Chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection Sandoz : catalogue d'exposition / Musée d'horlogerie du Locle, Château des Monts ; [réd.: Ephrem Jobin, Gabriel Jacot et Scharon Kerman].

Published on the occasion of the exhibition open from May 24 to October 31, 2009, as well as as part of the 50th anniversary of the Locle Watchmaking Museum, Château des Monts.

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Lavishly produced comprehensive catalog of 89 extraordinary objects form the collection of Edouard Maurice Sandoz (1881-1971) as exhibited temporarily in 2009 at the Chauteau des Monts horological museum in Le Locle Switzerland, includes 3 Faberge eggs, numerous pocket watches, many with automatons, clocks, andreoids et cetera Many, but a minority, of the objects are permanently on display at the Le Locle museum. Each object described in detail, plus full page color photograph, plus several thematic papers related to the objects. (A more comprehensive scholarly book of 800+ pages on the collection to be published in late 2009). Extensive bibliography on the 89 objects.