Watch Books

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American and Swiss Watchmaking in 1876
Jacques David & Richard Watkins

This book is the only detailed description of how the American factories made watches. From the raw materials to the finished cased movement. 82 pages.

American Wristwatches - Five Decades of Style & Design - Revised 2nd Edition
Edward Faber & Stewart Unger ( with Ettagale Blauer )

The development of wristwatch styles in America, from the earlier years of the 20th Century to the age of quartz. Richly illustrated with over 700 color photographs, the authors have traced the unique development of the American wristwatch, period by period. Original research brings life to some of the persons who influenced its development. Current prices make this a valuable collectors reference. BOOK : Hardcover - (9" X 12" ) 710 photos - price guide - 272pp.

Automatic Wristwatches from Switzerland
Heinz Hampel

200 watches are shown, each with three photographs showing the dial, the complete movement and the partly disassembled movement. All of the Swiss manufacturers are introduced with an historical overview of the development of automatic wristwatches from 1926 to 1978. Information on the functioning mechanism and construction of each design is offered along with the data needed to locate the watch chronologically. Hard bound, 9" x 12", 500+ photographs, 352 pps.

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Book of Enameled Watches and Brooches
a Supplement to the "Blue Book"
The New England Watch Company

The New England Watch Company catalogue circa 1901 reprinted in full color for the 1998 Southern Ohio Regional. Soft bound, 28 pps.

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Chronograph, Wristwatches to Stop Time
Gerd-R. Lang and Reinhard Meis

This book features the history, development, and identification of wrist chronographs, which are mechanical wristwatches that have the ability to time short-term events. Hard bound, 9" x 12", b&w and color photographs, 256 pps.

Comic Character Wristwatches
Debra S. Braun

The first Mickey Mouse Wristwatch in 1993 inspired thousands of other comic character watches. Collectors are eager to find them because of their connection with pop culture. Here over 375 color photos, descriptions, and pricing, present advertising, movie promotion, and contemporary comic characters on watches manufactured between 1970-2000. See your favorite characters from, Peanuts, Looney Toons, The Simpsons, South Park, and more ! BOOK: Paperback - (6" x 9") 387 color photos - 160 pp.

The Complete Price Guide to Watches, Book 26
Cooksey Shugart, Tom Engle, & Richard Gilbert

The most reliable and convenient guide to watches available this annual book is a mini-encyclopedia with over 1,200 pages.

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The Fitchburg Watch
Richard Meibers

It’s the story of the making of a mechanical watch that ushered in the twentieth century and the community that fostered its development 207 pgs 9”x 5 ¾” Hardbound

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The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths – Watch & Clock Catalog
Goldsmith Company

Catalogs issued by the firm show that the company had many departments, specializing in: jewelry & diamonds; clocks & bronzes; watches; sterling silver and silver plate; cutlery; dressing bags, etc. They also held a royal warrant to her majesty, Queen Victoria. 50 pp. 7¼” x 9½” Softbound

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The History & Development of The Quartz Watch
Benjaman Matz

Benjamin Matz has written a fascinating history of the quartz watch, beginning with man's early attempts to measure time. Matz documents the technical breakthrough's that led to the quartz revolution, including the experiments of Curie, Cady, Marrison, Rubin, and Kilby. Watch collectors interested in the history of invention will appreciate this well - searched history of the technology and development of the modern watch. BOOK : Paperback - ( 6" x 9" ) 61 pp.

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Marion-A History Of United States Watch Co.
William Muir & Bernard Kraus

This book, whose content, makes it a definitive work on the United States Watch Company of Marion, New Jersey, should provide a special pride for a National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors members. This is not just a story of a watch company. It is a perspective on the American watch industry in the turbulent years after the Civil War. More yet, it displays a piece of American Society in the middle years of the nineteenth century. This is a picture of our heritage, framed with the technology of watchmaking by gifted authors and hung in place by many hands from a grateful Association. BOOK : Hardcover - ( 8.75" x 11.5" ) 216 pp.

Mechanical and Quartz Watch Repair
Mick Watters FBHI

The book covers an overhaul at least one typical example of an ordinary 15 jewel lever, stop watch, automatic, chronograph, quartz, analogue, quartz liquid crystal display and the older type of pocketwatch, and knowledge to overall many thousands of watches. Full of illustrations!! 160 pgs. 7.5” x 10” Hardbound

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Omega Designs
Anton Kreuzer

An illustrated description of all the watch movements manufactured by the Omega Watch Co. since 1894, the year the Omega trademark was registered. Over 400 watches are pictured. Collectors will value the information and the current price guide. 1996, 224 pp., hard bound, 414 color and black & white photographs

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Time in Gold, Wristwatches
Gerald Viola and Gisbert L. Brunner

This beautifully illustrated book features the histories of 18 leading luxury wristwatch companies of Switzerland including Audemars Piguet, Baume & Mercier, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and Vacheron Constantin. Hard bound, 9" x 12", 450 photographs, 256 pps.

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The Watch of the Future
The Story of the Hamilton Electric Watch
Third Revised Edition
René Rondeau

A must for every watch collector! This book tells the story of the world's first battery powered men’s wristwatch by Hamilton Watch Company from its origins in 1946 to the end of production in 1969. It is a story of innovation and triumph, as well as corporate politics and discouraging setbacks. Every production model of the Hamilton Electric is illustrated and identified. Also included is useful information on collecting Hamilton Electrics, and evaluating, repairing and maintaining these unique watches. Third edition, 1999, hard bound, 182 pps, b&w photographs and illustrations.

Watch Repairing As A Hobby
D.W. Fletcher

Sufficient information will be given in this book about cleaning a watch and later on in the book it explains about minor repairing, for over a third of the watches which stop do so through dirt, there are countless of other things to go wrong, and seldom you will find exactly the same complaint in two watches. Some of the chapters include, how a watch works, Tools and how to use them, How to take down, clean, and reassemble a watch, and Common ailments of a watch. 64 pp. 5.5”x 8.5” Softbound

Watch Repairer's Manual - 4th Edition
Henry B. Fried

This is the classic treatise on watch repair and covers all phases of the subject in excellent fashion. Includes typical descriptions of typical watches, cleaning, casing, adjusting cannon pinions, mainspring repairs, making of a stem, fitting a balance, making balance staffs, adjusting and truining the balance, poising, replacing the pallet and roller jewels, overbanking, putting in beat, hairspringing, general repairs, trouble shooting, glossary, conversion tables, and bibliography. BOOK : Hardcover - (6.25" X 9.25") 453 pp.

Wristwatches - A Connoisseur's Guide
Frank Edwards

"Wristwatches" is a indispensable source of reference. Practical and informative, it is the ultimate connoisseur's guide to the best in wristwatches. It tells the fascinating story of watches - how we moved from sundial to solar - power - and give hints on starting a collection and practical tips for what to look for in a good watch. BOOK : Hardcover - (8.75" x 11.25") 160pp.

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Wristwatches - Armbanduhren Montres-bracelets
Gisbert L. Brunner & Christian Pfeiffer-Belli

This book tells the story of 96 of the century's most prominent watch producers-Some, famous in the times, have long been forgotten. More than 2100 illustrations take the reader through the fascinating "century of the wristwatch". 512 pages.

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