George Adams: Watchmaker's Plain and Screwcutting Lathes. Catalogue 1931 (covers most of the lathes and milling machines marketed during the period the period 1910 - 1940) Profusely illustrated.
Now in its sixth edition, this book is the definitive work on the small precision lathes for watchmakers, past and present. The chapter 'Lathes of the World' is a source of detailed information on lathes and accessories, the manufacture of which ceased many years ago.