(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Jul-2024, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526176257)
The business of time explores the evolution of the global watch industry from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, offering a comprehensive history of the sector. Watch production today is concentrated in three countries: Switzerland...Loe edasi...
Harrison Decoded: Towards a Perfect Pendulum Clock brings together the output of a forty-year collaborative research project that unpicked and put into practice the fine details of John Harrisons extraordinary pendulum clock system. Harriso...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2023, Hardback, Kirjastus: ACC Art Books, ISBN-13: 9781788840330)
• Published in collaboration with aBlogtoWatch.com - the worlds most popular watch blog• A beautifully constructed volume that lends itself to intimate visual horological voyeurism; witness the craftsmanship, design and sheer luxury...Loe edasi...
This beautifully illustrated volume provides an in-depth look at horology: the scientific study of time and timekeeping.Horology is a thorough introduction to the world of time and watchmaking. Brimming with more...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Oct-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: ACC Art Books, ISBN-13: 9781788841955)
The book covers the details and technical wonders of 60 wristwatch models that went down in history for their innovation in shapes, materials, and production methodsA style icon is linked to each decade the book covers, with the deca...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jul-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526162571)
This book follows the emergence and transformation of the watch industry throughout the world from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day. In so doing, it sheds new light on the way the global economy became established. W...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Jun-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198863915)
A General History of Horology describes instruments used for the finding and measurement of time from Antiquity to the 21st century. In geographical scope it ranges from East Asia to the Americas. The instruments described are set in their technic...Loe edasi...
An utterly dazzling book, the best piece of history I have read for a long time Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps Not merely an horologists delight, but an ingenious meditation on the nature and symbolism...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2020, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198816812)
Brings together the output of a forty-year collaborative research project that unpicked and put into practice the fine details of John Harrisons extraordinary pendulum clock system. Harrison predicted that his unique method of making pendulum clocks...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Jan-2020, Hardback, Kirjastus: ACC Art Books, ISBN-13: 9781851497836)
The history of Rolex is inextricably linked to its founder Hans Wilsdorf, who took the first steps in the world of Swiss watchmaking as he dreamed about a timepiece that could be worn around the wrist. This experimental research led Rolex to achieve...Loe edasi...
Rare Watches features more than fifty of the most unusual watches in the world, including incredible one-off models and collectors editions. From watches that have set new records in auction houses, to feats of modern technology and engineeri...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Jul-2019, Hardback, Kirjastus: ACC Art Books, ISBN-13: 9781851498291)
A fantastic reference work for the novice or the seasoned watch enthusiastFully illustrated with 470 color photographsBrand-Agnostic. Features a vast array of timepieces from over 90 manufacturersDespite th...Loe edasi...
Do you know that black holes can affect time?that Stonehenge is a giant calendar?that the Oracle Bones of the North China Plain predict the phases of the moon?that the Pyramids are giant compasses?how Jonathan Swift knew that Mars...Loe edasi...
The phenomena of Japan emerging as one of the most competitive industrial nations in the twentieth century and the general shift of competitiveness to East Asia since the 1980s have been widely studied by many scholars from different fields of the...Loe edasi...
A covetable celebration of watches and the stories at the heart of men’s obsession with them. Paul Newman wore his Rolex Daytona every single day for 35 years until his death in 2008. The iconic timepiece, p...Loe edasi...
• 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• Includes an informative and entertaining t...Loe edasi...
This handsome volume showcases master watchmaker Vacheron Constantin’s innovative Reference 57260 timepiece—a horological masterpiece and the most complicated watch ever made. Vacheron Constantin, the oldest watch manufacturer in the world, has been...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Feb-2017, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780190273484)
In a largely unscientific era, when maps were rarities, how did Romans envisage their farflung empire? By various means for certain, which Talbert now supplements in this novel study. He investigates a set of intriguing clues that to date have attr...Loe edasi...
The phenomena of Japan emerging as one of the most competitive industrial nations in the 20th century and the general shift of competitiveness to East Asia since the 1980s have been widely studied by many scholars from different fields of the soci...Loe edasi...
Sari: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jul-2016, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226379685)
The public spaces and buildings of the United States are home to many thousands of timepieces—bells, time balls, and clock faces—that tower over urban streets, peek out from lobbies, and gleam in store windows. And in the streets and squares ben...Loe edasi...
New volume to our bestselling The Watch Book series. A comprehensive look at the highest discipline of watchmaking: the complications - A perfect gift for watch connoisseurs and watch collectors From stopwatches and alarms, to world clocks...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Jul-2024, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526176257)
The business of time explores the evolution of the global watch industry from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, offering a comprehensive history of the sector. Watch production today is concentrated in three countries: Switzerland...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-May-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Watchprint com Sarl, ISBN-13: 9782940506613)
• A new edition of this bestseller, updated and expanded to include the latest Omega modelOne small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind and an extraordinary destiny for the watch that accompanied Man’s first steps on the Moon, t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Oct-2023, Hardback, Kirjastus: Watchprint com Sarl, ISBN-13: 9782940506538)
• In 2023 the Daytona 500 celebrates its 60th anniversary• The Daytona is the most popular Rolex model• Paul Newmans Rolex sold at auction for 17.8 million• Foreword by Phillips Fine Watches senior consu...Loe edasi...
This is the first illustrated guide devoted specifically to the highly collectable field of military watches and clocks. Detailed descriptions are given of more than 150 distinct models issued ov...Loe edasi...
Harrison Decoded: Towards a Perfect Pendulum Clock brings together the output of a forty-year collaborative research project that unpicked and put into practice the fine details of John Harrisons extraordinary pendulum clock system. Harriso...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2023, Hardback, Kirjastus: ACC Art Books, ISBN-13: 9781788840330)
• Published in collaboration with aBlogtoWatch.com - the worlds most popular watch blog• A beautifully constructed volume that lends itself to intimate visual horological voyeurism; witness the craftsmanship, design and sheer luxury...Loe edasi...
The essential guide for the collector of mechanical wristwatches, with complete information on over 1,400 models from 130 international brands...Loe edasi...
Longcase clocks were invidually hand-made during the golden age of change that took place between the late seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. Longcase clocks with their seventeenth century clock-making technology were innovative and incorpora...Loe edasi...
Two richly illustrated books presented in a slipcase—the result of a unique collaboration between teNeues and one of the most sought-after watch brands of our time235 rare watches from the history of watchmakingTwo lavish bo...Loe edasi...
This beautifully illustrated volume provides an in-depth look at horology: the scientific study of time and timekeeping.Horology is a thorough introduction to the world of time and watchmaking. Brimming with more...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Oct-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: ACC Art Books, ISBN-13: 9781788841955)
The book covers the details and technical wonders of 60 wristwatch models that went down in history for their innovation in shapes, materials, and production methodsA style icon is linked to each decade the book covers, with the deca...Loe edasi...
New paperback edition. A comprehensive and practical reference guide for Horologists.Of interest to anyone who has considered clock repair as a hobby or a profession and for the existing repairer. Covers typical clock movement; simple dismantling; cl...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jul-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526162571)
This book follows the emergence and transformation of the watch industry throughout the world from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day. In so doing, it sheds new light on the way the global economy became established. W...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Jun-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198863915)
A General History of Horology describes instruments used for the finding and measurement of time from Antiquity to the 21st century. In geographical scope it ranges from East Asia to the Americas. The instruments described are set in their technic...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Jun-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: The Crowood Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780719840883)
The watch has a long and fascinating history, from a fifteenth-century status symbol of the rich and powerful to the mass-produced everyday timepiece of modern times. This book describes the main technical developments across a 500-year timespan, fro...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781301135)
A long-awaited reprint of an important illustrated reference work on the general history of the watch from 1500 to 1980 A long-awaited reprint of an important illustrated reference work on the general history of the watch from 1500 to 1...Loe edasi...
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Wristwatch AnnualThis year’s edition, like its predecessors, features a variety of additional articles on independent watchmaking, key personalities in the watch world, and the technical aspects of horology. An illustrated glossary and a primer on wa...Loe edasi...
