Watch price giude book

[Douglas1701]

Is there a better watch price guide book than "The complete price guide to watches" by cooksey shubert?

Everytime I try to look up a watch in it I can not find it.....need something better if its available.

Thanks,

Doug

[clockboy]

The price guide books only really cover the high end watches and only give guide prices. If by any chance you think you have a rare/valuble watch or clock in the Uk "Bonhams auction house" have specialists who can advise & sell.  However you could try this one that could be more comprehensive . "Wristwatch Annual 2016"

by Peter Braun

or this one to be found on the Bay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-A-C-Becken-1949-Jewelry-Diamonds-Tools-Novelties-Catalog-Price-Guide-/371867720873?hash=item56950b1ca9:g:kOgAAOSwA3dYkpqW

[wls1971]

I find watch price guides to be of dubious use any way, the well worn phrase its only worth what someone is willing to pay comes to mind but it does hold true the best reliable guide I find nowadays is Ebay search for previous auction sales (not buy it nows people list at such unrealistic prices its never a good way to determine price) and see what has been bid on a Item there are so many factors to price such as condition, rarity, desirability.

The Shugart books are good to have for model identification and serial number information but it would be impossible to produce a book with every model ever produced it would have to be the size of the encyclopidea britannica to do that.

I have over the years built up quite a collection of books on individual companys or individual watch types such as military watches, chronographs and automatic watches it has been expensive but worth the investment to gain knowledge.

So the answer IMO is no you will not find a one size fits all watch book for pricing watches

 

[phuckaduck]

Hi all ,can any one say what would be a good watch to look out for besides the most obvious