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(Hardback)

By: Martin Hussermann

ISBN: 9780764345999
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
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The best sports watches from Patek Philippe, Breitling, Omega, Chronoswiss, and more face off in this investigative new reference.


(Hardback)

By: Franz-Christoph Heel

ISBN: 9780764345975
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2014
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
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A history of the world's most famous wristwatch manufacturer, known as the "watch with crown."


(Hardback)

By: Oris

ISBN: 9783961714629
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2023
UK Publication Date: 10th April 2023
Publisher: teNeues Publishing UK Ltd
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This high-quality coffee-table book presents in impressive pictures the luxury timepieces of the Swiss-based manufacture Oris. Lovers of watches and wristwatches can learn about the most beautiful and valuable models in 300 detailed photographs.


(Hardback)

By: Gisbert L. Brunner

ISBN: 9783961713608
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
UK Publication Date: 18th August 2022
Publisher: teNeues Publishing UK Ltd
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The Watch Book More than Time II is the second volume by watch expert Gisbert l. Brunner that addresses the specialty functions and refinements of wristwatches, highlighting the supreme discipline of the watchmaker's art. Text in English and German.


(Hardback)

By: Gene Stone

ISBN: 9781419732607
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2018
UK Publication Date: 13th November 2018
Publisher: Abrams
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Secondary edition statement from table of contents.


(Hardback, Revised and updated edition)

By: Ariel Adams

ISBN: 9781788840330
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
UK Publication Date: 15th June 2023
Publisher: ACC Art Books
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The second expanded and updated edition of a bestselling book that presents the world's most expensive watches.


(Hardback)

By: Steve Huyton

ISBN: 9780764368455
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
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A finely illustrated survey of modern dress watches that presents how this genre has evolved. It is aimed at discerning readers who love fine mechanical formal timepieces.


(Hardback)

By: Ralph Jahns

ISBN: 9783961714353
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 9th October 2023
Publisher: teNeues Publishing UK Ltd
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A beautifully designed book that shows the passion for luxury watches in all its facets: a guide to buying Certified Pre-Owned watches, a fashion guide that answers the question which watch goes with which outfit, iconic shots of watches in films or famous wearers and collectors, and much more. Text in English and German.


(Hardback)

By: Dr. Peter Friess

ISBN: 9783961713707
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 31st January 2023
Publisher: teNeues Publishing UK Ltd
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Dr. Peter Friess, curator of the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva, presents a fascinating insight into the wonderful world of watchmaking. The result is a publication that arouses (almost) as much desire as a watch from Patek Philippe.


(Hardback)

By: J. Michael Mehltretter

ISBN: 9780764366864
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
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This book offers a wealth of knowledge from insiders in the Swiss watch scene for those who want to become one.


(Hardback)

By: Vacheron Constantin

ISBN: 9782080202758
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Editions Flammarion
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Vacheron Constantin, the oldest watch manufacturer in the world. Vacheron Constantin's latest creation, the Reference 57260, sets a new benchmark in the realm of horology. In this book, detailed photography of the masterpiece demonstrates the extraordinary craftsmanship behind this historic timepiece from Vacheron Constantin.


(Hardback, 4th)

By: Martin Skeet

ISBN: 9780764358449
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
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This comprehensive and detailed reference guide to Rolex sports model watches is an indispensable asset.


(Hardback)

By: Franco Cologni

ISBN: 9782080301581
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2010
Publisher: Editions Flammarion
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The Minerva watch manufacture, established in 1858 in Villeret, Switzerland, produces fine handmade watches. In 2008, Minerva celebrated its 150th anniversary, marking one and a half centuries of watch making history, and a rich heritage of tradition and techniques that is preserved by Minerva and Montblanc in the Minerva Institute.


(Hardback)

By: Gene Stone

ISBN: 9780810930933
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2006
Publisher: Abrams
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A watch may be a practical device for the sole purpose of telling the time as accurately as possible, a complicated machine, a wearable design object, or a status symbol. This work introduces the fifty major brands and provides information on buying, collecting, maintaining and wearing watches.


(Hardback)

By: Nicholas Foulkes

ISBN: 9781471170645
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2019
UK Publication Date: 31st October 2019
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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The story of mankind's struggle to measure time - and the stunning timepieces that have changed the way we do so.


(Hardback)

By: Franco Cologni

ISBN: 9782080202246
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2016
UK Publication Date: 26th October 2015
Publisher: Editions Flammarion
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Geneva-based Vacheron Constantin has maintained its reputation for producing exceptional timepieces, from its first watch circa 1760 to its extraordinary mechanical watches of today. Including photographs, this book traces the rich history of the manufacture and includes an informative catalog of timepieces and a guide to the watchmaker's art.


(Hardback)

By: Vacheron Constantin

ISBN: 9780500028872
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2025
UK Publication Date: 7th August 2025
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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A large format, highly illustrated book published in collaboration with Vacheron Constantin to mark the house's 270th anniversary.


(Paperback)

By: David Thompson

ISBN: 9780714151106
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2014
UK Publication Date: 27th May 2014
Publisher: British Museum Press
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The British Museum watch collection is unsurpassed anywhere in the world, and this brilliant book tells the story of the watch which spans an incredible 500 years.


(Paperback)

By: Henry G. Abbott

ISBN: 9781616085322
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2012
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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A resource for watchmaking and jewelry fraternity. It offers information on tools for American manufacture, drawings and descriptions of all kinds of escapements, and helpful explanations of the words and phrases of the trade. It also includes diagrams of each escapement and complete direction for making staffs.


(Paperback)

By: Peter Wotton

ISBN: 9780747807339
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The mechanical anniversary clock, also known as the 400-day clock or torsion pendulum clock, is one of the most popular clocks ever invented. Anniversary clocks are recognizable by the decorative balls beneath the dial that rotate one way and then the other.


(Hardback)

By: Stephan Andrewitch

ISBN: 9783897906167
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2023
Publisher: Arnoldsche
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This two-volume publication illustrates the evolutionary history of the pendulum clock from the early Age of Metternich and provides detailed explanations on their engineering. Text in German.


(Hardback)

By: Bernd Bauer

ISBN: 9783897906808
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
Publisher: Arnoldsche
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A first representative overview of some 450 pocket-watch stands from a private collection in southern Germany. They are today an impressive reflection of the history of European art and culture from the Baroque to the early 20th-century. Text in English, German and French.


(Hardback)

By: David Thompson

ISBN: 9780714128122
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2005
Publisher: British Museum Press
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There are table clocks, astrolabic and astronomical clocks, monstrance clocks, ship's clocks, long case clocks, travelling clocks, organ clocks, observatory regulators, marine chronometers and even a cuckoo clock.


(Hardback)

By: Gisbert L. Brunner

ISBN: 9783961713745
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
Publisher: teNeues Publishing UK Ltd
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In this new edition of The Watch Book Rolex, expert Gisbert L. Brunner guides readers through both classic and contemporary Rolex timepieces, including the latest 2020 and 2021 models. Text in English, German and French.

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