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who can help me with the english words for Morbier-Comtoise-parts? | Clocks163 of 1741 |  |  |
Posted 4 months ago
champcourt
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I am writing a book about the history of the French Morbier-Comtoise clocks. In Dutch, but it will later be translated in French, German and English.
At the end of my book I will include a long list of all parts of the clock in 4 languages: French, German, Dutch and... English
I am looking for somebody who knows these clocks and want to help me with the correction of the English list of words.
Leonard van Veldhoven
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Christopher (of Christopher's Clocks) could be a great resource to contact. If he cannot do the corrections himself he can probably recommend someone who can: http://www.clocksbychristopher.com/
Feel free to let him know that Hunter with Collectors Weekly sent you his information :)
good luck!
Hunter