The Wristwatch Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Mechanical Wristwatches Hardcover – Illustrated, 20 May 2024

Such a great read as well as looking beautiful on my coffee table!

This really is a fantastic book. There’s so much fascinating detail in here on complications, finishing, history, it’s actually pretty tricky to put down and my first read was about 3 days.Ryan is super passionate about watches, that much is clear, and it must have taken so much time and effort to collect all of this knowledge and present it in a way that is engaging and easy to deconstruct.This is my go to for everything Watches and I’ll be reading it and referring to it many times in the future. If you’re considering this as a gift for someone that’s into watches, I strongly recommend it! I’d be delighted to receive this. Can’t wait for book 2!

Received this as a Christmas gift. It's awesome especially in size & weight - it makes my legs go numb if I read for too long! Although I will never be able to afford the super luxury watches pictured in the book it does allow me to see where many of the designs in my affordable watch collection come from. Many of these expensive watches are bland & some are bug ugly - and Colour is conspicuous by its absence. There are watches in here that don't tell the time & there are 2 which are very pornographic - go figure! If it wasn't for folks with more money than sense there would be fewer nice, affordable things for the rest of us to buy. This is the ultimate coffee table book - just make sure the coffee table is sturdy!

An excellent book for all watch movement fanatics. The diagrams and exploded views of the movements are outstanding. The glossy images of the watches will have you salivating. Worth every penny.

despite being a wristwatch obsessive I put off buying this. I thought I'd rather save the money for my next watch and anyway I have enough unread books in the house. I was wrong to have waited. I've heard the author on the Scottish Watches Podcast a number of times and always appreciated his self-deprecating wit - reader, he finally wore me down. No regrets however as the book is beautifully illustrated and cogently written. it is as much a celebration of beauty as it is of engineering and a must have.

A magnificent tome on high end wristwatches. Comprehensive,beautiful and significantly more affordable than its subject!🤗

A great book with high quality print and images.If you love watches, or you want to take a dive in the world of watches then definitely check this book out.Sometimes you might need to reread parts to get a better understanding, but it does give you a really good explanation about how watches work, the different complications, the parts of the movement and some history to them as well.The pictures are really good and detailed.If you are new to this industry, this is the book to start with.

I seen this book on you tube and thought to myself another watch book at £400-600, so I checked Amazon, purchased immediately for less than £40, it’s as good or better than any £4-600 book iv bought , less than 24hrs later it was delivered👏, amazing photography, great writing, if you love watches just buy it,you won’t be disappointed