Grand Complications: High Quality Watchmaking - Softcover

Childers, Caroline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0847827550 ISBN 13: 9780847827558

Publisher: Rizzoli, 2005

Synopsis

For six years, Watches International, the original annual of the world's finest wristwatches, has set the standard for up-to-date reference guides devoted to luxury timepieces. Now Tourbillon International, the publishers of Watches International, is proud to present Grand Complications, which delves into the complexities of high-end watchmaking, offering a survey of watches and timepieces of the highest quality, from the most exclusive luxury brands.This first edition devotes chapters to tourbillons, repeaters and sonneries, chronograph rattrapantes, perpetual calendars, equations of time, astronomical indicators, GMTs, retrogrades and host of novelties. It explores the roots and origins of these complications as a complete compendium of brands and watches that fall within the realm of haute horology, complete with full-color images and detailed technical descriptions. It also features more than 1,000 full-color photographs, a full glossary, and contact information for each house, making this the must-have reference for watch collectors, connoisseurs and professionals.

About this title

About the Author:

Tourbillon International has published six consecutive volumes of Watches International and remains an expert in the field.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0847827550
• ISBN 13: 9780847827558
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 500