Antique Wristwatches

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches and Clocks, The Fuller Building, New...

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Catalogue for auction held in New York on December 6-7, 2006, at The Fuller Building. 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, The Grand Havana Room, New...

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Catalogue for auction held in New York on September 20, 2006, at The Grand Havana Room. 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, The Ritz Carlton Hotel,...

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Catalogue for auction held in Hong Kong on November 25, 2006, at The Ritz Carlton Hotel. Color photos of rare and antique timepieces, with accompanying descriptions. Includes explanation of grading system, terms of sale, etc.

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches, Clocks, and Horological Tools, Geneva

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Catalogue for auction held in Geneva on November 11-12, 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, Clocks, and Horological Tools,...

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Catalogue for auction held in Geneva on October 14-15, 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.

Knight's Head

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When passionate train lover Dale Connors boards the California Zephyr for the railway journey of his dreams, he isn’t expecting anything but a peaceful, quiet, working vacation. He certainly isn’t planning on a romantic rendezvous with a certain brunette – it just works out that way when he can’t stop thinking about her.

He can’t stop thinking about a lot of things – Dale is a genuine neurotic. Shy, indecisive, anxiety-ridden, he over-thinks everything and as a result loses opportunity after opportunity. Even after many, many years of therapy, his unhappiness remains the central quality of his character. Drinking is his only release from his constant worrying; drinking, or vicariously throwing a wicked fastball.

He is still mourning and trying to understand the suicide of his best and only close friend, fourteen years after the tragic morning that Joe, an alcoholic, took his life. Yet, Dale still reaches out, however hesitantly, for that human connection. Will he find it with the voluptuous and animated Terry? The trip from Denver to San Francisco and back again gives Dale ample time to contemplate the many stories of his life, stories of family, friendship, sorrow, and lost dreams of a fastball.

About The Author
Ronald D. Carter, was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri and attended Kansas City Junior College and Kansas University. He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and has worked in various fields, including construction, manufacturing and sales, and has traveled extensively by train.

Carter is single, resides in Denver, Colorado and is planning another work, also featuring trains and traveling on the iron rails.

Lyle Official Antiques Review 2001 (Lyle)

Antiques Weekly
The most comprehensive reference work on antiques in existence. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Book Description
This is the all-new edition of the most authoritative and useful guide to antiques and collectibles that any collector, expert or novice, could have. For more than twenty-five years, dealers and collectors have relied on Lyle for the most complete and up-to-date information available. The 2001 edition of this indispensable guide gives the current values of more than 5,000 items, including clocks, glassware, toys, dishes, furniture, jewelry, silver, and quilts. Higher-priced items are contrasted with less costly objects of similar design to educate the newcomer in relative values. The extensive index makes it easy to locate specific items.

"Unquestionably the most useful antique guide available."-Antiques Appraisers Association

"The most comprehensive reference work on antiques in existence."-Antiques Weekly

Master Wristwatches (History)

Book Description
This highly illustrated volume offers a luxurious, in-depth look at an essential tool and fashion accessory. The wristwatch arrived on scene in the nineteenth century, and since then it has taken every possible shape-from the jeweled creations of the great watchmakers to the dive watch and other sports models. "Master Wristwatches" presents the history of the watch with special focus on the development of quartz movement, then explores the different styles in brilliant color. For the collector of fashion follower, this book is required.

Miller's Wristwatches: How to Compare and Value (Miller's Collector's Guides)

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Electric watches, divers’ watches, novelty watches, cool 1960’s watches, and elite watches like the Rolex V and Chronograph I: it’s time for wristwatches to rule the market. More and more people are delving into this collecting area, with auctions and dealers fueling interest. Take a look at what’s available and what it’s worth, along with an overview of developments in watchmaking decade-by-decade. Throughout, two-page color spreads compare and contrast pairs of related watches, with analyses of why one is more valuable than the other—whether because of age, authenticity, rarity, maker, material, marks, lack of defects, or additions and restoration. Also included: an illustrated section on fakes and replicas and how to spot them, as well as facts on key designers, manufacturers, and technological features.

 

Miller's: Wristwatches: How to Compare and Value (Miller's How to Compare and Value)

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Electric watches, divers’ watches, novelty watches, cool watches from the 60s, and elite watches like the Rolex V and Chronograph I: it’s time for wristwatches to rule the market, and these fabulous examples are coveted as much for style as practicality. More and more people—especially young men—have delved into this collecting area, and an increasing number of auctions and dealers have fueled interest. Take a look at what’s available and what it’s worth, along with an overview of developments in watchmaking decade by decade. Throughout, two-page color spreads compare and contrast pairs of related watches, with analyses of why one is more valuable than the other—whether it’s because of age, authenticity, rarity, maker, material, marks, lack of defects, or later additions and restoration. Also included: an illustrated section on fakes and replicas and how to spot them.
 

About The Author
Tim Forrest has written many books on antiques. Jonathan Scatchard is has been dealing in watches for over 20 years.

Pictorial Price Guide to American Antiques 2000-2001: 2000-2001 (Pictorial Price Guide to...

Book Description
The new edition of the ultimate antiques collector's guide, every year more highly prized

For twenty years this highly praised and consistent seller has been the only price guide to American antiques and objects made for the American market that illustrates every item listed. The 2000-2001 edition contains more than 5000 entirely new objects and auction prices--from furniture and lighting to ceramics and clocks to advertising and novelty items--each keyed to the year the piece was sold and the location of the auction sale. Such essential information, plus the comprehensive index and the enthusiasm and authority of the author, makes this the invaluable reference American antiques collectors look for every year.

About The Author
Dorothy Hammond, for many years a collector of antiques, writes the popular "Collectibles" column for Colonial Homes magazine. She lives in Wichita, Kansas.

Rolex Wristwatches: An Unauthorized History (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

Book Description
The name Rolex is recognized around the world. It has become an icon of beauty, quality, accuracy, style, and taste. While there are other fine manufacturers of timepieces, none has reached this pinnacle of public respect and acclaim. The watches produced by Rolex over the last 100 years are celebrated in this lavishly illustrated classic, now in a revised and expanded third edition. Over 30 newly discovered wristwatches are included in this volume, along with new information and a revised value guide. In addition there are detailed looks at some of Rolex's legendary movements. Dowling and Hess, both acknowledged Rolex authorities, have captured the watches' beauty in color photography and present the most thorough and extensive history written of the company. The watches and the extensive information this book offeres to collectors make it a truly useful volume, one that will be cherished by watch lovers around the world.