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Author : Hans Irrek
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783764368418
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (684 download)
Download or read book The Tangente from Nomos Glashütte written by Hans Irrek and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-07-19 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gene Stone
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683353358
Total Pages : 1477 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)
Download or read book The Watch, Thoroughly Revised written by Gene Stone and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 1477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Watch is the most popular book on vintage and contemporary mechanical watches, appealing to both beginners and experts. In the decade since it was published, the international audience of watch lovers and watch collectors has grown exponentially. It’s time for The Watch, Thoroughly Revised. For this new edition, the original author, Gene Stone, is joined by Stephen Pulvirent of Hodinkee.com. Together, they have thoroughly revamped the book to reflect the current state of the watch world, with the addition of new brands, new models, and more focused and nuanced coverage of the traditional brand leaders, including Rolex, Patek Philippe, Omega, and TAG Heuer.
Author : Stacy Perman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439190100
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)
Download or read book A Grand Complication written by Stacy Perman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two wealthy and powerful men engage in a decades-long contest to create and possess the most remarkable watch in history. James Ward Packard of Warren, Ohio, was an entrepreneur and a talented engineer of infinite curiosity, a self-made man who earned millions from his inventions, including the design and manufacture of America’s first luxury car—the elegant and storied Packard. Henry Graves, Jr., was the very essence of blue-blooded refinement in the early 1900s: son of a Wall Street financier, a central figure in New York high society, and a connoisseur of beautiful things—especially fine watches. Then, as now, expensive watches were the ultimate sign of luxury and wealth, but in the early twentieth century the limitless ambition, wealth, and creativity of these two men pushed the boundaries of mathematics, astronomy, craftsmanship, technology, and physics to create ever more ingenious timepieces. In any watch, features beyond the display of hours, minutes, and seconds are known as “complications.” Packard and Graves spurred acclaimed Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe to create the Mona Lisa of timepieces—a fabled watch that incorporated twenty-four complications and took nearly eight years to design and build. For the period, it was the most complicated watch ever created. For years it disappeared, but then it surfaced at a Sotheby’s auction in 1999, touching off a heated bidding war, shattering all known records when it fetched $11 million from an anonymous bidder. New York Times bestselling author Stacy Perman takes us from the clubby world of New York high society into the ateliers of the greatest Swiss watchmakers, and into the high-octane, often secretive subculture of modern-day watch collecting. With meticulous research, vivid historical details, and a wealth of dynamic personalities, A Grand Complication is the fascinating story of the thrilling duel between two of the most intriguing men of the early twentieth century. Above all, it is a sweeping chronicle of innovation, the desire for beauty, and the lengths people will go to possess it.
Author : Mitch Greenblatt
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500297575
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (975 download)
Download or read book Retro Watches written by Mitch Greenblatt and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2024-06-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible, design-savvy collector's guide to the world of unusual, rare and dazzlingly retro watches. Retro Watches is a popular, accessible collector's guide for anyone who wants to make a statement with the watch they wear, but who wants to choose a timepiece that is very different from the 'classic' and very mainstream watches by the major Swiss brands. It brings together the most intriguing, visually striking and 'out-there' watch designs from little-known but influential watch brands, along with overlooked but brilliant pieces from the major players. One hundred watch models are featured, specially photographed for the book and accompanied by accessible, informative texts discussing the watch's design, its intriguing features, and its rarity and value. The book also dives into the cultural and fashion history of watch design and the many innovations from the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Author : Guido Mondani
Publisher : Guido Mondani Editore e Ass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Rolex Day-Date written by Guido Mondani and published by Guido Mondani Editore e Ass. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PRESENTATION: ROLEX DAY-DATE, THE “PRESIDENT’S WATCH” The Rolex Day-Date is the first wristwatch which indicates the date and the day of the week. In 1956 Rolex presents one of its most successful and most popular watches ever: the Day-Date,. This model is one of the world’s most famous Rolex watches; classic, beautiful, functional, useful and elegant. In 2008 a new chapter of this watch, the Day-date II (ø 41 mm) and in 2015 the new Day-Date 40. Known as “President’s Watch”, this Rolex Day-Date has characterized and influenced the history of horology with developments and innovations during the years.With high definition unreleased images, technical details, dials variants, history and updated price of every model, this book analyses every reference from 1956 until today. TOPICS In this book the authors examine calibers, dials, cases, bracelets and many more components of every model. You’ll find all dials with their variants of color (Stella dial) and material(lapis lazuli, root wood, meteorite, etc). Furthermore: the first Rolex Day-Date, 1800 series, “pie-pan” dials, 18000 series, personalized dials, special series, vintage advertisements, box, papers, Oysterquartz Day-Date, 18200 and 18300 series,Day-Date II, Day-Date 40 and much more. We can read from an official Rolex document: « THE BIRTH OF THE “DATEJUST” AND THE “DAY-DATE” Not satisfied with having realized a selfwinding waterproof watch, we decided to dedicate ourselves to studying the calendar watch. This is how the “Datejust”, which clearly indicates the date on the dial in a small aperture with a Cyclops lens which enlarges it so as tomake it easier to read, was born. The next stage was the launch of the “Day-Date”, a perfected model which also indicates, with letters, the days of the week. The day and the date automatically change every evening at midnight. » These are the words of Roger Federer, a living tennis legend, about his Day-Date II: “The reason I like my Day-Date so much is because it is a legendary watch, elegant but with a certain spirit, with a touch ofmodernity added to its stylish black dial”.
Author : Peter Braun
Publisher : WW Norton
ISBN 13 : 0789260700
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)
Download or read book Wristwatch Annual 2019: The Catalog of Producers, Prices, Models, and Specifications written by Peter Braun and published by WW Norton. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide for the collector of mechanical wristwatches, with complete information on over 1,400 models from some 130 international brands With Wristwatch Annual, collectors have at hand a wealth of information on the latest offerings from today’s most important watch producers, from Swiss mainstays like Rolex and Patek Philippe to the maverick independent brands springing up across Europe and the U.S. The book is arranged alphabetically by producer, and the movement, functions, case, band, price, and variations of each pictured watch are fully described. This year’s edition, like its predecessors, will feature 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 watch care help acclimate the reader to the world of fine timepieces.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book German Brief written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Williams
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471437670
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (714 download)
Download or read book Adenauer written by Charles Williams and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2001-06-21 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Acclaim for ADENAUER "A gripping narrative . . . brings to life an intriguing historical figure . . . an enthralling perspective on the processes that shaped the postwar world." --Daily Telegraph (London) "Charts the ironies of Adenauer's complicated life. This is the story of a marathon man, but it is narrated at the pace of a sprinter and with the elegance of a hurdler."--The Times (London) "Lucid and engaging. This is a well-researched and elegantly written volume which deserves a wider readership than the purely political."--The Herald (Glasgow) "A highly readable, thoroughly reliable, intelligently critical life-and-times. . . . This portrait does justice to a man who is often invoked as a prophet of a United States of Europe, but who was in truth the greatest of German patriots."--Literary Review (London) "Well-researched and admirably written . . . reveals Adenauer the man--with all his authority and strength, his persistence and endurance, and his streak of ruthlessness and political cunning."--The Independent (London) THE LAST GREAT FRENCHMAN "Knowledgeable, lucid . . . the best English biography of de Gaulle."--The New York Times Book Review "Charles Williams has matched a great subject by something near to a great book."--Daily Telegraph (London)
Author : Rüdiger Bucher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783871880681
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (86 download)
Download or read book IWC Pilot's Watches written by Rüdiger Bucher and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Braun
Publisher : WW Norton
ISBN 13 : 0789260727
Total Pages : 1970 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)
Download or read book Wristwatch Annual 2020: The Catalog of Producers, Prices, Models, and Specifications (Wristwatch Annual) written by Peter Braun and published by WW Norton. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 1970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide for the collector of mechanical wristwatches, with complete information on over 1,400 models from some 130 international brands With Wristwatch Annual, collectors have at hand a wealth of information on the latest offerings from today’s most important watch producers, from Swiss mainstays like Rolex and Patek Philippe to the maverick independent brands springing up across Europe and the U.S. The book is arranged alphabetically by producer, and the movement, functions, case, band, price, and variations of each pictured watch are fully described. This year’s edition, like its predecessors, will feature 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 watch care help acclimate the reader to the world of fine timepieces.
Author : Gene Stone
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780810930933
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (39 download)
Download or read book The Watch written by Gene Stone and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wristwatch is the only jewellery that most men will wear, although many would not want to call it that. A watch may be a practical device for the sole purpose of telling the time as accurately as possible, a complicated machine, a wearable design object, or a status symbol. Some watch wearers, like scuba divers or pilots, rely on their timepieces for safety and survival. Gene Stone's The Watch covers all these things and more. It ranges over the world of watches without prejudice, mixing the old with the new, and the expensive with the economical. It introduces the fifty major brands that any watch collector must be familiar with. Essential wisdom on buying, collecting, maintaining and wearing watches is provided. And an encyclopedic glossary offers a crash course in watch lore. Best of all are the more than 500 photographs of terrific watches, including remarkable details of dials and movements, and selected for their beauty and diversity from collections around the world.
Author : New York History Review
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1950822087
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (58 download)
Download or read book 2019 Annual Edition written by New York History Review and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annual edition of New York History Review
Author : Giorgia Mondani
Publisher : Guido Mondani Editore e Ass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Rolex GMT-Master written by Giorgia Mondani and published by Guido Mondani Editore e Ass. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PRESENTATION: HOW TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE ROLEX GMT-MASTER The GMT-Master was created to meet the needs of Pan American Airways to supply its pilots with a wristwatch able to indicate the time back home and the time in their arrival destination simultaneously. It was necessary to give the pilots a “technical” wristwatch, which indicated simultaneously the two different times. It is from this point that the request arose from Pan Am to Rolex, to create a new watch for modern age aviators: a watch with two time zones. The name GMT-Master was chosen… Are you a watch collector and you need information about the Rolex GMT-Master? Are you a watch dealer and you want to know exactly what you are buying and selling? Do you want to know the real value of your GMT-Master? For all this and much much more, this book is perfect for you. You will also know the current value of every GMT-Master. TOPICS With high quality images, technical details and updated prices, this book shows and describes every GMT-Master and GMT-Master II reference. For each watch this guide explains every characteristic: crystal, bakelite bezel, anodized aluminium bezel, Cerachrom bezel, bracelet, case back, winding crown, case number with production year, dial, movement, hands, etc. Furthermore, the book shows: “Albino”, bachelite, “Batman”, bracelets, calibers, “circular” indexes, “circular edged” indexes, “Cornino” crown guards, “standard” crown guards, GMT hand with small arrow, Green Dial, Oysterlock, sunken holes, vintage advertisements, Underline, box, papers, the “Ice” model, “Chuck Yeager”, “Tiffany & Co.”, “Mission Everest”, dials with Arab coats of arms, … Attached are the updated estimates of every modern and vintage Rolex GMT-Master.
Author : Lucien Felix Trueb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780764343049
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Electrifying the Wristwatch written by Lucien Felix Trueb and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The electrification of the watch led to massive upheaval in the watch industry as mechanical chronometers built by Old World masters developed into electromechanical devices mass produced in Asia. In nearly 600 images and in-depth text, this book retraces the often circuitous paths that led from the electromagnetic pendulum clock to the modern quartz wristwatch. This well-researched volume focuses on the period between 1950 and 1985, but it also covers the long process of electrifying big clocks, which goes back to Alexander Bain's 1841 patent for an electrically operated magnetic pendulum clock. But the crowning achievement of this process was the further miniaturization of the timepiece into the modern quartz wristwatch. Follow the many different technical developments in Switzerland, France, Germany, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and the United States and see detailed images of components, schematics, and complete wristwatch movements from hundreds of makers, including Bulova, Hamilton, Omega, Rolex, and Seiko. This is an ideal book for horologists as well as those interested in the history of science and industry.
Author : Michael Dunlop Young
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500014431
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (144 download)
Download or read book The Metronomic Society written by Michael Dunlop Young and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marton Radkai
Publisher : WW Norton
ISBN 13 : 0789260638
Total Pages : 1959 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)
Download or read book Wristwatch Annual 2017: The Catalog of Producers, Prices, Models, and Specifications written by Marton Radkai and published by WW Norton. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 1959 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wristwatch Annual has become a classic for aficionados of fine watchmaking. It’s a one-stop shop for watch buying, offering complete specs and prices on over 1,400 models by more than 130 international brands, while also tracking the latest developments in the watch industry. In addition to the extensive A–Z section, which includes many new entries, senior editor Marton Radkai presents editorial features that take a closer look at a number of exciting American brands on the market today. Presenting a wide range of wristwatches, with exquisite color photographs and complete specifications for each watch, Wristwatch Annual provides collectors with a wealth of information close at hand. The book is arranged alphabetically by producer—within each producer’s section is a brief history of the brand (with contact information)—and specifications and materials for each watch, including price, movement, special features, complications, case, dial, band, and variations. Also included are a glossary and a guide to watch maintenance. The clear photography, structured layout, and lively writing also makes this book a pleasure to read or just browse. This year’s edition features updated and expanded content, focusing on new American brands.
Author : Matt Hranek
Publisher : Artisan
ISBN 13 : 1579658199
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (796 download)
Download or read book A Man & His Watch written by Matt Hranek and published by Artisan. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I’ve paged through stacks of books on the history of watches. . . . But I hadn’t come across a book that actually moved me until I picked up A Man and His Watch. The volume is filled with heartfelt stories.” —T: The New York Times Style Magazine "There are a bunch of beautifully illustrated watch books out there, but A Man & His Watch by Matt Hranek is more than that. It speaks to the nature of watches as deeply personal items." —Gear Patrol, Coffee Table Books Our Staff Can’t Live Without Paul Newman wore his Rolex Daytona every single day for 35 years until his death in 2008. The iconic timepiece, probably the single most sought-after watch in the world, is now in the possession of his daughter Clea, who wears it every day in his memory. Franklin Roosevelt wore an elegant gold Tiffany watch, gifted to him by a friend on his birthday, to the famous Yalta Conference where he shook the hands of Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. JFK’s Omega worn to his presidential inauguration, Ralph Lauren’s watch purchased from Andy Warhol’s personal collection, Sir Edmund Hillary’s Rolex worn during the first-ever summit of Mt. Everest . . . these and many more compose the stories of the world’s most coveted watches captured in A Man and His Watch. Matthew Hranek, a watch collector and NYC men’s style fixture, has traveled the world conducting firsthand interviews and diving into exclusive collections to gather the never-before-told stories of 76 watches, completed with stunning original photography of every single piece. Through these intimate accounts and Hranek’s storytelling, the watches become more than just timepieces and status symbols; they represent historical moments, pioneering achievements, heirlooms, family mementos, gifts of affection, and lifelong friendships.
