Automatic Wristwatches from Switzerland: Watches That Wind Themselves Hardcover – Illustrated, January 3, 1997

For a person who wants to have a brief background of some well known automatic watch brands, then this is the book that you can refer to. I tend to look at the pictures while reading the description.Though this is not as extensive as probably other books, this is more than good enough for persons who want to go beyond basics. The book starts with automatic watch history, early automatic watches and brief description of known Swiss brands.

Everthing previously written about the book is correct. What is not: the book does not have a price guide, like one reader said. After all, it's a watch movement's book! How can it have a price guide? The book have very good pictures, but 70% of them are in black and white. I didn't rate this book 5 stars, in fact, because it does not have german to english translations in the schemes of watch movements and pictures that have something written in german. Finally, the book is a little bit disorganized, since it does not have an index or different type fonts to "tell" you that you are in another chapter.Added:After reading the book, i found the price lists. It's one book's page...

This book provides a complete listing of movement caliber & historical information in a very straightforward fashion. It also includes close up photos of some 200 individual watches and also includes a helpful, though outdated, pricing guide. It is an indispensible reference book bound in top-quality heavy duty binding. I found it to be worth every penny I paid.

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This is a great book for you Rolex and Omega lovers (as well as other fine Swiss watches). It covers only Swiss wristwatches but it does a nice job of it. Lots of black and white (as well as some color) close ups of faces and movements. There is a table to tell the approximate range of years when specific caliber movements were produced. I'm certainly not an expert but I would recommend this book for those who are getting into the hobby of collecting fine Swiss automatic movement (self-winding) watches.P.S. Look elsewhere for information on modern quartz or early manual winding watches. If you like bumper and/or full rotor automatic winding wristwatches then this book is for you.

Well researched, technical details to a useful degree for collectors, list of calibers, good photos.One of my favourites, be it for research on specific models or to just flick through from time to time.