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Collezionare Orologi Da Polso, by Madeleine & Osvaldo Patrizz

This (as you might have guessed!) is an Italian book - i e writen in Italian and published there.

It seeks to categorise, and give values for, 476 watches, listing them by age, and giving for each one a general description, the case material & style, details of the dial and salient information on the movement. Each watch is photographed, some with photos of the movement as well.

A translation of the authors' forword is as follows:

Collezionare Orologi da Polso (Collection of Wrist Watches) was created to make more modern, practical watches known and appreciated. It is the fruit of our author's 20+ years of working experience with a wide and varied clientele and at auction sales.
It concentrates, with many photos each with a few lines of text, on the salient facts and indispensable information needed to satisfy professionals, collectors and beginners alike.
The freshness, precision, truth and variety of the information, laid out with common sense and chronologically, allow the reader to appreciate the economic as well as the historical and technological aspects [of watches].
We have divided the varied production of the last century into 12 parts to facilitate the research of particular subjects and avoid the trap of repetitiveness. The sub-divisions of watches derive from the first complication or the style. The photographic articles are each preceded by an historical piece, in most cases a detailed catalogue of the makes which have contributed most to the success of a line of products.
We have also mentioned makes which have now disappeared and are no longer familiar to the general public, makes which must be remembered for their contribution to the evolution of horology.

The values are all in Lira as it seems to have been produced in 1994 (before they joined the Euro-zone), but there is a form included for getting free updates to the valuations

Dimensions (in slip-case): 303mm x 255mm x 43mm

Hardback with paper dust-jacket, and card slip case, all in A1 condition, (except for the very top and bottom of the dust-jacket spine).
Copyright (I think) 1994, published in Ilaly, ISBN 2-940019-13-4

£45

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The World's Great Clocks and Watches by Cedric Jagger

This is the original Hamlyn edition, published in 1977 at which stage Jagger was the Assistant Curator of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers' Collection.

The book traces the history of horology starting with a chapter on non-mechanical time-keeping and one on the rudiments of clockwork, followed by chapters on the each of the great periods of clock-making, and ends with ones entitled 'East meets West' and 'Collectors & Collecting'.

Hard-back, 253 pages, 370 illustrations (120 in colour) Good condition

£20

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The World's Great Clocks and Watches by Cedric Jagger

This is the Galley Press reprint edition, published in 1986 by which stage Jagger was the Keeper of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers' Collection.

The book traces the history of horology starting with a chapter on non-mechanical time-keeping and one on the rudiments of clockwork, followed by chapters on the each of the great periods of clock-making, and ends with ones entitled 'East meets West' and 'Collectors & Collecting'.

Hard-back, 253 pages, 370 illustrations (120 in colour) Good condition

£20

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European Clocks by E. J. Tyler

This is a useful little book of some 250 page including a glossary of technical terms. It is heavily illustrated, with 132 black & white photographs and a few line-drawings. Inevitably, with this much space taken by the illustrations the text is limited, but despite this, the author manages to convey a huge amount of information about both the historical and the regional development of clocks in Europe.

Hard-back, very good condition, copyright 1968, published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd

£15

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French Clocks by Winthrop Edey

This is not a new book! However, despite having been published in the 60s it is still a mine of useful information.

In it the author discusses the evolution of French clocks from the Renaissance to the Revolution.

Each era is examined from the standpoint of cases, dials & movements, but the emphasis is on the artistic rather than the scientific merit of each object.

Consisting of 83 pages, with 2 colour plates and 40 other illustrations, there
is a good balance of text and illustration.

Hardback with paper dust-jacket, dust-jacket showing some wear at folds
otherwise very good condition, copyright 1967 by Winthrop Edey, published
in London by Studio Vista Ltd, SBN (sic) 289 37056 6

£7.50

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Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World by Brian Loomes

This is the complete 21st Century Edition, and is, as far as current knowledge goes, the definitive list!

This is the culmination of many years' work by the author, not least in terms of getting permission from the beneficiaries of the estate of the late GH Baillie to use the contents of his book...

This volume is hugely expanded and contains information on over 90,000 makers working between the late 16th and early 20th centuries. As well as makers and retailers of clocks and watches the list also includes makers
of scientific instruments, sundials and barometers, and a small bibliography.

Hardback with paper dust-jacket, all in A1 condition, copyright 2006,
published in London by NAG Press, ISBN 0-7198-0330-6

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The Artistry Of The English Watch, by Cedric Jagger

This book is a "must have" for anyone interested in English watches, and would make a wonderful birthday present!

Lavishly illustrated with 16 colour plates and 93 black & white ones of mouth-watering watches, watch parts and garnitures, it really makes you want to hold the items in your hand.

The book deals with watches purely as works of art, and illustrates the development of that art.

A superb book.

Hardback with paper dust-jacket, very good condition, large format (11.5" high by 9.25" wide), 152 pages + bibliography & index, copyright Cedric Jagger 1988, published by David Charles ISBN 0 7153 8935 1

£30.00

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