Mechanical Watches
An Annotated Bibliography of Publications since 1800

by
Richard Watkins

First published December 2004, this 2 volume book is a bibliography listing about 2,200 books and pamphlets relating to mechanical watches.

It is not simply a list. It is comprehensively indexed and annotated.

Volume 1 (393 12x8 inch pages) is the bibliography and lists 2,223 items. In addition to normal bibliographic information, many entries have details of contents and some 500 entries include book reviews and remarks.

Volume 2 (624 12x8 inch pages) contains 5 indexes and a price guide. The indexes are Full title (2740 entries), Title Key-word (6860 entries), Author (3240 entries), Date of publication (2233 entries) and Subject (26,640 entries). The subject index is a comprehensive index to the books based on their contents. Finally, the price guide has 13,500 entries giving sale prices over the last few years.

Mechanical Watches is provided free and can be downloaded here.


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