Technique and history of the Swiss watch
[by] Eugène Jaquet and Alfred Chapuis with the cooperation of G. Albert Berner and Samuel Guye.
- [Revised edition.].
- 272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Translation of Histoire et technique de la montre suisse de ses origines à nos jours.
The beginnings of watch-making in Switzerland -- The introduction of the watch industry to the Jura, and its development -- The eighteenth century -- Decoration of the watch and of the movement from 1750 to 1850 -- The commerce of watch-making -- The nineteenth century and the beginnings of the mechanical manufacture of the watch -- Chronometry -- The later evolution of the modern watch -- Development of the Swiss watch industry from 1945 to 1968 -- Index of Swiss watchmakers and other craftsmen up to 1900.
Translated from the French.
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Clock and watch making--Switzerland. Clocks and watches--Switzerland. Clock and watch making. Clocks and watches.
Switzerland.
Watchmaking industry Switzerland, 1510-1968 Switzerland Technical Watch (general) History