History of Antique Clocks Watches - Evolution Development Types / In-Depth Book

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”Combining specially commissioned line drawings, magnificent color illustrations, and a text that is both lucid and authoritative, this book offers the reader a wonderful catalogue of man’s achievement in the fields of science and art.”
THE HISTORY OF CLOCKS AND WATCHES
by Eric Brut, Little, Chartwell Books, NJ, 1979.
Lavishly illustrated in color and black-and-white, this authoritative book covers by chapter: The Earliest Clocks; The Advent of Clockwork; Domestic Clocks; European Mechanical Clocks; The Time at Sea; The Development of the Watch;  Mass Production; The Technological Age; Watches for the People; The Science of Time; Great Clocks of the World; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; and Acknowledgments.  The narrative in this book is rich; the illustrations are superb..  This in-depth text is a must-buy book for the collector, dealer, or historian of antique clocks and watches.
6.7” x 8.5” hardback with dust cover in very good+ condition.  223 pages.
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