A Guide to Dating English Antique Clocks
Eric Bruton

Robert Hale, 2007

This detailed overview provides a unique visual record, as well as collated information, to help dealers and collectors date English clocks by their case styles. Using examples from the famous Wetherfield collection—the greatest collection of entirely English domestic clocks ever made by a private collector—a beautiful range of accompanying photographs depicts the whole range of ...
  
  











  



  
Practical Watch Repairing17 reviews
Donald De Carle

Robert Hale, 1992

Mechanical watch repair

I am amazed that this book (my edition printed in 2006) is an exact copy of a 1971 printing. Mechanical watches of today are readily described in this 35 year old text. The 1971 dust jacket has hand drawn lettering. The 2006 dust jacket has been cleaned up by computer aided drawing. It was ...
  
  











  



  
The Official Price Guide to Clocks
Frederick W. Korz

House of Collectibles, 2006

INFORMATIVE, THOROUGH, AND EASY TO USE THE GUIDE TO BUYING, SELLING, AND COLLECTING CLOCKS This book introduces you to the wonderful variety and scope of the world of clocks. This essential tool takes you from the beginning of time measurement through the development of the clock industry. Plus it provides a practical guide that identifies and values the most popular American and foreign ...
  
  











  



  
Clock Repairing As a Hobby2 reviews
Harold Caleb Kelly

New Win Publishing, 1997

Basic and Useful

This book, although has been around a while, still maintains the basic concets needed to fix and repair a clock. Anythign beyhond this is proabably a manufactures questiosn anyway. It is great to have a reference tool, and as a quick review so as not ot forget the priciples of clock repair and ...
  
  











  



  
Complete Price Guide to Watches56 reviews
Tom Engle, Richard E. Gilbert, ...

Tinderbox, 2007

Price Guide for Watches

+ Complete price guide to watches
+ complete price guide to watches
+ Conflicts of Interest?
  
  











  



  
100 Years of Vintage Watches10 reviews
Judy Dean

Krause Publications, 2004

Beautiful Photos, Valuable Reference

+ Vintage Watches

I found this book to be excellent reading. It includes hundreds of beautiful photos and a brief but fascinating historical summary for several well-known foreign and American watch manufacturers. Even a person who knows nothing about watches would enjoy browsing through this book. Highly ...
  
  











  



  
Clockmaking: 18 Antique Designs for the Woodworker
John A. Nelson

Stackpole Books, 2004
  
  











  



  
Wristwatch Annual 200218 reviews

Abbeville Press, 2001

New to Hobby - Good Book

+ The Bible of the Watch Industry, The Best tool available
+ A great resource
+ Indispensable for the watch collector!
+ Indispensable for the watch collector!
  
  











  



  
Warman's Watches Field Guide: Values and Identification (Warman's Field Guides)1 review
Dean Judy

Krause Publications, 2005

Warman's Watches FieldGuide: Values and Identification (Warman's FieldGuides)

This book Was a disappointment although it is in a convenient format it is just a copy of Dean Judy's other book.
  
  











  



  
Watches International: Volume VI (Watches International)1 review

Rizzoli, 2005

Another winner...

I'm amazed at how wonderfully this, and similar books are crafted. The color reproduction, detail, and information, is superb. Kudos to the staff who produced this wonderful book.
  
  











  



  
The Clock Repairer’s Handbook8 reviews
Laurie Penman

David & Charles, 2000

you need this book

+ Not for the novice!

Excellent book!! Very detailed. It will require study, but is easily understood. And it's ALL in there- ftom nubie to expert. I've purchased 5 books, and this is the last one. I'll never need another.
  
  











  



  
Wristwatch Annual 2006: The Catalog Of Producers, Prices, Models And Specifications12 reviews
Peter Braun

Abbeville Press, 2005

The best guide in the market

+ Great Reference
+ Pretty good compilation, but not very complete
+ Representing the top of the watchmakers art.
  
  











  



  
Watches International Volume VIII (Watches International)5 reviews
Tourbillon International

Rizzoli, 2007

Excellent resource

+ Very goog reference guide,
+ Watches International Volume VIII (Watches International)
+ Worth the money
  
  











  



  
Wristwatch Annual 2007 (Wristwatch Annual)15 reviews

Abbeville Press, 2006

Good book for high-end watches

+ Wow!
+ Wristwatch Annual 2007 review
+ If I only had the money........!!
+ Great book for the WIS
  
  











  



  
Grand Complications Volume III: High Quality Watchmaking (Grand Complications)4 reviews
Tourbillon International

Rizzoli, 2007

My Second Volume of Grand Complications

+ Very good
+ Great resource

Grand Complications Volume III: High Quality Watchmaking (Grand Complications) This was my second purchase of these mostly high quality photograph compendiums of examples of famous brands' masterpieces. These pictures are divided into groups, based on the types of complications( the things the ...
  
  











  



  
Watchmaking4 reviews
George Daniels

Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 2002

The best technical treatise on fine watchmaking

+ Very good book.
+ Stunning
+ A step by step account by the most creative Watchmaker alive
  
  











  



  
Restoring Grandfather Clocks
Eric Smith, Brian Smith

Robert Hale, 1995

The grandfather clock first appeared in the late seventeenth century. Virtually none of these clocks is beyond repair, and often the work required is within the scope of inexperienced owners. This is the first full-length book to cover repair and restoration of these attractive and often valuable antiques, including their casework. The first part outlines how to clean and service the clock ...
  
  











  



  
Collector's Encyclopedia of Pendant and Pocket Watches 1500-1950: Identification and Values (Collector's ...6 reviews
C. Jeanenne Belle, Jeanenne Bell

Collector Books, 2004

Collector's Encyclopedia of Pendant and Pocket Watches

+ Nice book !!!
+ A very good overview of watches development

My 22 year old son is starting a collection of pocket watches and he has enjoyed this book. He uses it when he goes online to fine new treasures. It helps him know what to look for.
  
  











  



  
Repairing Old Clocks & Watches
Anthony J. Whiten

Robert Hale, 1996

This book is for amateurs, with the author describing how to make alterations out of simple and easily obtainable materials, or how to avoid the necessity for expensive tools at all. He also describes how to dismantle and assemble movements, what may go wrong with them, and how to set faults right. He tells you how to oil the right parts and how to restore cases in all stages of decay. The book ...
  
  











  



  
Complicated Watches and Their Repair2 reviews
Donald de Carle

Robert Hale, 1995

A complement to Practical Watch Repairing

I don't agree with the last review. This book has to be viewed as a complement, a second volume, to Practical Watch Repairing of the same author. You have to read the first book to fully understand it. If you look at this book as a second volume of the classic Practical Watch Repairing, it deserves ...