Description: After a brief history of watchmaking and tips on recognizing quality, Edwards offers alphabetically arranged essays on 55 of the most prestigious wristwatch makers. The sumptuous full-color photographs are advertisement-quality, and sometimes the text reads like a sales catalog, although no prices are given. Still, there is enough information to spark interest in would-be collectors, and a helpful glossary will help those researching single pieces they inherited. The volume on costume jewelry is one of those "introductions to appreciation" that is so well written and produced that it may very well inspire people to take a second look at their "junk" jewelry. Gorgeous, full-color photographs of more than 200 necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and brooches show stylistic details. Many are one-of-a-kind marked pieces most readers will admire here but never be able to buy, but the authors do succeed in describing characteristics of styles from the 18th-century through the present to help readers choose a favorite period to collect. Again, no prices are provided, but tips on collecting, care, and repairs and a glossary are included. Both books are excellent introductions to their topics at a good price; especially recommended for public or small libraries and as supplements to larger collections

Title: Master Wristwatches
by Caroline Childers & Roberta Naas

Title: Complete Price Guide to Watches 2003: Over 10.000 Price Changes (Complete Price Guide to Watches, 23nd Ed)
by Cooksey Shugart

Description: The most reliable and convenient guide to watches available, this mini-encyclopedia lists over 10,000 watches with current values, and features more than 7,000 illustrations. It also includes tips for collectors and historical information, as well as guidelines to grading and appraising watches.

Description: This volume is large and well illustrated with black and white photographs. It details the pocket watch from English Lever, Fusee drive to late 20th century Swiss. The pictures and descriptions of watches are complete with text for movement, case, dial, hands, maker etc.

Description: This book examines the technology and manufacture of all types of watch; offers collectors advice on what to look for; and includes a step-by-step assessment guide to use when purchasing. Basic instructions are provided on repair work, identifying essential tools and materials.

Description: The definitive book for collectors of mechanical wristwatches, with complete information on more than 1,500 current models made by over 100 manufacturers worldwide.  Every year hundreds of new wristwatches are introduced. Some feature innovative designs or mechanical improvements, and others are available only in limited editions, keeping the field interesting for collectors. Following the success of the previous edition, this new annual highlights hundreds of the year's most extraordinary wristwatches in close-up color photographs accompanied by complete specifications, giving collectors a wealth of up-to-date information, all in one volume. The specifications for each watch include price, movement, special features, complications, casings, dial, band, and available variations of a particular model. In addition, general histories of each manufacturer provide an overview of the company's background and style. The annual's elegant photography and organization will encourage readers to peruse the year's offerings watch by watch. And the range of styles, from classic to modern, will appeal to watch enthusiasts the world over, who will find this current edition both a handy reference and required reading.

Description: Every year hundreds of new wristwatches are introduced. Some feature innovative designs or mechanical improvements, and others are available only in limited editions, keeping the field interesting for collectors. Following the success of the previous edition, this new annual highlights hundreds of the year's most extraordinary wristwatches in close-up color photographs accompanied by complete specifications, giving collectors a wealth of up-to-date information, all in one volume. The specifications for each watch include price, movement, special features, complications, casings, dial, band, and available variations of a particular model. In addition, general histories of each manufacturer provide an overview of the company's background and style. The annual's elegant photography and organization will encourage readers to peruse the year's offerings watch by watch. And the range of styles, from classic to modern, will appeal to watch enthusiasts the world over, who will find this current edition both a handy reference and required reading.

Title: Masters of the Millennium
by Caroline Childers & Roberta Naas

Description: This book traces the distinguished history of the world's finest timepieces, searching the past and exploring the future of watches with regard to technology and design, new functions, features, and benefits: offering insight into the cross over between the fashion and jewelry worlds, detailing the pervasiveness of time in today's lifestyles and lives. Masters of the Millennium looks to newness - fields of exploration, the use of different materials in watchmaking, and the design direction of tomorrow's timepieces. Features: Audemars Piguet, Bedat, Boucheron, Breitling, Chopard, Daniel JeanRichard, De Grisogono, Girard Perregaux, Kelek, Longines, Movado, Parmigiani Fleurier, Paul Picot, Perrelet, Tag Heuer, Versace, and more.

Title: Rolex Wristwatches: An Unauthorized History
by James M. Dowling & Jeffrey P. Hess

Description: The name of 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 90 years are celebrated in this lavishly illustrated new volume. Mssrs. Dowling and Hess, acknowledged Rolex authorities, have captured their beauty in full color photography. They accompany the most thorough and extensive history ever written of the company. Information for collectors and current market values of the watches makes this a truly useful volume and one that will be cherished by watch lovers around the world., 392 photos , 9" x 12", Price Guide.

Title: Omega Designs: Feast for the Eyes
by Anton Kreuzer

Description: Omega has become the watchmaker with the highest name recognition in timekeeping for personal and sports events worldwide. If the father owned an Omega, so does the son. This important, color illustrated, new book presents, an illustrated description of all the watch movements manufactured by the Omega Watch Co. since the registration of its trademark in 1894. Over 400 watches are shown in 80 color and 334 black and white photographs. Started as a small watchmaker shop in Biel, Switzerland in 1848, the company expanded to Geneva and has made precision pocket and wristwatches including the world famous chronometer wristwatch Constellation, the diver's watch Seamaster, and the chronograph wristwatch Speedmaster Professional.

Title: Hamilton Wristwatches
by Rene Rondeau

Description: A collector's guide to the men's wristwatches made by Hamilton Watch Company from 1922 until the U.S. factory closed in 1969. Over 1000 illustrations are cross-indexed by name, and the most collectable watches are described in detail in the notes section. Factory production figures are included for most watches made from 1923-1935.

Title: Automatic Wristwatches from Switzerland: Self-Winding Wristwatches
by Heinz Hampel

Description: An exciting area of collecting for clock and watch enthusiasts is literally opened up with this book. On the outside the automatic wristwatch is like its counterpart, but once the case is opened a different world appears. Here 200 watches are shown, each with three photos to show the dial, and the complete and partly disassembled movement. The book introduces all the Swiss manufacturers and provides an historical overview of the development of automatic watches from 1926 to 1978. Information on the functioning mechanism and construction of each design is offered along with the data needed to locate the watches chronologically.

Description: An exciting area of collecting for clock and watch enthusiasts is literally opened up with this book. On the outside the automatic wristwatch is like its counterpart, but once the case is opened a different world appears. Here 200 watches are shown, each with three photos to show the dial, and the complete and partly disassembled movement. The book introduces all the Swiss manufacturers and provides an historical overview of the development of automatic watches from 1926 to 1978. Information on the functioning mechanism and construction of each design is offered along with the data needed to locate the watches chronologically.

Description: This is the first illustrated guide devoted specifically to the highly collectable field of military watches and clocks.  The author, an experienced collector, offers here for collectors and deals alike illustrations and detailed descriptions of more than 150 distinct models issued over the past century to the armed forces of Britain, the United States, Canada, Czechoslovakia, and Japan.  Each description includes and guide to current price ranges; and the book includes an illustrated guide to some 160 identification markings to be found on the military timepieces of the above nations, plus Spain, Sweden, Austro-Hungary, Poland, China, Chile, and Peru.