American Wristwatches: Five Decades of Style and Design

by Edward Faber and Ettagale Blauer

Book 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764301713
• ISBN13: 9780764301711
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.4" x 12.0"