Josh SimsRetro Watches: The Modern Collectors' Guide

Great book with great pictures on the subject

I'm somewhat amused by how Swiss centric some books are. One such example of blatant example of bias is Retro Watches, which unsurprisingly focus on the 60-70's. Retro designed watches is a subject that I really love but somehow this books makes it appear as if nothing ever happened east of the Rhine or south of the Alps. There are a few French watches mentioned (perhaps because from a horoligical POV they may be considered a somewhat diluted kinda Swiss thing), but nothing about Italian watch industry or, God forbids, the Germans. American companies are only mentioned if they had the good grace to move their operation to Switzerland and perhaps there are still hard feelings in Switzerland about what the quartz revolution and Seiko did to their business, the Japanese watch industry is completely MIA from the book.It's still a very good book to browse if you like to admire the design and look of watches from an area that was the golden age of wrist watches (IMO) as long as you don't mind that there is not a lot of text and that the focus is mostly on the Swiss watch industry.

Received the book yesterday (13.01.2023) via UPS. The book is simply excellent and has a lot of interesting and useful information. Recommended for lovers of watch history.

Some interesting info, Nice pics. Should be about 30% cheaper.

Informative with great illustrations and commentary. Great read all around and good info in some watches you may not know of!

It's a great book. Very informative with lots of great photos. Gave it as a Christmas gift

Very good reading, I finally end looking and buying this kind of retro looking 70s watches. Grooovy baby

Superb narratives and pictures chronicling some truly interesting retro watches.

well structured and focused on interesting niche

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Great book, quick delivery

Anche se totalmente scritto nella lingua inglese lo trovo fantastico nei contenuti e nelle foto., ovviamente descrive gli orologi vintage dal disegno moderno.

Finally this new widely anticipated have-to-have watch book arrived at my doorstep today. 256 pages of an eclectic array of timepieces from an era immediately recognizable by its colourful dusty pastel printed media. Watch designs breaking away from trusted, broad and safely accepted styles were given new bold unapologetic linear, sleek and experimental watch case and dial designs with a big wink to futuristic adventures. The world was in a spell of exciting dreams and science to travel through space as a proven possibility. From this era every design from fashion, cars, homes, books, comics, toys, movies, household products and advertising will immediately relate to the amazing timepieces we see in this beautiful book bringing us back to a colourful future where dreams were still so free, adventurous and with endless possibilities. The stunning photography of Tyler Little recreated the feel and depth of the era as if it was kept freshly bottled and spilled over the pages like can still smell it. Josh Sims and Mitch Greenblatt have put together a top shelf collectors item and I’m very happy having added one to my collection... and two for gifts 😉