Johann Wolffgang Hartich : Meisterstück, Augsburg / Ludwig Oechslin.
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TextPublisher: La Chaux-de-Fonds : Editions "Institut L'Homme et le temps" : Vertrieb und Auslfg. : Musée international d'horlogerie, [2006]Description: 84 pages, [83] pages of plates; 29 cmContent type: - still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9782940088218
- 2940088217
- 9783898962582
- 389896258X
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German 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 color, detailed schematics of geartrain, all 51 wheels and 215 moving or loadbearing pieces individually illustrated and described Clock now at MIH museum in LA Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland.
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