Sébastien Chaulmontet & Joël Pynson: Chronographs For Collectors Book Review

A prime example of this is a highly specialized book titled Sébastien Chaulmontet & Joël Pynson: Chronographs For Collectors Where books such as Ryan Schmidt's The Wristwatch Handbook or at least for the sake of self-intimidation, Watchmaking by George Daniels are must-reads for novice watch lovers, some books are for the more seasoned enthusiasts and Chronographs For Collectors is no different As one would expect, the book discusses some of the basic details of chronographs, but the way one can truly learn about many of the countless more obscure specifications and weird offspring of this complication is by reading the book and the elaborate explanations of the some three dozen carefully selected variants.

The entire book really is a lot like sharing a dinner discussion with some genuinely knowledgeable and passionate collectors, collectors of the rare kind who are beyond the regurgitation of condescending marketing messages, appalling snobbery, or a beyond-all-else devotion to one-uppery, and are here to just share some of what they know about whatever weird, obscure aspect of watches they enjoy collecting One last neat detail in the book is how clearly the authors set out to feature 30 watches but when the book arrives at the 30th, they end up providing not one, but 9 different options - because they simply didn't want to/couldn't leave any of them out Priced at $199 on Amazon, Sébastien Chaulmontet & Joël Pynson: Chronographs For Collectors comes at the cost of a few nice straps or perhaps a rather fancy dinner - but it has conversation material that would last more than a few of the latter.

This book is a must-read not because it's an obvious choice, but rather because once you've read it, you'll get closer to the extensive versatility of chronographs filled not only with clever engineering, but with impressive creativity - something sorely missing from so much of today's luxury watch industry. . Source