Flechon, Dominique, <br/><br/>
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. 
 - English-language edition. 
 - 455 pages :  color illustrations ;  28 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (page 453) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9782080200808 2080200801 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157  SAN 201-3975 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB1A3418  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015880316  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Horology--History.<br/>Clocks and watches--History.<br/>Clock and watch making--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>clock watch Timekeeper (general) History