Last updated 12 July 2010 Orders totalling £100 or more will receive an automatic 10% discount at the checkout.
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![[American Waltham Watch Co.]: Materials](N1330.jpg) | [American Waltham Watch Co.]: Materials NEW. 112 pages, illus., 1971. A reprint of the American Waltham Watch Company's watch materials catalogue for 1885 with prices. The catalogue claims to identify every part of every watch then in production. Card covers. (Ref: N1330) OUT OF STOCK Price: £12.00 |
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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]
***Automatic 10% discount at the checkout on this set of books.***
(Ref: N1299) Price: £195.00 |
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 | Cummins (G.): How the Watch was Worn: A Fashion for 500 Years NEW. 272 pages, 898 plates, 2010. This is the first book to address the role of the watch as a fashion accessory from 1510 to 2010. The book documents in pictorial fashion watches and people wearing watches (paintings, engravings, fashion plates, advertisements and photographic portraits) as well as gowns and outfits of the day adorned with appropriate styles of watches and chains. The types of watches include fob, pocket, pendant, brooch, ring, buckle, cufflink, doll, occupational etc., along with the current dominant wristwatch. With dust jacket. (Ref: P2271) More information..... Price: £45.00 |
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 | LeCoultre (F.): A Guide to Complicated Watches NEW. 217 pages, 54 figures, 3rd edition, English language, 2004. A good book by a former professor at the Geneva School of Watchmaking. All types of complication are discussed in detail - striking mechanisms, astronomical work, chronographs, jumping seconds, quarter repeaters, perpetual calendars, equation work, etc. A useful book for enthusiasts and restorers. (Ref: N953) More information... Price: £37.50 |
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 | Pfeiffer-Belli (C.): Die Taschenuhrensammlung von Gerd Ahrens NEW. 2 volumes, 655 pages, about 1250 illustrations, number 187 of 1200 copies, 2006. An excellent reference book, describing and illustrating the Gerd Ahrens collection of 538 pocket watches with escapement drawings by David Penney. Each watch is described and illustrated with at least two colour photographs and a drawing of the escapement. The watches are grouped by their escapement type into 7 chapters (verge, cylinder, duplex, chronometer, tourbillon/karrusel, lever, miscellaneous). With dust jackets and slipcase. [German language] (Ref: N2110) Price: £175.00 |
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 | Piaget (H.F.): The Watch: Handwork versus Machinery NEW. 63 pages, reprint of 3rd edition, 2006. Piaget was born in Switzerland and worked for most of his adult life in America as a watchmaker and repairer. This book was first published in 1860, with later editions in 1868 and 1877, when Piaget attempted to explain the merits and defects of watches made by the two systems. With dust jacket. A new copy but with two lightly bruised corners. (Ref: N2279) OUT OF STOCK Price: £7.00 |
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Priestley (P.T.): Watch Case Makers of England: A History and Register of Gold & Silver Watch Case Makers of England: 1720 - 1920 O/P. 216 pages, 126 figures, 1994. The first half of the book is a detailed review of watch case making, including the development of case styles and watch bow shapes together with a history of English hallmarking and the location and history of the case making trade. The second half of the book contains a fully detailed list of watch case makers and their marks. An essential book for all English pocket watch enthusiasts. A very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K962) OUT OF STOCK Price: £25.00 |
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