Brass Dial Clocks

Brian Loomes, in addition to running a specialist antiques business in Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, has so many titles to his credit that one begins to wonder if he is a syndicate. How many Brian Loomes are there? True, he has the help of his wife in the Pateley Bridge business, and he has also had her assistance in the preparation of his books, though the blurb informs us that all his works are based on personal research and he has the reputation of an author who thinks for himself.

He has now produced 16 books on different aspects of horology,...