TY - BOOK AU - Thompson,David TI - Watches SN - 9780714150550 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - British Museum KW - British Museum KW - Catalogs KW - fast KW - Clocks and watches KW - History KW - Pocket watches KW - United Kingdom KW - Catalog UK-London watch antique KW - Pocket Watch KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The British Museum watch collection tells the story of the watch which spans an incredible 500 years. Within the collection are examples ranging from sixteenth-century early stackfreed watches made in south Germany to exquisite decorative watches of the seventeenth century ER -