Clocks and barometers

CHILCOTTS, HONITON

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> Auctioneer Barnaby Willis with a selection of barometers

A FASCINATING collection of clocks and barometers assembled by a man captivated by mechanical workings will be auctioned in Chilcotts November 15 sale.

It took three days to remove the entire collection and bring it to Chilcotts, where it has been carefully packed away in several of the auction house's store rooms ready for cataloguing.

The collector began collecting in his early 20s. His day job was working on the railways, but in his spare time, he could be found with a vast assortment of clocks, repairing items he had bought, or were brought to him by family and friends.