Instant Expert: Collecting Watches (Instant Expert (Random House)) [Paperback]

Cooksey Shugart (Author)

Book Description

Series: Instant Expert (Random House) | Publication Date: September 14, 2004

Learn to think, talk, buy and sell like an expert!
• Learn what to collect, how to recognize a fake and how to evaluate the price of a watch.
• All the information you need to understand the differences among watch brands, the different parts of a watch, and how a watch works.
• Indispensable resource guide lists major auction houses, organizations and clubs, and how and where to buy and sell.

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Learn to think, talk, buy and sell like an expert!
• Learn what to collect, how to recognize a fake and how to evaluate the price of a watch.
• All the information you need to understand the differences among watch brands, the different parts of a watch, and how a watch works.
• Indispensable resource guide lists major auction houses, organizations and clubs, and how and where to buy and sell.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: House of Collectibles (September 14, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375720537
• ISBN-13: 978-0375720536
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 4.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #827,818 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #94 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Antiques & Collectibles > Clocks & Watches

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for wristwatch collectors, April 29, 2006

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Tick Tock "Wrist watch collector" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instant Expert: Collecting Watches (Instant Expert (Random House)) (Paperback)

This book is primarily written for collectors of pocket watches and only gives cursory information regarding wristwatches. Should be titled: Collecting Pocket Watches

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars should be titled " collecting American pocket watches".., November 17, 2006

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Anders Frihagen (Bergen, Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instant Expert: Collecting Watches (Instant Expert (Random House)) (Paperback)

The book is well written, and is primarely about watches produced in the USA, and pocket watches at that. There are a lot of illustrations, and describtions of most of the principles of the art of watchmaking.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing new here, July 12, 2007

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Pauillac (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instant Expert: Collecting Watches (Instant Expert (Random House)) (Paperback)

This book is more or less a repeat of the introduction to the Complete Price Guide to Watches, by the same author. Save yourself time and money by buying the latter work, which is much more informative on watch pricing and contains all the information in this one.