This annual book is a miniature encyclopedia. North American and European pocket watches, wrist watches, and even comic watches fill this comprehensive guide. It also includes tips for collectors and historical information, as well as guidelines for grading and appraising watches. With this handy pocket reference, collectors can make on-the-spot judgments about identification, age, quality, and value. The Complete Price Guide to Watches has become the professional standard for watch collectors and dealers, a timely publication for all watch collectors.
I was a little dissapointed by this book. I know vintage watches were made by 100s if not thousands of manufacturers, with multiples of that number in watch models built, so it is impossible to cover them all. But this book goes on for pages and pages about some relatively mundane watchmaker, while skipping over or only covering a watch or two from another one. Also seems to be a lot of emphasis on the old rectangular watches, and less on the mid century round classics.