MAWCC Library

Watch Books

Histories

• American Watchmaking: A Technical History of the American Watch Industry, 1850-1930, Michael C. Harold
  1984, NAWCC supplement #14, -
  notes: donated by Reuben McMunn
  
• The Book of American Clocks, Brooks Palmer
  1967 (eighth printing), The Macmillan Company, -
  notes: donated by Carmon Howe
  
• Cavalcade of Time, A Visual History of Watches, Henry B. Fried
  1968 (first edition), The Zale Corporation, -
  notes: donated by ?
  
• Clocks and Watches, Hugh Tait
  1983, The British Museum, 0-674-13570-9
  notes: donated by ?
  
• A Connoisseur's Guide to Antique Clocks and Watches, Ronald Pearsall
  1997 (third edition), Todtri Productions Limited, 0-7651-9233-0
  notes: donated by Leroy Baker
  
• The History of Clocks and Watches, Eric Bruton
  1979, Orbis Publishing Limited, 0-517-377446
  notes: donated by ?
  
• Illinois Horology: A Brief View into the Land of Lincoln, Andrew Hayes and Dalia Maria Miller
  1977, Chicagoland Chapter 3 NAWCC, -
  notes: donated by ?
  
• Britten's Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers, G. H. Baillie, C. Clutton, and C. A. Ilbert
  1956 (seventh edition), Bonaza Books, -
  notes: one copy donated by Norb Snyder, other donated by ? (Thad J. Moore)
  
• Two Hundread Years of American Clocks and Watches, Chris H. Bailey
  1975, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 0-13-935130-2
  notes: donated by Carmon Howe
  

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias

• The Book of Clocks, editor: Keith S. Sutton
  -, The National Book Club, -
  notes: donated by ?
  
• The Dictionay of Clocks and Watches, Eric Bruton
  1963 (second edition), Bonanza Books, division of Crown Publishers, Inc., -
  notes: donated by ?
  
• The International Dictionay of Clocks, editor: Alan Smith
  1984 (first published in US), Exeter Books, 0-671-06809-1
  notes: donated by Reuben McMunn
  
• Watch & Clock Encyclopedia, Donald de Carle
  1975 (third edition), N.A.G. Press Ltd., 0-517-246619
  notes: donated by Dan Stein
  

Repair Guides

• Practical Benchwork for Horologists, Louis and Samuel Levin
  1988 (eighth edition), Arlington Book Company, 0-930163-12-5
  notes: donated by ?
  
• Elgin Watchmakers College, Curriculum
  1954, Elgin Watchmakers College, Inc., -
  notes: donated by ?, 3-ring binder, not marked
  
• Watch Repairing as a Hobby, D. W. Fletcher
  1986 (reprint), Arlington Book Company, 0-930163-24-9
  notes: donated by ?, loose pages
  

Reference/Price Guides

• Almost Everything You Wanted to Know about American Watches and Didn't Know Who to Ask, George E. Townsend
  1971, George E. Townsend; -
  notes: donated by ? (Thad J. Moore), signed by author
  
• American Pocket Watch Identification and Price Guide, 1980 Price Indicator, Roy Ehrhardt
  1980 (first printing), Heart of America Press; 0-913902-32-2
  notes: donated by ?
  
• American Pocket Watch Identification and Price Guide, 1979 Price Indicator, Roy Ehrhardt
  1979 (first printing), Heart of America Press; 0-913902-29-2
  notes: donated by ?
  
• American Pocket Watch Identification and Price Guide, 1978 Price Indicator, Roy Ehrhardt
  1978 (first printing), Heart of America Press; 0-913902-26-8
  notes: donated by ?
  
• American Pocket Watch Identification and Price Guide, 1977 Price Indicator, Roy Ehrhardt
  1977 (first printing), Heart of America Press; 0-913902-21-7
  notes: donated by ?
  
• American Pocket Watch Identification and Price Guide, 1976 Price Indicator, Roy Ehrhardt
  1976 (first printing), Heart of America Press; 0-913902-15-2
  notes: donated by ?
  
• American Railroad Watches, George E. Townsend
  1977, George E. Townsend; -
  notes: donated by ? (Thad J. Moore), signed by author
  
• Ansonia Clocks & Watches, Tran Duy Ly
  1998 (second edition), Arlington Book Company, Inc.; 0-930163-87-7
  notes: with 1999 price update, 2002 library fund purchase
  
• Comic Character Clocks and Watches Identification and Value Guide, Howard S. Brenner
  1987, Books Americana, Inc.; 0-89689-062-7
  notes: donated by ?
  
• The Complete Guide to American Pocket Watches, No. 15, Cooksey Shugart and Richard E. Gilbert
  1995 (fifteenth edition), Cooksey Shugart Publications; 0-89145-657-0
  notes: donated by ?
  
• The Complete Guide to American Pocket Watches, No. 6, Cooksey Shugart and Tom Engle
  1986 (sixth edition), Overstreet Publications, Inc.; 0-89145-323-7
  notes: donated by ?
  
• The Complete Guide to American Pocket Watches, No. 2, Cooksey Shugart and Tom Engle
  1982 (second edition), Overstreet Publications, Inc.; 0-517-543524
  notes: donated by ?
  
• The Complete Guide to Watches, No. 24, Cooksey Shugart, Tom Engle, and Richard E. Gilbert
  2004 (twenty fourth edition), Cooksey Shugart Publications; 1-57432-402-0
  notes: donated by Dale Beske
  
• Encyclopedia of Dollar Watches, George E. Townsend
  1974, George E. Townsend; -
  notes: donated by ? (Thad J. Moore)
  

Catalog Reprints

• The National Elgin Watch Company, 1871 Illustrated Almanac, Bernard J. Edwards
  1977, Chicagoland Chapter 3 NAWCC; -
  notes: donated by ?
  
• Seth Thomas Clock Co., 1863; with additions, 1864-1872; and tower clocks, 1874, Chris H. Bailey
  1977 (second edition), American Clock & Watch Museum, Inc.; 0-930476-00-X
  notes: donated by ?
  

for Kids

• Clocks and Watches, Chester Johnson
  1964, The Odyssey Press, Inc., -
  notes: donated by ?
  
• Clocks and Watches, Science Service
  1971, Nelson Doubleday, Inc., -
  notes: donated by ?