Watches: A Selection from the Ashmolean Museum (Ashmolean Handbooks) - Softcover

Ashmolean Museum

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185444218X ISBN 13: 9781854442185

Publisher: Ashmolean Museum, 2008

Synopsis

Thirty of the finest timepieces have been selected for their artistry and their mechanism for this publication. The history and development of watch design and decoration are explored with examples dating from the mid-16th to the mid-19th cenDEC 2006ry.

About this title

About the Author:

David Thompson studied clock and watch making at Hackney College, East London between 1977 and 1979. He became an assistant curator in the Horological Section in 1979 and has been senior curator of horology since 1995. David has responsibility for about 7,000 objects, including about 1,000 clocks, 4,500 watches and other horological materials.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ashmolean Museum
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 185444218X
• ISBN 13: 9781854442185
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96