American Wristwatches: Five Decades of Style and Design

by Edward Faber

Overview

Introduced into a skeptical American marketplace early in the twentieth century, the wristwatch soon caught the consumer's imagination. It was not long before American watch manufacturers adopted the form and brought their ingenuity and creativity to bear on the style and design of the wristwatch. Fifty years of innovation and beauty follow, and this beautiful book brings you the story in word and picture. Illustrated with over 600 full color pictures, the authors have traced the history of the American wristwatch. Their original research brings life to some of the persons who influenced its development. Design periods are defined and the watches they engendered are amply illustrated giving the reader knowledge that is valuable, both for the appreciation and the collecting of these wristwatches.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764301711
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	01/06/1997
Series:	Schiffer Book for Collectors
Edition description:	Revised 2nd Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 12.00(h) x (d)