Antique Wristwatches

Automatic Wristwatches: From Germany, England, France, Japan, Russia and the USA

Book Description
This book is long overdue documentation on automatic wristwatches from countries other than Switzerland. These watches were always considered superior micro-mechanical products and posed a challenge to technicians. It was only a question of time, before the collectors' interest in these watches expanded from Swiss watches to those of other origins. A total of 123 watches are illustrated in three different views and are described in detail.

A-Z of Antiques and Collectibles

Book Description
Written by world-renowned antiques authority Judith Miller, this encyclopedia offers over 3,000 alphabetical entries that define: styles, periods, designers, makers and factories; materials and techniques; and what a piece is, how it was used, and when it was most fashionable. Whether your interest lies in Tiffany lamps, teddy bears, Greek pottery, or Gothic Revival style, this is a must-have for anyone interested in antiques and collecting, from the experienced collector to those new to the subject.

Chronograph Wristwatches: To Stop Time

Book Description
Wrist chronographs are mechanical wristwatches that, in addition to their normal clockwork, have a mechanism that allows them to time short-term events. They are one of the most popular collecting areas in the broad spectrum of wristwatches because they are not yet too expensive and are available in large numbers. Until now they have not been studied systematically. Now Land and Meis offer this outstanding identification book. The text deals with the dial of the chronograph and all the indications that can possibly be read from it. There is also a technical section that shows the historical development of the chronograph mechanism. With collectors in mind the authors have arranged the illustrations by the indications on the dials. Pictures of the movements are always included with those of the chronographs. This book is a particularly useful identification book for collectors, dealers, and auction houses.

Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Classic Wristwatches 2008 2009: The Price Guide for Vintage Watch Collectors Over 1300...

Book Description
Updated every two years, Classic Wristwatches deals solely with vintage watches, that is, watches no longer in current production. This easy-to-use guide fully describes and illustrates each timepiece featured, as well as providing an estimated price carefully calculated by experts in the field. Including record prices at auction, this book supplies all the information that a collector needs to know about a vintage watch and its approximate current value, such as details on the movement, case, and special characteristics of the piece. A symbol also denotes whether the authors believe the value of the watch will increase, decrease, or remain the same. In addition to collectible vintage watches, the coverage in Classic Wristwatches includes important historical models by Rolex and Patek Philippe and such rare brands as Record and Enicar.

Featured Manufacturers: Angelus, Audemars Piguet, Baume & Mercier, Breitling, Cartier, Certina, Chronoswiss, Cyma, Doxa, Eberhard & Co., Enicar, Eterna, Excelsior Park, Fortis, Gigandet, Girard-Perregaux, Glashütte, Hamilton, Hanhart, Heuer, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Junghans, A. Lange & Söhne, LeCoultre, Lémania, Leonidas, Longines, Mido, Movado, Ulysse Nardin, Nivada, Officine Panerai, Patek Philippe, Piaget, Pierce, Record, Rolex, Tissot, Tudor, Universal Gené, Vacheron Constantin, Vulcain, Wakmann, Zenith

Publisher Description
Updated every two years, Classic Wristwatches deals solely with vintage watches, that is, watches no longer in current production. This easy-to-use guide fully describes and illustrates each timepiece featured, as well as providing an estimated price carefully calculated by experts in the field. Including record prices at auction, this book supplies all the information that a collector needs to know about a vintage watch and its approximate current value, such as details on the movement, case, and special characteristics of the piece. A symbol also denotes whether the authors believe the value of the watch will increase, decrease, or remain the same. In addition to collectible vintage watches, the coverage in Classic Wristwatches includes important historical models by Rolex and Patek Philippe and such rare brands as Record and Enicar.

Clocks, Watches, Wristwatches, Barometers and Mechanical Music and Scientific Instruments,...

Comic Character Wristwatches

Book Description
When the Ingersoll-Waterbury Company introduced the first Mickey Mouse comic character wristwatch in 1933, they inspired thousands of other comic character watches. Collectors are eager to find them because of their connection with pop culture. This book includes advertising and movie promotion watches, as well as contemporary comic characters (Peanuts, Looney Tunes, The Simpsons, South Park, etc.). Over 375 color photos, descriptions, and pricing are compiled in this guide. Most of the watches represented were manufactured between 1970-2000. This book will delight you time after time.

About The Author
Debra S. Braun is an authority on art, antiques, and pop culture. She resides in upstate New York.

Grand Complications Volume III: High Quality Watchmaking (Grand Complications)

Product Description
Grand Complications, Volume III provides a detailed overview of complicated watchmaking. Published by Tourbillon International, this reference work for connoisseurs deals with each of the major horological complications by theme, from their history through to their most recent developments. Multi-complications, minute repeaters and sonneries, tourbillons, equations of time, perpetual calendars, chronographs, jump hours and retrograde mechanisms, and GMTs and multiple time zones are reviewed in great detail. The latest creations by over 23 elite watch manufacturers are displayed and are accompanied by technical descriptions, comprising more than 400 pages in a book that already has earned respect among connoisseurs.

About The Author
Tourbillon International has published seven consecutive volumes of Watches International and two volumes of Grand Complications, and is an expert in the field.

How to Make $20,000 a Year in Antiques and Collectibles Without Leaving Your Job

Product Description
The real estate boom has come and gone. The stock market is always a risky business. Today the smart money is in antiques and collectibles: you don't need much to get started, and the market for everything from furniture to folk art, from bottles to baseball cards, is just beginning to explode!

Bruce Johnson, the expert called the "Dear Abby" of antiques, shows how you can turn today's bargains and discounts into tomorrow's hot money-making deals. Here are hundreds of inside tips that show you how to:
-- Get in on the bottom floor before prices begin to go through the roof
-- Enter the business without a formal education or a sizable investment
-- Expand your operation and increase your income without taking time away from your present job
-- Find the best sales, the best days to attend, and the best deals
-- Negotiate bargains with dealers -- and beat them at their own game
-- Create print ads for your wares that will pull in customers eager to buy
-- Sell your treasures at a profit from your home, or at flea markets, yard and garage sales, auctions, and antique malls

Plus:
More than thirty antiques-related services you can run from your home, including caning, appraising, and refinishing.

From the Inside Flap
The real estate boom has come and gone. The stock market is always a risky business. Today the smart money is in antiques and collectibles: you don't need much to get started, and the market for everything from furniture to folk art, from bottles to baseball cards, is just beginning to explode!

Bruce Johnson, the expert called the "Dear Abby" of antiques, shows how you can turn today's bargains and discounts into tomorrow's hot money-making deals. Here are hundreds of inside tips that show you how to:
-- Get in on the bottom floor before prices begin to go through the roof
-- Enter the business without a formal education or a sizable investment
-- Expand your operation and increase your income without taking time away from your present job
-- Find the best sales, the best days to attend, and the best deals
-- Negotiate bargains with dealers -- and beat them at their own game
-- Create print ads for your wares that will pull in customers eager to buy
-- Sell your treasures at a profit from your home, or at flea markets, yard and garage sales, auctions, and antique malls

Plus:
More than thirty antiques-related services you can run from your home, including caning, appraising, and refinishing.

Identifying Wristwatches (Identifying Guide Series)

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches and Clocks, Geneva

Product Description
Catalogue for auction held in Geneva on May 14, 2006, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel du Rhône. Color photos of rare and antique timepieces, with accompanying descriptions. Includes explanation of grading system, terms of sale, etc.

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches and Clocks, Hôtel Plaza Athénée, New...

Product Description
Catalogue for auction held in New York on December 7, 2005, at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée. Color photos of rare and antique timepieces, with accompanying descriptions. Includes explanation of grading system, terms of sale, etc.

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches and Clocks, Mandarin Oriental Hotel du...

Product Description
Catalogue for auction held in Geneva on April 2, 2006, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel du Rhône. Color photos of rare and antique timepieces, with accompanying descriptions. Includes explanation of grading system, terms of sale, etc.