Mechanical Watches
An Annotated Bibliography of Publications since 1800, Fourth Edition
2023, 2 volumes of 1,548 pages, no ill
This fourth edition, 2 volume book is a bibliography listing 3,315 books and pamphlets (and a few other items) relating to mechanical watches.
It is not simply a list. It is comprehensively indexed and annotated.
Volume 1 (826 A4 pages) is the bibliography and lists 3,315 items. In addition to normal bibliographic information, most entries have details of contents and 1,694 entries include book reviews and remarks.
Volume 2 (705 A4 pages) contains 6 indexes which reference the books listed in the bibliography. The indexes are:
Full title (4,166 entries)
Title Key-word (8,538 entries)
Author (4,986 entries)
Date of publication (3,408 entries)
Subject index top level categories (490 categories)
Subject (38,002 entries). The subject index is a comprehensive index to the books based on their contents and, not surprisingly, has a few errors.
Mechanical Watches is provided free and can be downloaded here:
Mechanical Watches Volume 1 (bibliography) (about 3.3 MB)
Mechanical Watches Volume 2 (indexes) (about 2 MB)