| Grand Complications VII: High Quality Watchmaking, Volume VII Contributor(s): Tourbillon International (Author) |
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ISBN: 0847836002 ISBN-13: 9780847836000 Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Antiques & Collectibles | Clocks & Watches - Art |
| Dewey: 739.3 |
| Series: Grand Complications |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 9.36" W x 11.42" (4.61 lbs) 504 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Grand Complications, Vol. VII provides a detailed overview of complicated watchmaking. Published by Tourbillon International, this reference work for connoisseurs deals with each of the major horological complications by theme, from their history through to their most recent developments. Multi-complications, minute repeaters and sonneries, tourbillons, equations of time, perpetual calendars, chronographs, jump hours and retrograde mechanisms, GMTs and multiple time zones are reviewed in great detail. The latest creations by over 23 elite watch manufacturers are displayed and accompanied by technical descriptions, comprising more than 400 pages in this book that already has earned respect among connoisseurs. |