Dix écoles d'horlogerie suisses : chefs-d'oeuvre de savoir-faire : notices des oeuvres exposées / [Estelle Fallet (conception et réd.)].

Published on the occasion of the temporary exhibition of the Musée de l'horlogerie et de l'émaillerie presented at the Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève, from September 10, 2008 to January 11, 2009.

Ouvrage édité à l'occasion de l'exposition temporaire du Musée de l'horlogerie et de l'émaillerie présentée au Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève, du 10 septembre 2008 au 11 janvier 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-74).

Among the ten schools studied, those of Neuchâtel in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle, Neuchâtel and Fleurier.

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Catalog of the temporary exhibit 2008/2009 highlighting the achievements of 'School watches' created at the 10 historic horological schools of Switzerland. Consists of an augemented reprint of all the object labels of the exhibit and the posters and text in the exhibit rooms. Limited to 100 copies, includes time lines for the 19 schools and a bibliography. few black and white illustrations. (A more comprehensive book on the subject fully documenting the exhibited watches, with text by Antoine Simonin, and color images of all objects, is planed for early 2009)