The first and only color illustrated guide to Gruen wristwatches. Over 300 Gruen watches identified correctly with the exact model name, date of production, and much more information on each watch model. Printed in beautiful color, this guide is unique amoung all other watch identification guides. Pictures are life sized to make finding the match to your watch much easier. One addition to this book that you will not find in other price guides is the inflation adjusted price for each watch. The watches have the price they were originally sold at (e.g. 29.95 in 1944), next to that is the price in today's dollars (e.g. $400 for the price of $29.95 in 1944). This makes comparing the value of watches easier to understand. It also gives you the ability to compare watch price of watches that have been made decades apart.

The Gruen Watch Model Identification Guide Volume 2 was 3 years in the works and extends the only full-color series of Gruen Model ID guides. Volume 2 used same laborious process of utilizing Gruen published advertising material to obtain the images and the accompanying data. The result is a very accurate guide that's stunning to see. This is not a ""Price Guide."" The only prices are the ones the watches originally sold for. But the illustrations are better than anything you've seen in price guides. The book's title describes exactly what the books are for -- Gruen Watch Model Identification Guide. Use these books to identify your Gruen watch, when it was made, other variations, plus quite a bit of technical data. These books have been described as ""Coffee Table"" books because they're so detailed and are in color. Enjoy all of the hard work the men and women of the Gruen Company put into their timepieces.

A guide for Hamilton wristwatch collectors to identify watches made between 1917 and 1969.

Telling time has never been so stylish. 100 Years of Vintage Watches brings an entire century of classic watch craftsmanship to life with over 1,000 full-color photos. Detailing watches made between 1870 and 1970—the most popular century for watch collectors and aficionados—Dean Judy’s remarkable guide provides information on what and how to collect as well as what to avoid. In addition to large, detailed photos, 100 Years of Vintage Watches offers accurate pricing information, and a description, history, and dating for each of the watches included. Watch collectors will find the before-and-after photos of vintage watch restorations particularly useful, especially when it comes valuing a piece. And who knows, maybe that old watch your grandfather left in his junk drawer is worth thousands. Featuring examples from over 50 watchmakers including renowned Swiss companies like Agassiz, Rolex, Breitling, Cyma, Tissot, and Zodiak as well as American companies like Bulova, Elgin, Hamilton, and Illinois, 100 Years of Vintage Watches is a comprehensive and practical guide to the greatest century of watchmaking in modern history.

The Old Money Book details how anyone from any background can adopt the values, priorities, and habits of America's Upper Class in order to live a richer life. Expanded and updated for a post-pandemic world.

Here's an up-to-the-minute guide to the ever-expanding collectors' market for pocket- and wristwatches. For nine years, considered the best guide to this subject in the field. More than 2,200 photographs.