Classic Watch: The Great Watches and Their Makers from the First Wristwatch to the Present Day

This authoritative illustrated volume presents the great watches & their makers from the first wristwatch to the present day. In it are the great names of watch-making, with in-depth accounts, explanations & assessments of their specific achievements. There is also extensive coverage of the essential technical background & down-to-earth, practical advice on how to go about starting an actual collection. The full-color illustrations -- many from the makers' personal archives -- provide a fascinating backdrop, showing, in instantly accessible visual terms, the greatest classics of wristwatch history, the one-offs, the legendary sportsÓ watches of the 1950s & much more, down to the quartz & digital watches of today. Oversize. Spectacular!!Balfour, Michael is the author of 'Classic Watch: The Great Watches and Their Makers from the First Wristwatch to the Present Day' with ISBN 9780756769277 and ISBN 0756769272.