500 years 100 watches

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From two of the world’s leading experts on watch collecting, this supremely elegant and informative selection of one hundred watches traces the timepiece’s evolution as it highlights unusual, important, and beautifully crafted watches of the past half a millennium.

For centuries people have been captivated by watches—whether for their technical precision, their unique design, or their historic importance. Each of the one hundred watches profiled in this elegant book stands out for one or more of these qualities. Organized chronologically and divided by century, the watches are presented in spacious, double-page spreads, featuring exquisite photography with engaging, incisive texts.

Readers will discover examples of the earliest watch forms; an astonishing Elizabethan-era watch with astrolabic dial; an early 17th century watch encased in a single emerald; two of the earliest watches to incorporate the balance spring—a feature that revolutionized the portable timekeeper; and some of the first repeating and perpetual calendar watches. These are followed by the first lever watch, invented by Thomas Mudge; important precision watches; early 19th century enamel and automaton watches; highly complex watches by Breguet and Patek Philippe; Sir Winston Churchill’s yellow gold World Time Victory watch; a Rolex wristwatch made to commemorate Indian Republic Day; an Omega Speedmaster that went into space; and a Roger Smith wristwatch completed in 2023.

Featuring exquisitely reproduced photographs that are appearing for the first time together in book form, this historic collection will appeal to sophisticated collectors, amateur watch enthusiasts, and anyone with an interest in the art and science of horology.

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A Man and His Watch

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Paul newman wore his daytona rolex every single day for 35 years until his death in 2008 the iconic timepiece probably the single most sought after watch in the world is now in the possession of his daughter clea who wears it every day in his memory franklin roosevelt wore an elegant gold tiffa Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

The Wristwatch Handbook

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Despite the functional obsolescence of the mechanical wristwatch our phones and computers tell more accurate time the early 21st century has seen a boom in the development production and appreciation of all things horological whether it is presented to the collector as an alternative investment Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

The Watch

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Now repackaged in an attractive and great value for money format this overview of twentieth century horology combines stunning pictures of the most covetable time pieces with the unparalleled expertise of a world renowned vintage watch dealer this impeccably researched and lavishly illustrated boo Uiterlijk 17 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 03 oktober 2023

Aantal pagina's: 304

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Alexander Barter

Tweede Auteur: Daryn Schnipper

Hoofduitgeverij: Random House Inc

Editie: 1

Product breedte: 270 mm

Product hoogte: 29 mm

Product lengte: 309 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 270 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 29 mm

Verpakking lengte: 309 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 2098 g

EAN: 9783791379753

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