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The Watch, Thoroughly Revised: The Art and Craft of Watchmaking

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The Watch—featuring Rolex, Patek Philippe, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Omega, TAG Heuer, Breitling, and other collected and discussed watch brands—is a remarkable full-color guide to vintage and contemporary mechanical watches, perfect for both beginner and expert watch collectors. A well-made men’s wristwatch combines inspired design, technical innovation, and precise craftsmanship. It helps to define a man’s personal style, and it can be an essential tool for many pursuits. It might be a talisman or an heirloom. It can be a lifelong companion, or part of a collection that brings its own deep rewards. If it has a history, it can evoke the era in which it was made; if it’s new, it may speak to today’s cutting-edge technology. It may incorporate gold and porcelain or carbon composite and titanium. The Watch celebrates the craftsmanship of watchmaking for the watch collector. It features more than 600 vintage and contemporary watches from 50 leading brands that have made significant contributions to the history and craft of fine watchmaking. Reflecting the authors’ deep knowledge of every aspect of today’s lively and diverse community of watchmakers and watch collectors, it’s an essential book for any aficionado. For this revised edition, national bestselling author Gene Stone is joined by Stephen Pulvirent of Hodinkee.com. Together, they have thoroughly revamped the book to reflect the current state of the watch world, with the addition of new brands, new models, and more focused and nuanced coverage of the traditional brand leaders. Here are 430 watches, profiles of collectors, and an update on buying, collecting, and maintaining watches. There is even an invaluable A-to-Z glossary of watch terms, completely updated. This remarkable oversize, full-color book belongs in the home of every watch collector. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Abrams Books


Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 13, 2018


Edition ‏ : ‎ Revised


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1419732609


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 07


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.15 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.45 x 9.25 x 0.59 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #99,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #6 in Scientific Instruments (Books) #22 in Antique & Collectible Clocks & Watches (Books) #38 in Physics of Time (Books)


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • A Great Book to Help Train the Collector's Eye
Format: Hardcover
This book is a photo collection featuring some of the most famous watches of fifty iconic brands. The photos are beautiful and that is enough to make this book enjoyable. However, I think the real value of this book is that it helps the collector develop a critical eye for beauty. The joy of watch collecting is in the subtle differences between different watches. This is a great book for helping a budding collector refine their understanding of what is beautiful and therefore desirable. Highly recommended! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2020 by Marco Antonio Abarca
    • I watch this book....
Format: Hardcover
If you want to know about high end mechanical watches and be up and ready to talk with a snobbish well educated horologist....then get this book and start reading it. Nice picture, but great info on these very expensive watches with lots of little facts. Good book if your hobby is time pieces.
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2022 by A. Weiss
    • Good but could have been better.
Format: Hardcover
Overall I like the book but it could be improved. The photography is decent but isn’t the greatest for detail shots which need great lighting and contrast for movement details. You’ll find some blown out highlights and details lost in shadows for some of those. A few typos also made it past the copy editors. Lack of movement shots is probably the biggest downfall of the book in general. Many historical or interesting movements are referenced but then never shown and 95% of the book is pictures of the watch face. There are also watches mentioned in the scarce text that are never shown in pictures which is a little disappointing as well for what is largely a picture book. It’s definitely worth a purchase and a nice book overall. It’s probably that it had such good potential that I was slightly, but not terribly, disappointed. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2019 by B. Mathew
    • Amazing and short overview of 50 most important watch brands
Format: Kindle
Best overview of the wristwach industry and most important parts and brands of it. Highly recommended for all watch enthusiasts and collectors.
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2023 by Toni Marić
    • Great book! Very interesting!! It's got the human element!
Format: Kindle
This is a very interesting book. They have the thoughts of the men who own some of these rare and beautiful watches. How they got into collecting them. It's fascinating! Of course this book delves into the history and shows beautiful photography of gorgeous watches of the highest quality. It's stunning! The photography shows up beautifully on the Kindle edition! I love it! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2020 by DM
    • The book every watch enthusiast should have.
Format: Hardcover
Great book, really a great reference to have around. Nothing like flipping through pages instead of googling. All the answers you need are here. Photography is great too.
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2019 by Renee Shaffer
    • Very mediocre and disappointing.
Format: Hardcover
My problem with this book is its missing some well established brands like for instance Mido that really turned me off i didnt see Maurice Lacroix,Revue Thommen,Rado ,raymond wiel and edox. But they included swatch and hermes. It seemed like all they were interested in doing was putting as many flex brands as possible. Then they just randomly put in some random cheaper brands just to say they included them. This let me down i thought i would be learning about new watch companies instead its more of the same old flex brands like every other book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2021 by Tiger
    • An essential book for all watch enthusiasts.
Format: Hardcover
Fascinating book for watch enthusiasts. Easy read for watch enthusiasts just starting out. For more serious collectors, many watch brands illustrated in this book.
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2019 by gregory c

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