The mastery of time : a history of timekeeping, from the sundial to the wristwatch : discoveries, inventions and advances in master watchmaking / Dominique Fléchon ; foreword by Franco Cologni.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: Paris : Flammarion , [2011]Publisher: Genève : Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Edition: English-language editionDescription: 455 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9782080200808
  • 2080200801
Uniform titles:
  • Conquête du temps. English
Subject(s):
Contents:
Horology, a child of astronomy, from the origins to the late thirteenth century -- From clock to watch, fourteenth to sixteenth century -- Achieving precision, sixteenth to eighteenth century -- During the industrial revolution, 1790-1918 -- Wristwatches : from the practicality of mechanics to the accuracy of quartz, 1920-2000 -- Precious and technical fine watchmaking : 2000 to the present.
Holdings
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room QB209 .F54 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000011011

Includes bibliographical references (page 453) and indexes.

Horology, a child of astronomy, from the origins to the late thirteenth century -- From clock to watch, fourteenth to sixteenth century -- Achieving precision, sixteenth to eighteenth century -- During the industrial revolution, 1790-1918 -- Wristwatches : from the practicality of mechanics to the accuracy of quartz, 1920-2000 -- Precious and technical fine watchmaking : 2000 to the present.

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