Watches, Volume 4 (Paperback)

by Benoit J.P. Flammang (Author) "The Eta SA Fabriques d'Ebauches control more than half the market by annually producing and commercializing over tens of millions of pieces, from quartz to..." (more)
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Product Description
Our new 400 page annual book is the only buyer's guide in English which does not use generic pictures, but is packed with large, high quality, exclusive photographs where the watch is shown on an angle, allowing one to see the dial and the thickness of each piece. Each photograph (4 pictures per page) is accompanied by a full description, including movement, functions, case, dial, indications and price. It is updated with most of the new watches for the 1998-99 season and is the bible of the watch industry.

Watches, Volume 4: a Comprehensive Buyer's Guide of the World's most Prestigious Watches has over 55 brands including:

A. Lange & Shne, Arnold, Audemars Piguet, Aviatex, Baume & Mercier, Bell & Ross, Blancpain, Bonneville, Bovet, Breguet, Breitling, Bulgari, Cartier, Cedric Johner, Chase-Durer, Chopard, Chronoswiss, Concord, Cornet, Corum, Daniel JeanRichard, Daniel Mink, Daniel Roth, Dubey & Schaldenbrand, Ebel, Eberhard, Franck Muller, Frederique Constant, Grald Genta, Girard-Perregaux, Graham, Halter Barnes, Hublot, Ikepod, IWC, Jaquet-Droz, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Kelek, Maurice Lacroix, Mellerio, MOMO Design, Montblanc, Mont d'Or, Omega, Panerai, Parmigiani Fleurier, Patek Philippe, Paul Picot, Piaget, RGM, Rolex, Sothis, Stephan Johansson, Tag- Heuer, Tutima, Ulysse Nardin, Universal Genve, Vacheron Constantin and Vincent Calabrese.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: World Watch Publishing, Inc. (March 1, 1999)
• ISBN-10: 0965817113
• ISBN-13: 978-0965817110
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,320,934 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide for very expensive watches., August 29, 1999

By A Customer

This is an excellent guide if anyone wishes to purchase some of the world's most prestigous watches. Most of the watches listed in the guide are over $10,000. I think this guide is great for watch lovers since the pictures and the descriptions are very clear in the guide.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very worthwhile for collectors, March 26, 2000

By	"seamanm" (Bahrain) - See all my reviews

Similar in style and feel to Peter Braun's Wristwatch Annual 1999 and 2000, this book is another example of a reasonably detailed "catalogue" of the ranges of a variety of (mostly) Swiss watch brands. If the potential buyer can, I would recommend buying Braun's book also, as there are sufficient differences to make this worthwhile. Well worth the money!

19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not up to expectation, December 2, 2000

By	Tseng Jen-Yu (Albert) "docato" (Taipei, Taiwan) - See all my reviews

Being a devoted watch lover, I was really thrilled in receiving "Watches, Volume 4" over the mail. Nevertheless, I was quite disappointed after looking through the content. I can't see or understand why would reviewers rate this book with 5 stars. I felt as if it was put together without much dedication. It seemed to be a scrapbook of wristwatches. The layout and introduction of each brand watch wasn't properly done. Worst of all, the pictures are definetly terrible. Don't know where they obtained the photos but some of them have no resolution at all and are quite blurry (seemed as if they scanned the pictures). Articles were mediocre. Nevertheless, I would definetly recommend Wristwatch Annual 2001 by Peter Braun. It has a better layout, good detail, and excellent photos of the brands introduced. If I were to only have one of them, Annual is far superior than Watches. If I were a teacher I would grade the editor of Annual with an "A" and Watches would at best get a "C" for its hard work.