Welcome to Shentonbooks Horological Booksellers We are one of the largest international booksellers specialising in HOROLOGICAL REFERENCE BOOKS for collectors, students and restorers whether amateur or practical and as a family business started by Rita Shenton have now been trading for well over 35 years. Our website operates over a secure server and is regularly reaccredited as "credit card safe" by securitymetrics.com. A FEW VERY LATEST NEW TITLES ARE LISTED BELOW FOR YOUR EASE. Over two thirds of our stock comprises ANTIQUARIAN and OUT OF PRINT TITLES. Also stocked is a full range of NEW TITLES from UK and overseas publishing houses. We pride ourselves on having both the standard works in stock as well as those that are rare and hard to find. Orders are dispatched promptly and efficiently to any part of the world and we can proudly boast thousands of satisfied customers throughout the UK as well as Europe, America, Australia, Japan and other far flung places. All our titles are available online by clicking the Shop tab immediately above. But please ask if you do not see what you are after as it may be on the shelf waiting to be catalogued. Equally if you would like to email or telephone first for some friendly personal advice first please feel free to. We have tried to constrain the file sizes as much as possible for our customers without fast internet links, but without broadband a few pages will take up to 20 seconds to download. With many uncommon titles available the wait should be worth it !! If in the UK, remember we do attend all the major Clock and Watch fairs at Uxbridge (SW London) and National Motorcycle Museum (Birmingham) and can bring specific titles for you to view if requested; see www.clockandwatchfairs.com for more information. Nigel, Paul and Sue Shenton JOHN HARRISON'S CONTRIVANCE An excellent, thorough and well researched new book which we are delighted to have been entrusted by the Author ( Stuart Harrison ) to distribute WORLDWIDE on his behalf. Sub titled: "The scientific basis and design of his ultimate pendulum clock" the book is exceptionally well researched and presented with something for all horologists, whether their interest be the historic, academic or practical detail of this most special of timepieces as originally intended by Harrison. Click on image for more details and to order. (£47.50) PANERAI WATCHES FROM 1936 TO 1997. PANERAI IN FLORENCE : 150 YEARS OF HISTORY An absolutely fantastic new double volume representing the most complete reference work ever done on PANERAI. The authors Mario Paci (Quality Assurance manager until 1997) and Dino Zei (Director of Officine Panerai Spa) show the best of the Panerai production, focusing on the most interesting divers watches such as RADIOMIR, LUMINOR, MARE NOSTRUM and the 6152 watch with Rolex dial. These books also describe the models EGIZIANO, EGIZIANO PICCOLO, DOPPIA LEVA (DOUBLE LEVER), LUMINOR MARINA MILITARE, different prototypes and Surface homing systems. FREE MAINLAND UK POSTAGE OR EQUIVALENT CREDIT OF £7 TO OTHER DESTINATIONS FOR ALL ORDERS INCLUDING THIS TITLE. Click on image to order (£400) LANTERN CLOCKS AND THEIR MAKERS 528pp 2008 Over 1150 illustrations, including +200 colour. This brand new large format and well researched title on Lantern Clocks will undoubtedly rival the previous leading publication, and prove very popular with those keen to watch the wallet. Lets hope it doesn't sell out quickly. (£85) ( Click on image for more details and to order) THE ART OF THE PAINTED DIAL With the authors previous book on this subject long out of print and scarce this new work is much welcomed. The contents cover. With over 350 large format pages and over 500 of the 700 illustrations in colour this is sure to stand the test of time as a solid reference work. (£75) Click on image to order.