Watches - Pocket Watches

Antiquarian Horological Society: Collectors' Pieces - Clocks and Watches
O/P. 86 pages. Illustrated catalogue of the exhibition to commemorate the AHS's 10th anniversary in 1964. The book describes a collection of early precision watches. A good copy of the softbound edition with clean card covers, the spine with the book title written on by hand. (Ref: K2)
Price: £15.00

[American Watch Co.]: Souvenir Catalog of the New Orleans Exposition 1884 - 85
O/P. 40 pages, illus., 1972. A reprint of the 36 page catalogue distributed by the American Watch Company at the World's Fair held in New Orleans between 1884 and 1885. Fourteen of the pages describe the operations in manufacturing at the Waltham factory (the company changed its name to The American Waltham Co. in 1885). Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1329)
Price: £10.00

Aubert (D.): Montres et Horlogers Exceptionnels de La Vallée de Joux (3 volumes)
NEW. Set of 3 volumes, all illustrated. 203 pages, 1993; 215 pages, 1997; 231 pages, 2006. The volumes are a detailed history of watchmaking in the Vallée de Joux area of Switzerland from its origins to the present time. The industry's innovations and achievements are described in detail. Volume I includes chapters about Aubert Frères, Emile Lecoultre, François Lecoultre, Charles-Ami Lecoultre-Piguet, astronomical watch Dent No. 32573 and equation watch Breguet No. 4377. The 2nd volume includes chapters on musical watches, John-César Piguet, Charles Piguet, Paul Piguet-Capt, Alfred Aubert and Louis-Benjamin Audemars. The 3rd volume includes chapters on Samuel-Oliver Meylan, Louis Piguet, Nicole et Capt and their successors of London and the Joux Valley and Edmond Audemars. [French language] (Ref: N1299)
Price: £165.00

Baillie (G.H.): Watches Their History , Decoration and Mechanism
S/H. 383 pages, 75 plates, facsimile reprint, 1979. Written in 1929 this is still a respected reference book on the subject and well worth reading. The book covers the history of 4 centuries of watch development with 189 b&w and 35 colour photographs, together with 82 line drawings of mechanisms. Essential reading. A good copy but showing some signs of use with good dust jacket (wear and small tear to head of spine). (Ref: K978)
Price: £18.00

Burton (S.H.): The Watch Collection of Stanley H. Burton
O/P. 456 pages, illustrated. The book describes and illustrates 900 complete pocket watches (70 in colour) as well as about 600 watch movements. A useful book for the serious student of pocket watches. A very good copy, with good dust jacket. (Ref: K979)
Price: £45.00

Cardinal (C.): The Watch from its Origins to the XIXth Century
O/P. 237 pages, 106 colour and 74 b&w illustrations, first English language edition, 1989. A good book charting the development of pocket watches and especially the evolution of their case decoration. A very good copy with dust jacket. (Ref: K63)
Price: £35.00

Carrera (R.): Les Heures de L'Amour / Hours of Love / die Stunden der Liebe
O/P. 143 pages, illustrated (mostly in colour), no date. A short history of horological automata followed by descriptions and illustrations of enamelled and engraved watches with erotic automata. Excellent copy with very good dust jacket and card slipcase. (Ref: K1105)
Price: £95.00

Chamberlain (P.M.): It's About Time
O/P. 490 pages, plus [ 58 ] page addendum, illustrated, Holland Press edition, 1978. An essential book for watch collectors, with good explanations of escapements and useful biographies of important makers. The addendum contains a listing (with some illustrations) of the watches in The Chamberlain Collection. A good copy, spine a little faded. (Ref: K68)
Price: £50.00

Chapuis (A.) & Jacquet (E.): The History of the Self-Winding Watch 1770 - 1931
O/P. 246 pages, 1st English edition, 1956. A good copy of an interesting book and well worth reading. (Ref: K75)
Price: £30.00

Clutton (C.): Collector's Collection
O/P. 96 pages, illustrated in b&w, 1974. An informative guide to a collection of pocket watches and clocks, including examples by important early makers such as Tompion, Arnold, Emery, Le Roy and Breguet. Also illustrated is the first watch produced in 1969 by George Daniels. Good copy with dust jacket. (Ref: K478)
Price: £25.00

Clutton (C.) & Daniels (G.): Watches
O/P. 312 pages, profusely illustrated in colour and black & white, 3rd edition, 1979. A copy of the best edition of this reference work. The book is a comprehensive history of the subject as well as a technical assessment of the principal escapements. The escapement illustrations are especially useful. The book is clean internally with no inscriptions but with staining to edge of pages. No dust jacket. (Ref: K421)
Price: £110.00

Criss (D.): Collector's Price Guide to American Pocket Watches
O/P. 383 pages, 607 illus., 7th edition, 1989. An illustrated guide to the subject. Card covers. (Ref: K1607)
Price: £5.00

Cuss (T.P. Camerer): The Camerer Cuss Book of Antique Watches
S/H. 332 pages, 179 plates, 15 figures, 1976. A very good book on the subject covering the period from 1500 to 1900, with a chapter on the history of the firm Usher & Cole. Good copy with good dj. (Ref: K539)
Price: £30.00

Cuss (T.P. Camerer): The Country Life Book of Watches
O/P. 128 pages, 128 illustrations, 1967. One of the better introductions to the subject so worth having on your bookshelf. Good copy with good dust jacket, the latter a little discoloured. Signed by author. (Ref: K86)
Price: £12.00

Cuss (T.P. Camerer): The Story of Watches
O/P. 176 pages, illustrated in b&w, 1st edition, 1952. The story of pocket watches is covered from their origins up to the early 20th century. Good copy, the dust jacket complete but torn and worn. (Ref: K540)
Price: £12.00

Cutmore (M.): Collecting and Repairing Watches
O/P. 191 pages, illus., 1999. This book was originally published as The Watch collector's Handbook in 1976 and is a useful introduction for the serious beginner. Good copy with dust jacket. (Ref: K1436)
Price: £15.00

Cutmore (M.): The Pocket Watch Handbook
S/H. 208 pages, illus., 1985. A good serious introduction to the subject. A good copy with dust jacket. (Ref: K87)
Price: £10.00

Cutmore (M.): Watches 1850 - 1980
O/P. 240 pages, 160 plates, 1st edition, 1989. The book traces the history of the machine-made spring-driven watch from its beginnings, through mainstream developments in Europe, America and the Far East, up to 1980. Companies that pioneered the new methods are discussed in detail, as is the development of electric and electronic watches. A good copy with good dust jacket, so much nicer than the recent paperback. (Ref: K1113)
Price: £15.00

Daniels (G.): Watchmaking
O/P. 420 pages, 22 plates, 777 figures, 3rd edition, reprinted 2002. A superb book, by the world's greatest living watchmaker, which explains in detail how to design and make all the parts of a watch. The drawings by David Penney are excellent and make all the techniques described in the text easily understandable. Daniels' aim in writing the book was to inspire and encourage the art of watchmaking - the aim has been achieved as the book has been constantly in demand since it was first published. A new copy still in publishers shrink wrap, with bruising to top two corners. With dust jacket. (Ref: K91)
Price: £75.00

Daniels (G.): Watchmaking
O/P. 420 pages, 22 plates, 777 figures, 3rd edition, reprinted 2002. A superb book, by the world's greatest living watchmaker, which explains in detail how to design and make all the parts of a watch. The drawings by David Penney are excellent and make all the techniques described in the text easily understandable. Daniels' aim in writing the book was to inspire and encourage the art of watchmaking - the aim has been achieved as the book has been constantly in demand since it was first published. A new unused copy with bruising to top corners. With dust jacket. (Ref: K876)
Price: £70.00

De Carle (D.): Watches and Their Value
O/P. 159 pages, 1978. Still a good introduction to the subject but the prices are totally out of date! A good copy with dust jacket. (Ref: K100)
Price: £7.00

[Elgin]: Elgin Reminiscences
O/P. 32 pages, illus., 1972. A collection of articles first published in the 19th century about the Elgin National Watch Company. The articles include Making Watches by Machinery (1869); excerpts from the 1873 Elgin Almanac; Ode to an Elgin Watch, and several more. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1345)
Price: £9.00

Fried (H.B.): Cavalcade of Time a Visual History of Watches
O/P. 126 pages, 98 watches illustrated, 1st edition, 1968. A well-illustrated survey of the pocket watches, including early examples, in the Zale collection. (Ref: K118)
Price: £15.00

Good (R.): Watches in Colour
O/P. 218 pages, 86 colour plates. A well illustrated book charting the history and development of the watch. A good copy with good dust jacket (the latter with some wear to head of spine). (Ref: K130)
Price: £5.00

Harrold (M.C.): American Watchmaking - A Technical History of the American Watch Industry 1850 - 1930
O/P. 144 pages, 210 photographs, 36 figures, 1984. Published as supplement # 14 to the NAWCC Bulletin in 1984 this book is a comprehensive overview of the American Watchmaking industry with information about the watches, how they were made and the companies that made them. Card covers. (Ref: K1319)
Price: £20.00

Hayward (J.F.): English Watches
O/P. 10 pages, 47 plates, 1st edition, 1956. Published by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K140)
Price: £6.00

Hayward (J.F.): English Watches
O/P. 14 pages, 59 plates, 2nd edition, 1969. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K141)
Price: £6.00

Huber (M.): Die Uhren Von A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte/Sachsen
O/P. 111 pages, well illustrated, plus a 20 page reprint of a Lange & Sohne sales catalogue, 1979. A comprehensive and well illustrated history of the Lange & Söhne company famous for its watches. Dust jacket complete but with small tears and wear to edges. (Ref: K154)
Price: £35.00

Humbert (B.): [A Collection of Articles on the Chronograph]
O/P. A collection of extracted articles, primarily by Humbert, on the repair of chronograph watches probably from the 1950's. This was assembled by a watch repairer for his own use. The articles include: Fine Tooth Chronograph by Samelius (1944); The Chronograph and Magnetization; A New Adjustable Minute Jumper for Chronographs; Displacing the semi-instantaneous minute recorder finger on the chronograph centre wheel stem; Timers or Chronoscopes; Concerning the Evoluton of Chronographs without Column Wheels; A New Type of Split-Seconds Chronograph The Index-Mobile; A New Control Arrangement and Adjustable Set-Zero Mechanism; A New "Economic" Chronograph.
Plus several more articles in French: Termonologie du Chronographe by Berner; Les Chronographes avec Compteur au Centre; Le Chronométrage by Evard; Les chronographes à pignion dit 'oscillant'. The articles have been extracted fron unkown sources and are originals except for the item by Samelius which is a photocopy. Card covers, all held together in a slide on plastic binder. [Some articles are French language] (Ref: K1274)
Price: £9.00

Jagger (C.): The Artistry of the English Watch
O/P. 160 pages, 93 plates, 1988. A detailed well illustrated study of the design and decoration of English watch cases and movements from about 1600 to the Victorian era. With chapters on materials and techniques. Good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K167)
Price: £25.00

Jagger (C.): The Artistry of the English Watch
O/P. 160 pages, 93 plates, 1988. A detailed well illustrated study of the dsign and decoration of English watch cases and movements from about 1600 to the Victorian era. With chapters on materials and techniques. Small tear to dust jacket, otherwise good (Ref: K168)
Price: £20.00

Jaquet (E.) & Chapuis (A.): Technique and History of the Swiss Watch
O/P. 278 pages, illustrated, 1st English edition, 1953. A good book about Swiss watches from their beginnings to the present day. Good copy, without dust jacket. (Ref: K170)
Price: £60.00

Linder (P.): At the Heart of an Industrial Vocation - Longines Watch Movements (1832 - 2007)
NEW. 621 pages, illustrated, English language edition, 2007. A massive new tome published to celebrate Longines 175th anniversary of its establishment in 1832. The book is a summary of all the watch calibres produced together with a technical analysis of the evolution of the watch movement during the different phases of organisation within the Swiss watch industry. A very large book measuring 30.5 x 30.5 x 6 cm and weighing 4 kg, with dust jacket. (Ref: N1514)
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Price: £60.00

Maddison (F. R.) Turner (A. J.): Museum of the History of Science - Catalogue 2 - Watches
O/P. 91 pages, illus., 1973. A catalogue of the watches at this excellent Museum in Oxford. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1258)
Price: £9.00

Marti (L.): A Region in Time
NEW. 382 pages, illustrated 2007. A socio-economic history of the Swiss valley of St. Imier and the surrounding area, from 1700 to 2007. Published to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Longines this excellent new book traces the history of watchmaking and other industries in the Jura region where watches have been manufactured for over 300 years. Many great watchmaking names are mentioned including Longines, Blancpain, Chopard, Minerva and Reymond. With dust jacket. (Ref: N1518)
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Price: £50.00

Meis (R.): Pocket Watches from the Pendant Watch to the Tourbillon
O/P. 316 pages, 905 illustrations, 1987. An excellent and comprehensive book charting the development of all aspects of pocket watches - escapements, striking work, dials, cases, winding methods etc. Very good copy with good dj. (Ref: K1179)
Price: £40.00

Moore (D.S.) & Priestley (P.T.): Some Account of Liverpool Watch Case Makers 1785 - 1798
O/P. 13 pages, 3 figs., 1997. Useful information about Liverpool watch case makers and their marks, first published in Antiquarian Horology. Card covers. (Ref: K1357)
Price: £4.00

Osterhausen (F. von): The Movado History
NEW. 234 pages, 270 illustrations, 1996. The Movado Company, of La Chaux-de-Fonds, was founded in 1881 by the Ditesheim family. This is a high quality book, produced with the cooperation of Movado, with excellent illustrations and detailed information. With dust jacket and card slipcase. (Ref: N1528)
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Price: £67.50

Schaeder (A.): The Proletarian Watch
NEW. 215 pages, illustrated, [ 2006 ]. An interesting book about Georges Frederic Roskopf and his idea to produce a reliable and affordable watch, thus making a pocket watch available to the masses. This well researched book has notes about the family written by Roskopf's great great granddaughter, details of Roskopf's patents and details of Roskopf watches made by several different companies in the 19th and early 20th century. (Ref: N1515)
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Price: £34.50

Seibel (E.) & Hagans (O.R.): Complicated Watches
O/P. 136 pages, 152 figs., 1945. A practical manual for the repair of chronographs and other complicated watches. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1205)
Price: £15.00

Shenton (A.): Pocket Watches of the 19th & 20th Century
O/P. 431 pages, well illustrated, 1995. A detailed account of pocket watch manufacture from 1800 to 1940, including English, American and Swiss examples. These watches were made in significant numbers hence are affordable as well as collectable. This book is now hard to find. A very good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K1577)
Price: £95.00

Shugart (C.) & Engle (T.) : The Complete Guide to American Pocket Watches
O/P. 404 pages, illus., 6th edition, 1986. A complete guide to the identification and values of American watches. The information relating serial numbers to production date is still useful but the prices are well out of date! Card covers. (Ref: K1206)
Price: £6.00

Shugart (C.), Engle (T.) & Gilbert (R.E.): Complete Price Guide to Watches
O/P. 1173 pages, illustrated, 24th edition, 2004. As well as being a price guide to pocket and wrist watches this book has details of maker's serial numbers and estimated production dates, escapements and much more. A paperback, good condition, covers a little marked. (Ref: K1694)
Price: £9.00

Smith (A.): The Lancashire Watch Company Prescot, Lancashire, England 1889 - 1910
O/P. 89 pages, illustrated, 1973. This is a very useful reference book about the company. The book is in 3 parts, an historical essay on the company by Alan Smith, a reprint of a company catalogue of circa 1905, and a reprint of 4 articles about the company written by Henry Abbott which appeared in the American Jeweler in 1893. A good copy. Card covers. (Ref: K459)
Price: £45.00

Smith & Sons Ltd.: Guide to the Purchase of a Watch
O/P. 125 pages, illustrated, 1969. A facsimile reprint of the 3rd edition of Smith's catalogue from circa 1900. A very detailed catalogue of a large number of watches with detailed explanations of chronographs, Bonniksen's Karrusel, non-magnetizable watches, etc. Good copy of hardback edition. (Ref: K549)
Price: £35.00

Tarasov (S.V.: Technology of Watch Production
O/P. 446 pages, figures, English language edition, 1964. This book was originally published in Russia in 1956 and describes the methods used in the mass production of pocket watch and wristwatch parts. It reflects the experience acquired by the Soviet watch industry and was written for students in colleges specialising in watch manufacture. With a 10 page addendum - essentially an introduction to the book for North American and western European readers. A good copy, thin card covers as issued. (Ref: K1554)
Price: £55.00

Thompson (D.): The British Museum Watches
NEW. 175 pages, 270 illustrations, 2008. A new book telling the story of the watch, describing and illustrating 77 watches selected from the magnificent collection of watches held by The British Museum. The earliest example was made circa 1560, the latest in 2007. Each watch is illustrated in colour with excellent photographs of dial, movement and case. With dust jacket. (Ref: N1749)
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Price: £25.00