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Russian Wristwatches, Pocket Watches, Stop Watches, on Board Clock and Chronometers (Schiffer books for collectors)
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #495312 in Books
- Published on: 1998-12-11
- Original language: German
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 96 pages
Customer Reviews
Russian Wristwatches
Juri Levenberg's book attempts to portray itself as a historical reference source relating to the vast range of watches produced by the former USSR. Unfortunately, the contents and range are largely based upon his own private collection and the book therefore takes on more the role of a catalogue to his own interests.
That is not to say that the book is not a worthwhile purchase for anyone interested in the history of USSR horology with a few pages set aside for each of the major watch factories and their history.
Where this book scores is in presenting an overview of the range of watches available, cataloguing one persons collection, and whetting the appetite for more.
Juri has tackled a subject with vast potential and actually managed to achieve a useful book full of pictures and details of some of the more interesting USSR watches. The only real downside is that it can be a very dry read at times.
The USSR generally produced low quality watches for the masses, with only the best from the original 1st and 2nd Moscow watch factories having any real merit. Therefore there were many cheaply made watches produced with only the propaganda message on the dial to separate them. Therefore there are a great number of variations to choose from. This book mainly describes the interests of one collector, and therefore is itself somewhat limited to what interested that person when they were building their own personal collection. It is not an exhaustive reference book of all the watches available from the USSR factories over the years, but as a catalogue to this one collection it is still of interest.
As a 'pick it up anytime and dive in to discover new snippets' style of bedside reading book - this fails to win me over, but it still has pride of place in the Russian section of my own library.
If you are interested in watch collecting and wish to include the former USSR then this should be one of the first books you should buy, but be warned ...although a good book of it's type... it is at times a very 'dry' read indeed, and at other times delivers more than just a passing nod towards the 'anorak' style of reader.
Watches
Very useful for valueing Russian watches, could show more Russian makes as this book would appear to be more of the editors personal choice.
