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Title: Collecting & Repairing Watches by Max Cutmore ISBN: 0715312146 Publisher: David & Charles Pub. Date: July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Rating: 4
Summary: Old pocket watches explained
Comment: The focus is on antique European pocket watches, especially British ones, this being a British publication. The technical history of watches is thoroughly covered, the various outdated watch mechanisms--verge, fusee, cylinder escapement--are explained, and interesting footnotes are included, like the wage records from a 19th century watch shop. A chapter on repair will get you started, and even tell you how to restore the blueing on the watch hands (heat them in a tray over an alcohol lamp). The author has spent much of his life studying and collecting old watches, and has produced an easy-to-read guide filled with interesting and useful information.
Rating: 3
Summary: A very well written summary of the watch development
Comment: If you are a "newbie" in the world of watch collecting, this is the right book for you. It focuses the watch evolution from the late 16TH century to the modern quartz watch. It has a lot of graphics and black and white pocket watch pictures...The book, however, is, in my point of view, intended for a quick knowledge of the watch's history and mechanics...It doesn't cover, for instance, the modern automatic wristwatch. I think that's the best book to read before trying something more techicall. The reading is very straight forward, but the experts in the field will find the book very summarized.
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Title: Complete Price Guide to Watches 2002: Over 10.000 Price Changes (Complete Price Guide to Watches, 22nd Ed) by Cooksey Shugart, Tom Engle, Richard E. Gilbert, Martha Shugart ISBN: 1574322915 Publisher: Collector Books Pub. Date: February, 1902 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Pocket Watch Handbook by Max Cutmore ISBN: 0715314629 Publisher: David & Charles Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Watch Repairing As a Hobby by D. W. Fletcher ISBN: 0930163249 Publisher: Arlington Book Co Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: 100 Years of Vintage Watches: A Collector's Identification and Price Guide by Dean Judy ISBN: 0873494539 Publisher: Krause Publications Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Watches: A Collector's Guide (Miller's Collector's Guides) by Frankie Liebe, Frankie Leibe ISBN: 1840001453 Publisher: Mitchell Beazley Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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