Last updated 1 February 2010 Orders totalling £100 or more will receive an automatic 10% discount at the checkout.
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Aubert (D.): Montres et Horlogers Exceptionnels de La Vallée de Joux (3 volumes) NEW. Set of 3 volumes, all illustrated. 203 pages, 1993; 215 pages, 1997; 231 pages, 2006. The volumes are a detailed history of watchmaking in the Vallée de Joux area of Switzerland from its origins to the present time. The industry's innovations and achievements are described in detail. Volume I includes chapters about Aubert Frères, Emile Lecoultre, François Lecoultre, Charles-Ami Lecoultre-Piguet, astronomical watch Dent No. 32573 and equation watch Breguet No. 4377. The 2nd volume includes chapters on musical watches, John-César Piguet, Charles Piguet, Paul Piguet-Capt, Alfred Aubert and Louis-Benjamin Audemars. The 3rd volume includes chapters on Samuel-Oliver Meylan, Louis Piguet, Nicole et Capt and their successors of London and the Joux Valley and Edmond Audemars. [French language]
***Automatic 10% discount at the checkout on this set of books.***
(Ref: N1299) Price: £165.00 |
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 | Baillie (G.H.): Watches Their History , Decoration and Mechanism NEW. 383 pages, 75 plates, facsimile reprint, 1979. Written in 1929 this is still a respected reference book on the subject and well worth reading. The book covers the history of 4 centuries of watch development with 189 b&w and 35 colour photographs, together with 82 line drawings of mechanisms. Essential reading. With dust jacket. (Ref: N506) More information
.. OUT OF STOCK Price: £29.95 |
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 | Chaille (F.): Girard-Perregaux NEW. 224 pages, well illustrated mainly in colour, English language edition, 2004. A well produced account of the famous Swiss firm of Girard-Perregaux from it origins in 1791 to today. The book opens with a brief history of time and continues with the history of the company illustrating fine examples of pocket watches and wristwatches made during the last 200 years. With dust jacket. (Ref: N704) OUT OF STOCK Price: £60.00 |
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 | LeCoultre (F.): A Guide to Complicated Watches NEW. 217 pages, 54 figures, 3rd edition, English language, 2004. A good book by a former professor at the Geneva School of Watchmaking. All types of complication are discussed in detail - striking mechanisms, astronomical work, chronographs, jumping seconds, quarter repeaters, perpetual calendars, equation work, etc. A useful book for enthusiasts and restorers. (Ref: N953) More information
.. Price: £37.50 |
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 | Pfeiffer-Belli (C.): Die Taschenuhrensammlung von Gerd Ahrens NEW. 2 volumes, 655 pages, about 1250 illustrations, number 187 of 1200 copies, 2006. An excellent reference book, describing and illustrating the Gerd Ahrens collection of 538 pocket watches with escapement drawings by David Penney. Each watch is described and illustrated with at least two colour photographs and a drawing of the escapement. The watches are grouped by their escapement type into 7 chapters (verge, cylinder, duplex, chronometer, tourbillon/karrusel, lever, miscellaneous). With dust jackets and slipcase. [German language] (Ref: N2110) Price: £175.00 |
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