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An excellent reference book with over 700 close-up photos of vintage watches and their movements.
Pros
- Excellent close up photography
- Over 50 watch companies are represented
- Wristwatches and pocketwatches, 1870-1970
Cons
- Some may like more details about each watch
Description
- Information about the history of watchmaking.
- Advice to help you determine the condition of a watch.
- Vintage watch buying and selling tips.
- Charts arranged by maker help you pinpoint the year a watch was manufactured.
- Quality, close-up photography of watches and their movements. Arranged by maker.
- Lists of resources to help you find dealers and more information about collecting watches.
- Reprints of vintage advertising material for numerous watches and manufacturers.
- Details to help you understand the different types of watch movements.
- A timeline of watch history explaining major changes that affected the industry over the years.
- Suggested prices are listed with photos.
Guide Review - 100 Years of Vintage Watches, by Dean Judy
In this excellent guide, Dean Judy details the history of watchmaking and offers a great deal of advice to help you understand how watches have changed over time, which ones are most collectible, and how to evaluate their condition. A large portion of the book is composed of over 700 close-up photographs of watches and their movements, arranged by maker. Numerous vintage ads are reprinted alongside the color plates, giving you even more valuable details to help identify watches.
If you are a watch collector, or someone who wants to learn more about the history of watches, be sure to take a look at this excellent text.