering, March 1996, pp33-35
Part 3: Staining and polishing, April 1996, pp15-16

An accurate moondial (anon maker)
July 1996, pp8-10

A tic-tac miniature lantern alarm
(Thomas Read, Ipswich)
Part 1: A question of restoration
November 1996, vol 19, No 6, pp11-13
Part 2: Further observations
December 1996, vol 19, No 7, pp15-17

A Donisthorpe by Deacon (SD No 57)
March 1997, pp34-7

Weighing anchor (Giles Coates, Chedworth)
Vol 20, No 4, 1997, pp41-44

A cast arch by George Guest
Vol 20 No 7, 1997 pp26-28 DOWNLOAD

Two-wheel striking (James Bown, Matlock 30-hr)
Vol 20, No 8, 1997, pp32-34

A Cawley bracket (Robert Cawley, Chester)
Vol 20 No 12, 1997, pp13-15

Entertaining movement
(Edward Upjohn, Exeter, musical longcase)
Vol 20, No 13, 1997, pp29-33

Cutouts and cartwheels
Vol 21, No 2, 20, February 1998, pp9-12

Component parts
Part 1 Vol 21 No 7 10 July 1998, pp21-23
Part 2 Vol 21, No 8, 7 August 1998, pp31-34

A tale of two ting-tangs
Part 1: John Davis, London.
Vol 21 No 9 4 September 1998, pp37-39
Part 2 John Taylor of Lancashire
Vol 21 No 10, 2 Oct 1998, pp40-43

Clockmaker, clocksmith and jack-of-all-trades
Vol 22 No 1, 22 Jan 1999

Made in Birmingham
Vol 22 No 5, 14 May 1999, pp13-15

Will the real ‘WF’ please stand up?
Vol 22 No 11, Nov 1999, pp11-13

Weights and measuring
June 2000, pp 9-11

A Deacon apprentice piece
(Donsithorpe/Deacon JD26)
Dec 2000, pp26-9

Beilby … of Sunderland?
Sept 2001, pp9-10, 42

Gadsby or Deacon?
Nov 2001, pp36-9, 47

The cooking pot clock of Roger Lee
Sept 2002, pp20-3

The Parkers of Derby and London
April 2003, pp20-3

The importance of drop
April 2006, pp15-17

Who Fitted the Dial
Part 1 (John Luckman, Bickenhill)
June 2007, pp26-30
Part 2 (Thomas Mycroft, Waterfall)
July 2007, pp30-2

Dialmaker unknown
(repainted Wilson dials)
Oct 2008, pp26-30

More quirky than attractive
(Bowen, Alfreton clock + barometer)
April 2010, pp26-8

The truth about Barlow
Feb 2011, pp29-33

The Tytes of Wells (and Warminster and Swansea) DOWNLOAD
Dec 2011, pp26-32

The devil is in the detail DOWNLOAD
(Muncaster & Son, Isle of Man)
March 2014, pp26-31

Donisthorpe’s Earliest Clocks
Part 1 A skeletonised posted-frame 30-hour DOWNLOAD
May 2014, pp29-34
Part 2 An abandoned alarm conversion DOWNLOAD
June 2014, pp19-24
Part 3 Blacksmith, clockmaker & preacher DOWNLOAD
July 2014, pp31-6

A Quartet of Alarms
Part 1 A 30-hour iron alarm DOWNLOAD
September 2014, pp17-22
Part 2 A week-duration iron alarm DOWNLOAD
October 2014, pp17-22
Part 3 A 30-hour Normandy alarm DOWNLOAD
November 2014, pp21-5
Part 4 A 30-hour alarm by Whitehurst of Derby DOWNLOAD
December 2014, pp15-19

Dent Timepiece No 828 DOWNLOAD
June 2015, pp26-30

Hark! The Herald Angel Swings DOWNLOAD
— A 30-hour iron clock dated 1748
September 2015, pp26-31

New levers for a noctuary DOWNLOAD
December 2015, pp26-33

John Dowson of London and Bath DOWNLOAD
March 2016, pp26-32

A trio of French iron clocks
Part 1 The elusive ‘I Prowent’ DOWNLOAD
June 2016, pp26-33
Part 2 Saved from the Revolution DOWNLOAD
July 2016, pp26-32
Part 3 Cherubs and roses from Northern France DOWNLOAD
August 2016, pp26-33

Repairing a Fusee Click Spring DOWNLOAD
January 2017, pp26-32

Filing Perfect Squares