Warman's Watches Field Guide
Warman's Watches Field Guide

Author: Reyne Haines

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-02-10

Total Pages: 515

ISBN-13: 1440218862

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With 100% new content and more than 400 gorgeous color photos, Warman's Watches Field Guide is the essential portable guide to one of the hottest collecting categories. This book covers more than 100 years of watches from more than 50 watch manufactures, including famous Swiss (Patek Phillipe, Cyma, Rolex, Omega, Breitling) and American (Bulova, Illinoins, Eligin, Hamilton) companies. Each listing from these companies, and others, features a detailed description and accurate pricing information, along with photos of near-mint versus the average watch, all of which will be aiding you in identifying and valuing their own collections.

Warman's Watches Field Guide
Warman's Watches Field Guide

Author: Dean Judy

Publisher: Krause Publications

Published: 2005-07-24

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9780896891371

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Antique watches have become a hot new area in the collectibles field, and now collectors of wrist and pocket watches can enjoy a portable, full-color guide to their favorites with Warman's Watches Field Guide. &break;&break;This conveniently sized book features 450 detailed color photos of wrist and pocket watches produced from 1870 - 1970, from more than 50 American and Swiss watch manufacturers. Each listing comes complete with current collector pricing as well as historical facts about the watch. Collectors can carry this affordable pocket-sized guide with them on all their watch-seeking adventures.

Wristwatch Handbook The
Wristwatch Handbook The

Author: R. Schmidt

Publisher: Antique Collector's Club

Published: 2016-10-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781851498291

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'The Wristwatch Handbook' provides the reader with a comprehensive anatomy of the mechanical wristwatch; every conceivable function and form. It is the foundational text for the novice and the reference book for the seasoned enthusiast. Where other books about watches focus on advising the collector, on a single brand, or on a timeline of key historical figures and events, 'The Wristwatch Handbook' takes a detailed look at mechanical wristwatch complications (functions) and leaves no stone unturned. The reader will gain the ability to identify a complicated watch from twenty paces and perform a top-to-bottom assessment of even the most exotic timepiece in a matter of seconds. Despite the functional obsolescence of the mechanical wristwatch (our phones, computers, even microwaves tell more accurate time), there are more varieties of mechanical watches available than ever before. Today, innovation is no longer exclusively preoccupied with accuracy; pioneer manufacturers are also exploring friction reduction, anti-magnetism, scratch resistance, dial decoration, exotic materials and so on.

A Course in Wristwatch Repair The Gruen Horological Text and Technical Bulletins
A Course in Wristwatch Repair The Gruen Horological Text and Technical Bulletins

Author: Mike Barnett

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2009-07

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9780578030784

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The Gruen School of Watchmaking created the Gruen Horological Text in 1948 as a means of teaching students how to clean & repair wristwatches. It covers all aspects of watch repair, including advanced topics such as balance poising and hairspring manipulation. Readers new to watch repair will enjoy the hands-on, step by step style of the textbook. Also included are company memos announcing new watch technologies and changes to the procedures for working on watches. Additionally, this book includes the 8 Gruen Technical Bulletins. While this is Gruen text and the Curvex movement is used in examples, it is in no way specific to Gruen watches. The techniques taught apply to all makes of wristwatches.

The Illinois Watch
The Illinois Watch

Author: Fredric J. Friedberg

Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764320385

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A rich history history of the Illinois Watch Company, and record of nearly every wristwatch design they ever created, and their variations, in beautiful full color photographs. Each is accompanied by complete information about the watch and its production.

Retro Watches
Retro Watches

Author: Mitch Greenblatt

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Published: 2024-06-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780500297575

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An accessible, design-savvy collector's guide to the world of unusual, rare and dazzlingly retro watches. Retro Watches is a popular, accessible collector's guide for anyone who wants to make a statement with the watch they wear, but who wants to choose a timepiece that is very different from the 'classic' and very mainstream watches by the major Swiss brands. It brings together the most intriguing, visually striking and 'out-there' watch designs from little-known but influential watch brands, along with overlooked but brilliant pieces from the major players. One hundred watch models are featured, specially photographed for the book and accompanied by accessible, informative texts discussing the watch's design, its intriguing features, and its rarity and value. The book also dives into the cultural and fashion history of watch design and the many innovations from the 60s, 70s and 80s.

Air Time
Air Time

Author: Mark Bernardo

Publisher: Rizzoli Publications

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0847869660

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The first comprehensive reference for watch connoisseurs to explore a century of stylish timepieces inspired by and built for aviation, aeronautics and space exploration, and piloting. Air Time takes a keen look at more than ninety iconic timepieces that embody the spirit of flight, worn and made famous by the men and women who pioneered it, from daring balloonists and wartime jet pilots to jet-setters and astronauts. In a thoroughgoing look at nearly a century ofaviation-inspired timepieces--from 1904 to the present day-- WatchTime's Mark Bernardo interweaves history, technical insight, and the distinctive style of pilot watches into a first-of-its-kind comprehensive monograph. Chapters showcase historical milestones such as Cartier's development of the first men's wristwatch for Alberto Santos-Dumont; Charles Lindbergh's invention of the Longines Hour Angle; and the Omega Speedmaster, the first watch to land on the moon. Also featured are iconic timepieces, including the Breitling Navitimer, IWC Big Pilot's Watch, Breguet Type XX, and Rolex GMT-Master, up through current category timepieces such as in the collections of Bell & Ross, Longines, Bremont, Patek Philippe, Hamilton, and Zenith. Informative and compelling, this fascinating guide is the perfect gift for connoisseurs of timepieces, aviation, and globetrotting travel.