Johann Wolffgang Hartich : chef d'œuvre, Augsburg / Ludwig Oeschlin ; traduction française, Gauthier de Salis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Editions "Institut l'homme et le temps"Publisher: La Chaux-de-Fonds : Musée international d'horlogerie, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 84 pages, 83 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 2940088209
  • 3898962768
  • 9782940088201
  • 9783898962766
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Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room QB107 .O3514 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000008033

31560000008033 10656

French language edition of an extremly detailed "catalog" (i.e.inventory and description) of an Augsburg made masterpiece clock movement made in 1712 according to the 16th century rules of the local guild, plus a "fake" case by an unknown maker added between 1987 and 2004, plus some thoughts and musings on "fakeness", authenticity, and the "restoration" of timepieces. 147 illustrations, many in co

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