Watches

	Illinois Watch Co., Six Historically Significant Watches - PUB289 This small brochure was prepare by Bernie Levine in conjunction with a lecture in 1999. The six pocket watches presented her are very nicely illustrated and captioned. Included is the First 18 Size Open Face Stem Wind Lever Set Model in America, The First Open Face Stem Wind Lever Set Railroad Grade Model in America, and the First model with Elinvar Hairspring and Invar Balance. $4.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Illinois Watches & Their Makers Reprint - PUB287 Illinois Watches and Their Makers is a collection of talks, articles and letters which appeared in the factory paper as well as in the advertising literature. Originally published in 1920, the booklet was reprinted by the Southern Ohio Regional N.A.Q.C.C.in 1999. The articles are numerous and include, for example, Watch Dials Connect Us with Timekeeping Methods of Remotest Antiquity; A Timepiece of Three Hundred Years Ago: and Illinois Watch Company Wireless Time Headquarters for the Central ... $4.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Illustrated Professional Dictionary of Horology Volumes I + II - PUB153 Widely known as the Bernier Dictionary after its author G. -A. Berner, this 2002 publication combines the original two-volume dictionary first published in 1961 with the 1995 supplement, all in a single volume. The dictionary, which is in English, French, Spanish and German, has 4,790 entries, 690 sub-entries and 948 illustrations. Published by the Federation de l'Industrie Horlogere Suisse FH, Bienne, Switzerland. $249.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Jaeger-LeCoultre: A Guide for Collectors by Zaf Basha - 9780615223872 The watch collecting community has waited a long time for a comprehensive guide to Jaeger-LeCoultre watches. Here it is. Jaeger-LeCoultre: A Guide for the Collector covers over 140 vintage timepieces in exhaustive detail. As one reviewer remarks, this book is the gold standard for how books on watch manufacturers should be organized, written and illustrated. Movement calibers, case references, production figures, and repair notes are provided as well as part list and numerous other references... $99.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Keystone Watch Case Co., 1919 Material Catalog - 0963166905 The Keystone Watch Case Co. s 1919 material catalog features materials from the Howard Watch Co., Crown Watch Co., and the New York Standard Watch Co. $9.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Lifetime Accuracy, South Bend Watches Catalog 87 - PUB279 This is a reprint of South Bend Watches catalog number 87. The catalog features pocket watches made in South Bend Indiana. $4.50     View Details Add To Cart
	L'Orologio Da Polso: The Wrist Watch - 8871430476 L'Orologia Da Polso: The Wrist Watch is a small dual language (Italian & English) book that celebrates the finest in wristwatches. About sixty fabulous wristwatches are present in a text that briefly describes the features of the watch and its importance in the history of wristwatch design. Each wristwatch is pictured in a high quality color photograph. Essentially a nice little table book that won't take up much space. Excellent little carry along book to fill time at an auction or an... $14.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Patek Philippe Geneve 1920-1965 Material Catalog - 0963166921 Patek Philippe Geneve 1920-1965 Material Catalog reprint illustrates all movements for easy identification and recognition. It has a complete list of parts with precise illustrations, part numbers with original pricing. Both wrist and pocket models included. Movement Calibers include 7"70 with Flat & Breguet hairspring, 8"80, 8"85, 9"90,10"200, 12"400, 27 SC (Sweep Second), 12-600 AT Automatic), 13" Chronographe NO 130, 17"140, 17"170, 17"210, 17"250, 63 / 4" 60, 9"90,10"105, 10"110, a... $7.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Repairing Watch Cases by Schwanatus & Fenimore - 0930163710 A Practical Treatise on Repairing Watch Cases by W. Schwanatus & Wesley Fenimore is a quality 2003 unabridged reprint of a work originally published in 1909 by Hazlitt & Walker. In two parts, the first written by Schwanatus and the second by Fenimore, the book addresses all aspects of repairing pedant and pocket watch cases. Schwanatus provides detail instruction on tasks such as repairing the pendant, reworking the joints, and taking out dents. Fenimore addresses more general issues. ... $5.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Rockford Watch Company Railroad Time Keepers 1882 Catalog Reprint - 0930476158 In April of 1882 when this trade catalog was originally produced, the Rockford Watch company had been marketing watches for only six years. They catered to the railroad trade and their watches were well respected. = = This catalog reprint is quite small, just 2 x 4 inches and a dozen pages in length. It covers the movements only, making mention of the availability of numerous cases. $3.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Russian Wristwatches: Pocket Watches, Stop Watches, Onboard Clocks and Chronometers - 0887408737 Twentieth century Russian wristwatches are too costly for many native buyers, but they are still inexpensive for Western Collectors, and are becoming extremely popular. Watch faces commemorate all the great moments of Russian and Soviet history-from Yuri Gagarin's space flight to the Summit meeting between Gorbachev and George Bush-and celebrate Russian culture with images of native costumes from Chechnya to the Ukraine. Collectors have long clamored for a definitive reference and this new bo... $16.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Sotheby's Important Watches, Wristwatches, & Clocks March 6, 2002 - N07765 This auction catalog for Sotheby's March 6, 2002 New York auction of Important Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks included 285 lots which brought $2.0 million. The auction featured: A Rare Gold Sweep Seconds Perpetual Calendar Wristwatch with Moon Phases, Patek, Philippe & Co., Geneve, No. 888020, Ref. 2497, Circa 1953; A Lady's White Gold and Diamond Square Bracelet Watch, Cartier, "Panthere", Circa 1995; A Rare Gold Automatic Wristwatch with Calendar and Moon Phases with Original Bulleton de ... $14.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Swiss Watches: Chronology of Worldwide Success by Gisbert L. Brunner and Christian Pfeiffer-Belli - 0887403018 Swiss Watches: Chronology of Worldwide Success is an overview of the history of the Swiss wristwatch design in the 20th century. This book portrays the variety of forms and styling of cases, dials, and hands via pictures from the trade catalogs of such firms as Omega, Longines, Tavannes-Cyma, Breitling, Doxa, Bulova, Lunesa, Mimo, General Watch, Leonidas, Rode, Piaget, Patek Phillippe, Rolex, Universal, Movado, Zenith, Zodiac and others. $56.50     View Details Add To Cart
	The Alarm Wristwatch - 9780764326448 Finally, alarm wristwatches are recognized for their mechanical ingenuity and the beauty of design. The Alarm Wristwatch traces the development of mechanical wristwatches with an acoustic alarm function, one of the first wristwatch complications, and gives detailed information for collectors. Hundreds of watches are examined in 535 color images. In addition to the external design of the watch, special attention is paid to the movements and how their creators solved the multitude of cha... $58.25     View Details Add To Cart
	The American Watchmaker and Jeweler - 0930163427 Originally published in 1893, The American Watchmaker and Jeweler was touted as an encyclopedia for Horologists, Jewelers, and Gold and Silversmiths. Reprinted in its entirety in 1989, the volume has "hundreds of private receipts and formulas compiled from the best and most reliable sources. Complete directions for using all the latest tools, attachments, and devices for watchmakers and jewelers. Written by Henry G. Abbott, it is illustrated with 288 engravings. $15.75     View Details Add To Cart
	The Fitchburg Watch: History of a Masterpiece - 0972168702 The Machine Age of the nineteenth century laid the groundwork for Americas becoming the worlds greatest super power in the twentieth. That most exquisite of machines, the mechanical watch, still fascinates thousands of people today as a symbol of that age. The Fitchburg Watch, made at the height of the machine age, in a city that itself symbolizes the country s transition from a farm society to an industrial one, is an important artifact of American history. This is the story of how that watc... $14.50     View Details Add To Cart
	The History and Development of the Quartz Watch - 0965303509 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. $13.50     View Details Add To Cart
	The Illinois Watch: The Life and Times of a Great American Watch Company - 0764320386 The Illinois Watch Company has long had an honored place in the annals of horological history. From their founding in 1869, through their commitment to timekeeping excellence in the early 20th century, to their development of many wonderful Art Deco/Modern-inspired wristwatches in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, Illinois was a leader in its field. Today Illinois watches are highly sought after by collectors, both for their engineering and unique Art Deco design. Here the history of the Illinois ... $59.50     View Details Add To Cart
	The Movado History by Fritz von Osterhausen - 0764301268 In 1881, Achille Ditesheim founded a watchmaking factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. In 1905, the factory was given the fine-sounding name Movado, a word taken from the recently developed Esperanto language, its meaning roughly translatable as "always in motion." Initially specializing in the production of pocket watches, the operation was later expanded to cope with the birth of the wrist watch. Independent developments such as the Polyplan calibre, a form of movement for extremely cu... $67.97     View Details Add To Cart
	The Proletarian Watch by Albin Schaeder - 9789163196089 In 1867, Georges Frederic Roskopf designed the first watch for the masses. Made with 57 moving parts rather than 200, the simple Roskopf watch so revolutionized the Swiss watch industry that it became known as the Proletarian watch. The Proletarian Watch by Albin Schaeder is the first book to focus on this important watch. Articles by Paul Van Rompay and Liliane Roskopf tell Georges Frederic Roskopf's biography and the story of the watch. Extensive research into the patents, manufactur... $42.50     View Details Add To Cart