Clocks Watches category: 120 books
10 Things to Know About TAG Heuer
Guidebook for luxury watches
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
10 Things to Know About TAG Heuer: TAG Heuer is one of the world's leading luxury watch brands, offering a strong history of innovation, deep connections with sports timing and automobile racing, and more recently, a series of groundbreaking developments in the field of ultra-fast mechanical chronographs. Here are ten things you should know about TAG Heuer.
by Gene Stone, Stephen Pulvirent
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
The Watch is the most popular book on vintage and contemporary mechanical watches, appealing to both beginners and experts. In the decade since it was published, the international audience of watch lovers and watch collectors has grown exponentially. It’s time for The Watch, Thoroughly Revised....
Wristwatch Annual 2013
The Catalog of Producers, Prices, Models, and Specifications
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
The definitive reference for the collector of mechanical wristwatches, now with a special offer on the print edition.This fifteenth edition of industry mainstay Wristwatch Annual features more than 1,400 of the world’s most luxurious timepieces, from 175 international brands. For each watch, the editors...
Rolex Uhren
(mit mehr Abbildungen in Farbe)
Language: German
Release Date: March 10, 2019
5 Sterne: Ein sehr gutes Buch: »Eine sehr gute und kompakte Zusammenfassung, wenn man in kurzer Zeit viel über Rolex erfahren möchte.«
5 Sterne: Lesenswert und zu einem fairen Preis: »Dieses Buch ist eine sehr nützliche und klar geschriebene Einführung für jeden, der sich für Rolex-Uhren...
by Jason Heaton
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
If you’ve been bitten by the watch-collecting bug, Jason Heaton’s book is here to help you identify what you’re looking for and strategize your collection. In seven chapters, Heaton introduces the key watch categories and reveals the most perfect example of each type. Your watch collection begins here.
Watch Repair for Beginners
An Illustrated How-To Guide for the Beginner Watch Repairer
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
First written by the definitive expert in 1957, Watch Repair for Beginners is the ideal book for anyone who wants to know how to fix their own watch. Learn what horology is; the basics of watch and clock repairing; the mechanics of a clock; how the wheels work; the difference between an automatic...
by Laurie Penman
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2010
Laurie Penman has written an indispensable guide for both the absolute beginner and the experienced clock enthusiast. The Clock Repairer’s Handbook provides information on how to repair and maintain a clock’s delicate mechanics and teaches the basics of clock repairing through detailed, easy-to-follow...
Abbott's American Watchmaker
An Encyclopedia for the Horologist, Jeweler, Gold and Silversmith
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
Back in all its original prestige Abbott’s American Watchmaker and Jeweler remains the ultimate resource for watchmaking and jewelry craftsmanship. No aspect of the trade goes uncovered in this distinctly American approach to these ancient processes, organized to be the perfect introduction to learning...
by Henry G. Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This vintage book contains a complete history of watchmaking in America from 1809 to 1888. With accounts of the lives of notable manufacturers and fascinating information on how the industry developed in the nineteenth century, this is a volume that will be of considerable value to those with an interest...
by Donald de Carle
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2008
The absorbing and everlasting subject of watch repairing has been dealt with in books in many languages throughout the years. But when de Carle first set out to write Practical Watch Repairing in 1946, it was with the intention of creating a textbook "that a watchmaker can understand, even if he can't...
by Chris McKay
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
This book covers the history of 'Big Ben', the great clock and bells at Westminster, from the origins of Westminster as the seat of government right up to the celebrations of the Great Clock's 150th anniversary in 2009. The book begins by taking the reader through a typical visit to the Clock Tower,...
Time to Change
Contemporary Challenges for Haute Horlogerie
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
An insight into fine watchmaking that combines scientific rigor with industry expertise. Time to change is the first book to explore in depth the world of fine watchmaking from a 360Ą perspective. The book will help you to gain a comprehensive understanding of the unique rules to succeed in the market...
by Charles Rowed
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.
Collecting as a Pastime discusses the author's experiences collecting, brass, pewter and more. Illustrations are included.
Watchmakers' and Jewelers' Practical Receipt Book A Workshop Companion
Comprising Full and Practical Formulae and Directions for Solders and Soldering, Cleaning, Pickling, Polishing, Coloring, Bronzing, Staining, Cementing, Etching, Lacquering
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This vintage book contains a reference book of recipes and processes commonly used by watchmakers, jewellers, silversmiths, etc. Although old, much of the information contained within this volume is timeless and will be of considerable utility to modern craftsmen and enthusiasts. Contents include:...