PRICE GUIDES - 2008 UPDATE
TITLE & DESCRIPTIONS PRICE
(in US dollars)
A Concise Guide To Military Timepieces 1880 - 1990 - Wesolowski, Z. M. - 192 pp - 7 3/8 x 10 1/2 - HB 44.95
A Guide to Watch Holders - Niehaus, J. - 40 pp - 6 x 8 10.00
Almost Everything You Wanted To Know about American Watches - Townsend, G. E. - 86 pp - 6 X 9 1/4    20.00
American Clocks "Volume 1" 2nd Edition - Ly, T. D.  First Published in 1989.  The updated reprint in colorful hard cover is a beauty and a must in every clock collector's library.  This beautifully illustrated volume is arranged in logical, easy to follow, alphabetical order, and features nineteen clock companies. - 336 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - 1159 quality illustrations - Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2005 Price Update.
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59.50

 

15.00

 

American Clocks "Volume 2" with a special section of Self Winding clocks - Ly, T. D. - First Published 1991; 2nd Edition in 1995. Mr. Ly has recruited a team of acknowledged specialists for this edition - experts  who are leaders in various areas of clock history and technology. This American Clocks Volume 2 contains NO clocks From Volume 1.  336 pages - 8 1/2 x 11 - 1032 illustrations of original clock catalog renderings and instructional information.  Smyth sewn hardbound with 2000 Price Update.
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49.50

 

10.00

 

American Clocks "Volume 3" - Ly, T. D. - First Published 2002.  Now you have access to hard to find information about Beehive, Column and Cornice, Column and Splat, Cottage, Mirror, Ogee and Bevel, Pillar and Scroll, Steeple, Torsion Pendulum, Wagon Spring and other clock types.  Looking at a Lux Pendulette?  You got covered.  Ball Watch Company clock?  Just look in the Index. This American Clocks Volume 3 contains NO clocks From Volume 1 and Volume 2.  352 pages - 8 1/2 x 11 - 993 illustrations.
Smyth sewn hardbound with 2002 Price Update.
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59.50
American Clocks & Clockmakers - Swedberg, R. - 192 pp - 7 x 10  16.95
American Pocket Watch Identification & Price Guide - Ehrhardt, R. - Book 2 - 1974 - 192 pp - 9 x 11  25.00
American Wristwatches - Five Decades of Style & Design Faber, E. & Unger, S. - 277 pp - 9 x 12 - HB  79.95
Ansonia Clocks & Watches:  The most beautiful line of clocks ever produced in America was produced by the Ansonia Clock Company.  Ansonia clocks were first produced in Ansonia, Connecticut, the town named by the clockmaker, but the later Ansonia clocks were produced in Brooklyn.  Now Ansonia collectors eagerly pursue these exquisite clocks. The first edition of Ansonia Clocks was published in 1989 and the new, greatly expanded second edition in 1998.  This is the largest, most complete book ever written on any clock manufacturer by any author.  752 pages 8 1/2 x 11 and 3061 illustrations. Smyth sewn Hardbound on white gloss enamel text. With 2004 Price Update.
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   89.50

   15.00
    

 

Automatic Writswatches - From Germany, England, France, Japan, Russia, & the USA - Hampel, H. - 216 pp - 9 x 12 - HB  79.95
Automatic Wristwatches - From Switzerland - Selfwinding Wristwatches - Hampel, H. - 348 pp - 9 x 12 - HB  79.95
Black Forest Clocks - Ortenberger, R. - 300 pp - 9 x 12 - HB  79.95
Calendar Clocks - Ly, T. D. - Mr. Ly has made every effort to make this book serve as an accurate reference source for beginning through advanced collectors. It covers 51 manufacturers and inventors.  360 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - 858 quality illustrations - Smyth sewn Hardbound on white gloss enamel text including 40 pages Featuring Previously Unpublished Photographs and Information with 2000 Price Update.  See Book Review

2000 Price Update only

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   75.00

  

   10.00

    

Cartier 1992 Wrist, Pocket Watches & Clocks Id. - Ehrhardt, R. - 100 pp - 8 1/2 x 11  35.00
Chronograph - Wristwatches To Stop Time - Lang, G.R. & Meis, R. - 256 pp - 9 x 12 - HB  79.95
Clock Guide Id. & Price Guide - Book 1 - 1977 - Ehrhardt, R. - 198 pp - 8 1/2 x 11  35.00
Clock Guide Id. & Price Guide - Book 2 - 1979 - Ehrhardt, R. - 192 pp - 8 1/2 x 11  35.00
Comic Character Timepieces - Seven Decades of Memorial - Brown, H. & Thomas, N. - 280 pp - 9 x 12 - HB  79.95
Complete Price Guide to Watches:  Shugart, C. & Gilbert, R. - 2000 Edition - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - 1080 pp  19.95
Complete Price Guide to Watches:  Shugart, C. & Gilbert, R. - 2001 Edition - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - 1120 pp   19.95
Complete Price Guide to Watches:  Shugart, C. & Gilbert, R. - 2002 Edition - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - 1134 pp   19.95
Complete Price Guide to Watches:  Shugart, C. & Gilbert, R. - 2003 Edition - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - 1147 pp  19.95
Complete Price Guide to Watches:  Engle, T., Gilbert, R. & Shugar, C. - 2007 Edition - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - 1224 pp  29.95
European Pocket Watches - 1994 - Book 3 -  Ehrhardt, R. - 184 pp - 8 1/2 x 11  35.00
Foreign Clock Price Guide - Book 1 - Ehrhardt, R. - 1995 - 150 pp - 8 1/2 x 11  35.00
Foreign Clock Price Guide - Book 3 - Ehrhardt, R. - 1994 - 150 pp - 8 1/2 x 11  35.00
Foreign Clock Price Guide - Book 4 - Text in German - Ehrhardt-Rabeneck-Peer- 1993 -  108 pp - 8 1/2 x 11  35.00
Foreign & American Pocket Watch - Id. & Price Guide - Book 3 - 1976   Ehrhardt, R. - 172 pp - 8 1/2 x 11  35.00
French Clocks and Bronzes, Cuckoo and Vienna Regulators - Imported by F. Kroeber Clock Co. 1887-1888. Contains: Marble Clocks, Bronze Figures and Statuettes, Gilt Clocks, Gilt and Alabaster Clocks, Cuckoo Clocks, Trumpeter Clocks, Vienna Regulators and Mechanical Clocks, Etc… This interesting book is an unabridged republication of Kroeber's 1887-1888 catalog of imported clocks and statues, complete with original prices and a Price Update by Tran Duy Ly. This book not only belongs in any collection of Kroeber material, but also every French and European clock collector's library. With 2001 Price Update
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     19.95

6.00

Gilbert Clocks - This book was published in 1998. Gilbert was known for their wonderful clock sets and many Art Nouveau and Art Deco clocks.- Ly, T. D. - 448 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - 1698 quality illustrations and photographs - with Gilbert Clocks Supplement and 2000 Price Update - Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text.
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Gilbert Clocks Supplement and 2000 Price Update:   Massive 120 page supplement to Gilbert Clocks.  Includes over 300 clocks and 24 pages of movements and parts information.  Contains all new clocks not shown in the book Gilbert Clocks.

   69.50

 

   19.95

 

Gustav Becker Clocks - A Guide to Identification & Prices - This book demonstrates the great variety of clocks (and a few watches) manufactured by Gustav Becker. The clear pictures and current value estimates will be useful to potential purchasers or appraisers of Gustav Becker and similar German clocks. - Ly, T. D. - 248 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 With 2000 Price update.
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Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text

2000 Price Update only

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39.50

49.50

 10.00

 

Ingraham Clocks & Watches - Ly, T. D. - With A Special Section on Early Ingraham Clocks - Spittler, T.  This book for the first time brings to light many new facts on this most interesting firm. The book contains a complete section on early Ingraham clocks produced before the Civil War. Also included is the most complete selection of Ingraham black mantle clocks ever presented. Ingraham Clocks & Watches was published in 1998.  384 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - 1269 quality illustrations and photographs - Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 1999 Price Update.
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1999 Price Update only

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     49.50

 

     10.00

 

Kroeber  Clocks - American & Imported - Ly, T. D. - Published in 2006.  The amount of information in this book is astonishing - 584 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - Over 2000 quality illustrations and photographs in both black and white and in color.  Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2006 Price Update. 85.00
Longcase Clocks & Standing Regulators-Part 1:  Machine Made Clocks - Ly, T. D.  This book takes the serious collector and investor through hundreds of clocks made by no less than fifty precision companies from several different countries. There is no other work available that provides nearly the coverage of this excellent reference.

504 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - 1150 quality illustrations and photographs - Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2000 Price Update.
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69.50

10.00

 

Legged Alarm Clocks -  Sagvold, D. - 192 pp - 6 x 9 -  19.95
Miller's Buyer's Guide - Clocks & Barometers - Revised Edition - Robert, D. Consultant - 320 pp - 6 1/2 x 11 - HB 29.95
Miller's Wristwatches - How to Compare & Value - Jonathan Scatchard Consultant - 160 pp - 8 x 10 1/2 - HB 27.50
New Haven Clocks & Watches - With a Special Section on New Haven Movements - Ly, T. D. - Released in 1997, this book does justice to the vast line of clocks and watches produced by one of America's most prolific makers.  The 50 pages of movements and parts showing extremely clear and detailed illustrations of 61 New Haven movements are outstanding. - With 2000 Price Update - 520 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - Over 2,200 quality illustrations and photographs.  Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text.
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55.00

10.00

 

Rolex - Orologi Da Polso - Wrist Watches - Presentati DA - Realized by Patrizzi - Text in English & Italian - 202 pp - 10 x 12 - HB - (Very good)  170.00
Rolex - Vintage Sports Models,  A complete visual reference & unauthorized history - Revised and expanded second edition -  Skeet, M & Urul, N. - 216 pp - 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 - HB 75.00
Rolex Wristwatches: The Best of Times - Dowling, J. M. & Hess, J. P. - 320 pp - 9 x 12 - HB  125.00
Sessions Clocks - Ly, T. D. - With Sessions Clocks, Tran Duy Ly’s monumental task of documenting the production and history of the eight giants of the Connecticut clock industry is now complete. Starting with Seth Thomas Clocks and Movements, over 15 years ago, and finishing with the last of the major Connecticut firms, Sessions, Mr. Ly's series on Connecticut clock manufacturers is the unequaled reference on the history of the clockmaking industry in America. 8 1/2 x 11 - 336 pages.  843 illustrations and photographs.  Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2002 Price Update.
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 49.50
Seth Thomas Clocks and Movements - 3rd Edition - Revised and Enlarged - Ly, T. D - First published in 1985, second edition was completed in 1996, the greatly expanded and is the best selling book on an American clock manufacturer ever written.  Seth Thomas clocks are the most popular among American collectors and so is this book.

Volume 1 - 576 pp. - 8 1/2 x 11 - Over 1,880 quality illustrations and photographs. Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2005 Price Update.
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Volume 2 - 576 pp. - 8 1/2 x 11 - Over 1,718 quality illustrations and photographs. Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2005 Price Update.
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2005 Price Update for Volume 2 only.

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79.50


 

15.00


 

79.50


 

15.00

Swiss Wristwatches Chronology of Worldwide Success - Brunner, G. - 252 pp - 9 x 11 - HB  69.95
Vienna Regulator Clocks - Ortenberger, O. - 180 pp - 8 x 11 - HB  39.95
Vintage American & European Wrist Watch Price Guide - Ehrhardt, R.
- Book 1 - 336 pp - 6 x 9 (1984)
- 1987 update to Book 1 - 75 pp - 5 x 8
- Book 3 - 210 pp - 6 x 9 (1989) - Character Wrist Watches
- Book 4 - 563 pp - 6 x 9 (1989)
35.00
 15.00
 
 35.00
 35.00
Watch of the Future - The Story of the Hamilton Electric Watch - With Price Guide - 168 pp - 6 x 9- HB  29.95
Waterbury Clocks & Watches - Volume 1 - 2nd Edition - Ly, T. D. - First edition published in 1989.  Second Edition.  Published in 2001, major revision, twice the size with 2001 price update. Every collector has Waterbury clocks; every collector needs the best book ever written about this major manufacturer.  From blinking eye clocks to Mickey Mouse watches, this book has it all. 584 pages 8 1/2 x 11.  Over 2300 Quality Illustrations  and photographs. Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2001 Price Update.  See Book Review

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69.50

 

Welch Clocks - Ly, T. D. - This book was first published in 1992.  Some of the most desirable clocks produced in America were made by Welch, notably the Patti.  Now, the rest of the story must be told! Studying this new volume, one is deeply impressed that a company, whose roots and evolutionary existence covered the better part of the 19th and 20th centuries, was able to produce such a great variety of clocks. This is the first book to combine almost all Welch catalogs and modern photographs of their products into one comprehensive guide. - 304 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - 778 black and white illustrations.  See Book Review

Welch Clocks is now out of print. Second Edition on preparing.

2004 Price Up-date for Welch Clocks



    10.00

Westclox: An Identification and Price Guide - Biolchini, G. - 192 pp - 8 1/2 x 11  34.95
Westclox Electric - Linz, J. - 240 pp - 8 1/2 x 11  34.95
Westclox "Wind-up" - Clocks, Pocket Watches, Wristwatches - Linz, J. -  256 pp - 8 1/2 x 11  34.95
Wristwatches Chronometers - Mechanical Precision Watches and Their Testing - Osterhausen, F. V. - 211 pp - 9 x 12 - HB  79.95
Wrist Watches: History of a Century's Development - Kahlert, Muhe, Brunner - 520 pp - 9 x 12 - Revised Fourth Edition - HB  79.95

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