| Grand Complications, Volume VIII Contributor(s): Tourbillon International (Author) |
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ISBN: 0847837513 ISBN-13: 9780847837519 Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Antiques & Collectibles | Clocks & Watches |
| Series: Grand Complications |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 9.1" W x 11.2" (4.75 lbs) 544 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Grand Complications, Volume VIII provides a detailed overview of complicated watchmaking. 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. With the latest creations by more than twenty-three elite watch manufacturers displayed and accompanied by technical descriptions, this book has earned respect among connoisseurs. |