Complete Price Guide to Watches 2005 ANNOTATION
This annual book is a mini-encyclopedia with over 1,000 pages, over 10,000 watches listed with current values, and more than 7,000 illustrations. American and European pocket watches, wrist watches, Swatch wrist watches, and even comic watches fill this comprehensive guide
FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Complete Price Guide to Watches is the most reliable and convenient guide available. This annual book is a miniature encyclopedia with over 1,100 pages, over 10,300 watches listed with current values, and more than 7,800 illustrations. American and European pocket watches, wrist watches, and even comic 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. The Complete Price Guide to Watches has become the professional standard for watch collectors and dealers, a timely publication for all watch enthusiasts.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
Created as a take-along guide for new and seasoned watch collectors, this book can be used to make on-the-spot judgments as to identification, age, quality, and value. The first part of the book is devoted to history, general information, and a how-to section. The second part consists mainly of a listing of watch manufacturers, identification guides, and prices. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Internet Book Watch
This thick presentation packs in all the detailed needed to help readers learn about watches and their values. The annual publication (this is 21st edition) of Complete Price Guide to Watches is an exhaustive mini-encyclopedia with over a thousand pages of details on over 10,000 watches. Small black and white photos often accompany the descriptions but the value here lies in price guides which include the general collectibles market and what one might expect to pay in a shop.