WATCH BOOKS
Swiss Wristwatches By Laurie Penman
• Binding: Hard Cover Code
C32067 Description
The Alarm Wristwatch, The History of an Undervalued Feature
UOM Price EACH £66.50
together this is an exciting and informative new volume for those who appreciate and cherish old timepieces.
• ISBN: 0764320386 • Size: 9” x 12” • Illustrations: 433 color and b/w images • Pages: 288 • Binding: Hard Cover
The Chronograph By B Humbert Code C32068 Description UOM Price
The Illinois Watch: The Life and Times of a Great Watch Company EACH
The Theory Of Horology By Laurie Penman
Early promotional formats from the famous watch houses with their top trend setting designs and technically complicated models. A book for collectors/ historians. • 255 Pages • Hardback
Code C9496 Description
Swiss Wristwatches By Laurie Penman
UOM Price EACH £27.50
The Alarm Wristwatch, The History of an Undervalued Feature
£59.95
By B Humbert GEORGE DANIELS
All who are involved with horology will know the respected name of Breguet. This book is a masterpiece in itself portraying the magnitude of the mans ability. • 394 Pages • Hardback
Code C9490 Description The Chronograph By B Humbert EACH
UOM Price £42.95
The Illinois Watch: The Life and Times of a Great Watch Company
• By The Technical College of the Vallee de Joux • Edited by The Swiss Federation of Technical Colleges • In collaboration with The Watchmakers of Switzerland Training & Educational Program, Neuchatel - WOSTEP
Not only is this book very thorough, it includes the latest elements of watchmaking in a very clear form and will quickly become the “bible” for schools, training centres and even watch specialists.
• 368 pages • Hardback • ISBN 2-940025-12-6
Code C32758 Description The Theory Of Horology
UOM Price £105.00
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The World’s Most Expensive Watches
By Michael Philip Horlbeck
Finally, alarm wristwatches are recognised for their mechanical ingenuity and the beauty of their design. This new book 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 colour 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 challenges that confronted them.
Michael Philip Horlbeck, a scholar and collector of alarm wristwatches, has written the standard work, a complete history of the alarm wristwatch.
Nearly every model ever produced is chronicled, in words and pictures. The international array of companies include Eterna, Omega, Bruguet, Bulova, Citizen, Corum, Cyma, Jaeger-Le Coultre, Lemania, Pierce, Poljot, Ronda, Seiko, Venus, Vulcain, and Wittnauer, and many more.
The technical data for each watch is recorded. This is required reading for all wristwatch fans and all who may become such. Whether you are interested in the design or the mechanics of these watches, you will not be disappointed.
• ISBN: 0764326448 • Size: 9” x 12” • Illustrations: 535 colour images • Pages: 232
By Frederic J Friedberg
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/Moderne-inspired wristwatches in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, Illinois was a leader in its field.
Today their watches are highly sought after by collectors, both for their engineering and beauty. Here is the history of the company covered in great detail and with solid research. Included are historical documents, vintage photographs of the people and manufacturing processes at the Illinois Factory, old advetisements, and a compendium of their wristwatch production from their beginning until their sale to Hamilton Watch Company.
But the best part for the collector and historian alike is a visual record of nearly every wristwatch design ever created by Illinois Watch Company, and their variations, in beautiful full color photographs. Each is accompanied by complete information about the watch and its production.
In addition, scattered through the book are historical references that place the Company’s evolution in the context of the general history of the period, and notes about the collectors of these fine timepieces and the adventures they have had in pursuit of them. Taken
www.COUSINS .COM 1529 By Ariel Adams
The World’s Most Expensive Watches presents some of the most extravagant, intricate, collectable, decadent or just plain interesting modern day time pieces that sit at the top of the price spectrum. Starting at a threshold of $200,000, it is a trip through the last decade or so of watches whose values soar to prices in excess of 5 million dollars. Additionally, it includes watches which have yielded extremely high price at auctions, many of which are historically significant.
• 324 pages • 456 colour illustrations • Explanations of prices & complexity • Informative & entertaining • 28.7 x 34.5cm
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