I have left the book
description and pictures
intact so you can
see them and read
the ad-do no be confused
as this is the CD LISTING
for $15.00 Reduced not
the book listing for
$40.00 Reduced.
Beginning to End Vintage
American POCKET Watches,
Dials, & Cases.
Identification & Price Guide
1830-2009 Roy Ehrhardt-
William Meggers
MEMORIAL EDITION
SCANNED PDF FILE ADOBE READER
8 1/2 x 11 inches or
215 x 275 mm - 2 lbs
Full Color 85 pages
total of 469 Pages 469
pages Total with 90 pages
with 339 watches in
FULL COLOR-in addition
including 245 movement
and dial pictures of the
most sought Railroad &
American Movements
and Specialty Dials known.
Read This Carefully:
This is for those of you
who do not know-BUT
DO KNOW- there is
information about watches
they do not know that
they do not know and
know they are missing
and giving away valuable
watches with no knowledge
of it at all!- AND- Are
willing to pay for knowledge
rather than using the old
saying of Roy. The only
substitute for knowledge
is money! Think about it.
Money does not equal
knowledge, but it seems
like it to those using it
as their Guide.
The book costs $40.00-
FOR A REASON and the CD
is the book on a read
advance PDF file Adobe .
This is the culmination
of knowledge of
the life of Roy Ehrhardt
and William Meggers.
This book has 93 color
pages of remarkable
watches with more
remarkable prices
realized in the New York
Watch Auction of the
Century of American
Watches. The updates
were done by Roy, Larry,
and Bill just before Bill's
death. Collectors and
Dealers need this book
for variations are shown
that were first shown in
the 1970's Price
Indicators of Roy Ehrhardt,
along with many new
dial and movement
variations. More variations
appear monthly as old
watches are still out there
being inherited, sold and
found in pawn shop safes,
and watchmakers
drawers. Collectors who
have long standing
experience know that
one piece of knowledge
in each book will pay
for the price of that book
and more. IF ATTENTION
is paid to the information
contained THEREIN and
it does not become a
coffee table collector
edition. This is not for
coffee table watch
collecting but for Avid
Rabid Watch fantics
seeking the fun of the
hunt and needing the
tools of the trade
of the Knowledgeable
Elite Dealer. Roy
Ehrhardt's Books are
proven reliable information
and all us early dealers
have everything he ever
wrote in books and know
it is money in the bank
& jewels in our collections.
You can be an average
collector or dealer
and still as the old saying
goes- EVEN A BLIND HOG
FINDS AN ACORN ONCE
IN AWHILE. I have
received calls where
my answer was- you
do not have that watch
they only made 25-
and the reply was
come and see it for
yourself it just came in
the front door and cost
$150.00, a 23 jewel
Sangamo Special Hunter.
Other similar watches are
waiting and being
bought, you might as well
own the rare watches
that pass through your
hands or at least receive
the right money for them.
I have been told to-
-Dumb Down--
This Introduction and
this book would sell
better for it is above the
watch traders level of
understanding.
THE PURPOSE of
this book is to raise the
level of understanding
of the watches that
are weekly passing
through your hands from
pawn shops, gold
buyouts, and collections
breaking up due to
the desperate economy
we are now all in.
If I dumb this introduction
down you will still be
dumb. This book can fix
dumb, it can train you
to detail and critical
examination but willful
ignorance cannot be fixed.
If you choose not to
know more than you
presently know when
opportunity is presented
the level of collecting
you are at will remain
the same. Ignorance
does not mean lack of
all knowledge but
lack of knowledge
you are unaware of
that others are aware of.
This book is the culmination
of wisdom and research
information of the
life of Roy Ehrhardt,
Col. George Townsend,
and Bill Meggers along
with the list of contributors
and the unlisted thousands
that took serial numbers
and movement variations
for Roy and Bill and
all of us at the start
of Col. Townsend's
publishing career who
recorded serial numbers
for him. George and
Roy have a large record
of correspondence over
the years as he was a
large contributor to Roy's
work in later years.
ATTENTION-ATTENTION-
ATTENTION to Detail
and Comprehension of
features of what you are
looking at that is Unique
or Special sets apart the
watch trader from the
knowledgeable dealer
or collector. Dial
Variations-Colored
Dials and RR Inspector
names make a remarkable
difference in price
to a low jeweled or
gold-filled watch. A
Railroad grade watch
can be boosted in price
as much as 10 times or
more. Jeweler Names
and Personalized
Special order customer
names are the sleeper
of the present and future
according to Larry Ehrhardt.
Many dealers have made
a good side living buying
and selling these
personalized name watches
for years. The value of
this book is to use this
book as a Study Guide.
To benefit from it you
must have the desire to
Focus your Attention to
the Critical Variations of
movement models that
make the Dramatic
Difference in prices from
one to the same one with
the gold flashing or
special dial or special
RR Inspector name or
other feature that is
a special order or short
factory run, or a- ONE OFF-
for a special reason.
Workmen took home with
and without permission
movements and when
companies were in hard
times or closing paid
salaries in movements
and workmen finished
these at home or
sometimes on company
premises. Factory hand
finished movements are
more valuable than most
home finished movements
by workmen, but
exceptions exist where
the home finished
movement is superior to
the finish of a company
production. Patent Models
are also found using factory
movements finished by
a workman to show his
patent- regulators-are
one common example-
but 8 day or special
escapement models also
show up and special
dial train features.
The Most Comprehensive
Identification &Price Guide
Ever Written Combined
as A Memorial Edition
with IN COLOR the Most
Important Auction of
339 American Vintage
Watches this Century,
including 14 pages with
245 pictures of the most
sought American &
Railroad Movements
& Specialty Dials Known.
4 pages of Dial Foot
Positions to Identify ALL
American Dials, Including
American Movement
Weights in Pennyweights.
922 EA drawings on
82 pages to identify ALL
American Watch
Movements with or
without identifying
writing on the plates.
Serial Numbers &
Grades with Production
Dates for Ball-Hamilton-
Rockford in 30 pages.
3 pages Watch Company
Production Dates.
203 pages of over 11,000
Alphabetical listings
of ALL known American
Watches with over 1,100
RR Inspectors and
Private Label Names
LISTED ALPHABETICALLY.
This book Identifies
every one of the 100
million jeweled and
300 million unjeweled
American-Made POCKET
WATCHES dating from
1830-2000. This is the
Foundational Definitive
Work of American Pocket
Watches. A Reference
Work Referred to the
WORLD over by Auction
Houses, Pawn Shops,
Coin Shops, Antique
Dealers, Appraisers,
DEALERS and COLLECTORS
to separate the Cheap
from the Rare, Cheap
watches are not cheap
they never raise in value
over time, they STEAL
your Money, junk returns
to junk after the trend is
over Quality is Quality
forever and MINT is
MONEY. The Only
Substitute for
KNOWLEDGE is MONEY,
Information makes the
Knowledge, Knowledge
creates confidence in
investing and confidence
in buying creates a market
according to how deep
the pockets of the buyers
are, WIDESPREAD
Knowledge creates a
Supermarket or a Trend
resulting in a collecting
field, The End Result is
dedicated collectors of
the scarce and finer
examples. There are
always buyers of the
cheap watches but we
are talking about
INVESTING for PROFIT
not accumulation of
quantity. DISCRETION
AND WISDOM DETERMINE
THE RESULT.
Beginners become experts
through proper resource
materials. The Hstory of
this Book: This book was
first released and 1987
and updated in 1994 and
1998 and 1999 and
released in small editions
and again updated in
2000 by Roy Ehrhardt
and Bill Meggers, Put
into full 8 1/2x 11 format
for study use, and revised
and corrected until 2002
when Bill Meggers passed
away, Larry Ehrhardt
updated the prices and
Roy finished the proof
copy corrections in 2003
and due to health and
2 hurricanes passing
directly through Umatilla,
Florida and seriously
damaging the building
this book was never
released and printed.
Roy died in 2004. I have
combined this book with
2 others making a
Memorial Edition.
The most Complete Book
of the most Important
Information on American
Pocket Watches
Available.
This is the Collector's
Collector Book and the
Pawnbrokers Dream the
Rare Stuff with the prices
without all the trash.
This book should sell
Thousands of copies
and upon widespread
distribution prices will
skyrocket on Mint Perfect,
Multicolored Dials,
Gold-Filled Mint Cases,
Railroad Cases for Special
Models. Private Label
Names and Railroad
Inspector's Names.Gold
Unique Multicolor
Pocketwatches
in All Sizes with
Interesting Mint Multicolor
Dials. The prices now
in this book for auction
results will be dealer
wholesale prices and
Are Now on many of the
watches listed.
WE SELL RELIABLE
INFORMATION
On Consideration of
the Cost of 90 pages of
Color Printing with
8 1/2 x 11 Format
for Easy Reading and
Notations---No Better
Value is available in
the Pocket Watch
Price Guide Field.