The Watch Book-More Than Time Vol II /anglais/allemand - Couverture rigide

Brunner, Gisbert L.

 
9783961713608: The Watch Book-More Than Time Vol II /anglais/allemand
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 396171360X ISBN 13 : 9783961713608
Editeur : teNeues Media GmbH & Co. KG, 2022

Synopsis

Volume II of The Watch Book follows on the successful and comprehensive earlier volume with a magnificently illustrated book about the additional functions and refinements of wristwatches. For centuries, so-called "complications" - any feature of a mechanical timepiece beyond the display of hours, minutes and seconds - have embodied the crowning glory of fine mechanical watchmaking. Among the earliest of these are alarm clocks and calendar movements. Moon phase displays have also been known for several cen

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À propos de l'auteur

Gisbert L. Brunner (b. 1947) is a renowned German expert and historian in the field of watches. He has been involved with wristwatches, pendulum clocks and other precision timepieces since 1964. He has written for GQ, ZEIT Magazin and Chronos from the early 1980s onwards, and he has written more than 20 books on the subject of watches.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Volume II of The Watch Book follows on the successful and comprehensive earlier volume with a magnificently illustrated book about the additional functions and refinements of wristwatches. For centuries, so-called "complications" - any feature of a mechanical timepiece beyond the display of hours, minutes and seconds - have embodied the crowning glory of fine mechanical watchmaking. Among the earliest of these are alarm clocks and calendar movements. Moon phase displays have also been known for several cen

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Éditeur
teNeues Media GmbH & Co. KG
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
396171360X
ISBN 13 
9783961713608
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
224
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