500 Years 100 Watches Daryn Schnipper Prestel Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Graphic Design

From Two Of The World\ S Leading Experts On Watch Collecting This Supremely Elegant And Informative Selection One Hundred Watches Traces Timepiece\ Evolution As It Highlights Unusual Important Beautifully Crafted Past Half A Millennium For Centuries People Have Been Captivated By Watches-Whether Their Technical Precision Unique Design Or Historic Importance Each Profiled In Book Stands Out More These Qualities Organized Chronologically Divided Century Are Presented Spacious Double-Page Spreads Featuring Exquisite Photography With Engaging Incisive Texts Readers Will Discover Examples Earliest Forms An Astonishing Elizabethan-Era Astrolabic Dial Early 17Th Encased Single Emerald To Incorporate Balance Spring-A Feature That Revolutionized Portable Timekeeper Some First Repeating Perpetual Calendar Followed Lever Invented Thomas Mudge 19Th Enamel Automaton Highly Complex Breguet Patek Philippe Sir Winston Churchill\ Yellow Gold World Time Victory Rolex Wristwatch Made Commemorate Indian Republic Day Omega Speedmaster Went Into Space Roger Smith Completed 2023 Exquisitely Reproduced Photographs Appearing Together Form Collection Appeal Sophisticated Collectors Amateur Enthusiasts Anyone Interest Art Science Horology Σελίδες: 304 Διαστάσεις: 24 1X24 1Cm