Published by World Photo Press, 1998
You are only going to curl up on a sofa with your favourite watch book if you have some kind of horological affliction. It's a tough genre to crack for would-be publishers. Aficionados are never satisfied with watch books: there aren't enough pictures, they're too technical, not technical enough. Every watch is out of my price league or it's so large and heavy that it's practically impossible to read.
Some of the famous ones, which are usually out of print, are very expensive and almost impossible to get hold of. Take for example Jaeger-LeCoultre: The Ultimate Guide for the Collector by Zaf Basha. I'd love to get hold of this, but finding a copy is next to impossible. Then there is Omega Watches, Longines Watches and a number of other goodly tomes (the Longines book is supposed to particularly good) by John Goldberger, the nom de plume taken by the Italian watch collector and expert, Auro Montanari. Again next to impossible to find.
One out of print book I do have which is a goldmine of useful information is Zenith, Swiss Watch Manufacture since 1865 by Manfred Rossler. This for a Zenith obsessive is almost unputdownable, if there is such a word.
Or how about this excellent book on Heuer chronographs:
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