For enthusiasts, for watchmakers, for collectors, for restorers and for those taking their first steps in the world of watchmaking: there are books on watches for everyone. In the richest and largest bookshops you can find dozens and dozens of books on watchmaking, small and large, new and old, full of text or purely photographic: the quantity of books on watchmaking, after all, is just a further confirmation - if there was still any need - of the lively interest in the world of quality timepieces. Today we would therefore like to propose some interesting books on luxury watches – and not only – available on the market, thinking both of collectors and enthusiasts who already have a certain expertise in the field, and of those who are just starting to take an interest in this fascinating world.
BOOKS AND WATCHES: A SELECTION OF THE BEST BOOKS ON WRIST WATCHES AND MORE
- The Vintage Rolex Field Guide : Let’s start with a book about Rolex watches, written by someone who signs himself Morningtundra. A valuable resource for those who want to delve deeper into the world of Rolex, this popular watchmaking book – written in English – focuses in particular on the brand’s vintage models, while not neglecting the more modern Rolex watches, produced from the 1980s onwards.
- The Conquest of Time : A book on watchmaking of a completely different nature, written by Dominique Fléchon and available in Italian, tells the story of the measurement of time. Watchmaking emerges in this work as a science and at the same time as an art: it starts from the observation of the stars up to the invention of mechanical, electronic and atomic clocks.
- Wristwatches: all the models that make history : written by Paolo de Vecchi, this volume is dedicated to the most prestigious wristwatch models. Rolex, Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Omega and so on, all the models that have marked an era are presented here, presenting the history and style of over fifty international watch brands. For enthusiasts, an irreplaceable point of reference.
- Rare Watches. An Impossible Collection : A book on watches that winks at collectors. Written by Paul Miquel, this treatise presents more than 50 models of wristwatches, selecting the rarest and most sought-after in the world.
- Patek Philippe in America : As the title suggests, this watch book focuses on the Patek Philippe brand, and it is a thoroughly enjoyable account of how this brand became central to the watch industry. It is worth noting that this book is followed by two other volumes, one focusing on men's watches and the other on women's watches.
- Patek Philippe – The Authorized Biography by Nicholas Foulkes : The authorized biography is based on exclusive interviews with the brand's owners and past and present employees and watchmakers, as well as unpublished documents from the company archives, honoring the history of a unique manufacturer in the world of watchmaking. Nicholas Foulkes begins with the adventures of the founder Antoine Norbert de Patek, a young Polish cavalry officer and idealistic champion of a doomed revolt, and then recounts his exile, his new life in Geneva and his meeting with the talented watchmaker Jean Adrien Philippe, arriving at 1932 and the purchase of the company by the Stern family, who over the course of four generations transformed it into the legend now famous throughout the world. You can pre-order the Authorized Biography by Nicholas Foulkes at this link. link .
