Complete Price Guide to Watches
- ISBN13:
9781574324020
- ISBN10:
1574324020
- Edition: 24th
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 2004-01-01
- Publisher: Collector Books
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Summary
This annual book is a miniature encyclopedia with over 1,200 pages, over 10,350 watches listed with current values, and more than 7,850 illustrations. American and European pocket watches, wrist watches, and even comic and character watches fill this comprehensive guide. It also includes tips for collectors and historical information, as well as guidelines for grading and appraising watches. With this handy pocket reference, collectors can make on-the-spot judgments about identification, age, quality, and value. 2004 values.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 5 |
| How to Determine Manufacturer | p. 9 |
| Appraising Watches (what's my watch worth) | p. 10 |
| Grading Watches | p. 12 |
| Collecting on a Limited Budget | p. 14 |
| Railroad Pocket Watches | p. 16 |
| Railroad Grade Watches | p. 24 |
| Railroad Approved Watches | p. 26 |
| Colonial Watchmakers | p. 28 |
| List of Early American Watchmakers | p. 31 |
| Sizes: How to Determine Watch Size | p. 34 |
| Solid Gold Marks | p. 35 |
| Gold Filled Marks | p. 37 |
| Nomenclature of Watch Parts | p. 42 |
| Case Prices | p. 44 |
| Watch Inspection | p. 46 |
| Opening Watch Cases (How To) | p. 48 |
| How a Watch Works | p. 52 |
| Regulator Id | p. 57 |
| Jewels and Pivots | p. 72 |
| Jewel Count (How To) | p. 72 |
| Judging Quality | p. 80 |
| Offer Versus Appraisals | p. 81 |
| Production & Sales Lerger | p. 92 |
| Ebauches | p. 84 |
| Special Named or Private Label Watches | p. 93 |
| Swiss Fakes | p. 97 |
| Market Report | p. 100 |
| Abbreviations (used in this book) | p. 102 |
| American Pocket Watch Listings (begins) | p. 104 |
| Styles and Names of Hands (American) | p. 364 |
| Comic & Character Watches (begins) | p. 420 |
| Early Antique Watches (European) | p. 438 |
| Watch-Makers (European) | p. 440 |
| Clues to Dating Your Watch (European) | p. 443 |
| Chronological Date List (European) | p. 449 |
| Early European Watchmakers | p. 450 |
| Hallmarks of London | p. 456 |
| Repeating Watches | p. 459 |
| Tourbillon | p. 464 |
| Karrusel | p. 465 |
| European Pocket Watch Listings (begins) | p. 468 |
| Pre-1850 Repeaters | p. 564 |
| Pre-1850 Alarms | p. 568 |
| Tourbillon, Karrusel (Listed) | p. 575 |
| Unusual (European Pocket Watches) | p. 591 |
| Nello Watch Cases | p. 603 |
| Enamel Watches | p. 617 |
| Match Serial Number and Date | p. 622 |
| A Bit of Wrist Watch History | p. 623 |
| Automatic Winding | p. 628 |
| Chronograph | p. 629 |
| Swiss Code Initials | p. 635 |
| Watch Consolidation (Who Owns Who) | p. 636 |
| Brand Names & Owners | p. 637 |
| Wrist Watch Listings (begins) | p. 639 |
| Watch Terminology | p. 1137 |
| Word Pronunciation | p. 1154 |
| European Terminology & U.S.A. Terminology | p. 1155 |
| Special & Unsual Escapements | p. 1156 |
| The Art of Micro-Mechanical Marvels | p. 1168 |
| Advertising (where to buy and sell) | p. 1174 |
| Arnold Spring Detent Escapement | p. 572 |
| Auburndale Rotary Escapement (2 styles) | p. 147 |
| Breguet Escapement | p. 62 |
| Bulova Accutron (Tuning Fork) | p. 690 |
| Chinese Duplex (Crab leg style) | p. 448 |
| Chronodrometer (Am. Waltham 8 tooth escape wheel) | p. 111 |
| Chronometer Spring Detent Escapement | p. 63 |
| Co-axial Escapement (George Daniel - Omega) | p. 627 |
| Co-axial Escapement (Fasoldt Double Escape Wheel) | p. 210 |
| Coles Resilient Escapement | p. 256 |
| Counterpoised Lever Escapement | p. 74 |
| Cylinder Escapement | p. 62 |
| Debaufre Escapement | p. 546 |
| Delong Escapement | p. 65 |
| Double Escapements ("Duality" by Philippe DuFour) | p. 1171 |
| Duplex Escapement | p. 62 |
| Earnshaw Spring Dentent Escapement | p. 490 |
| Electric Escapement, "Hamilton" (Balance Wheel Motor) | p. 793 |
| English or Right angle Escapement | p. 64 |
| Escapements (5 styles with Modifications and Parts) | p. 64 |
| Foliot Balance & Verge Escapement (1550-1560) | p. 54 |
| Frictional Rest Escapement with Pirouette & Double Escape Wheel | p. 488 |
| Glashutte Escapement | p. 514 |
| Jacot 3 & 4 Star Duplex Escapement | p. 509 |
| Joseph Johnson 30 tooth escape wheel | p. 510 |
| Karrusel, Bonniksen's | p. 465 |
| Lever Escapement (Modern style) | p. 52 |
| Massey Escapement (type 1-5) | p. 458 |
| Mozart Chrono-Lever Escapement | p. 318 |
| Moustache Counterpoised Lever Escapement | p. 74 |
| Mudge Detached Lever Escapement | p. 62 |
| Mulford Escapement (Modified Verge) | p. 30 |
| Pin Lever Escapement (Dollar Watches, American) | p. 89 |
| Pin-wheel Escapement (S. D. French, American) | p. 214 |
| Pivoted Detent Escapement | p. 63 |
| Pouzait Lever Escapement (2 styles) | p. 598 |
| Rack & Pinion Lever Escapement | p. 66 |
| 1 Second Remontoir Escapement (by Derek Pratt) | p. 1170 |
| G. P. Reed (Chronometer) | p. 345 |
| Resilient Escapement | p. 63 |
| Right Angle Lever Escapement | p. 64 |
| Roskopf Pin Pallet Lever Escapement (Swiss) | p. 547 |
| Savage 2 Pin Escapement | p. 448 |
| Spring Detent | p. 63 |
| Straight Line Lever Escapement | p. 64 |
| Tourbillon | p. 463 |
| Verge Escapement (with chain drive = page 61) | p. 61 |
| Virgule Escapement (single & double = 61) | p. 63 |
| Worm Gear Escapement | p. 87 |
| Special or Unusual Escapement Section | p. 1156 |
| Rack & Pinion, Straight Hairspring, various fork action | p. 1156 |
| Potter & MacDowall One Tooth | p. 1157 |
| One Jewel Lever by E. Bourquin, Inverted Lever | p. 1158 |
| Woerd Pat. escap., Jeunet seconds beating | p. 1159 |
| Detent and Pivoted escapement | p. 1160 |
| G.P. Reed Detent escap, Patent Union Chronometer | p. 1161 |
| Fleurier, English & Chinese Duplex | p. 1162 |
| Breguets Naturel & Hanging Ruby Cylinder | p. 1163 |
| Breguet Lateral, Amold Chron. Detent | p. 1164 |
| Robins Anti-overbanking, Duplex & two lever styles | p. 1165 |
| Typical Glashutte Escape, and balance | p. 1166 |
| Constant Force, M.B. Pray, Peto's Chron., & Savage | p. 1167 |
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