Just as Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Ferrari, Bugatti and other famous automotive marques feature most prominently in auctions, showrooms and dealers' lists, so, also, a smaller number of watchmakers attract similar attention.
This book is the authoritative illustrated introduction to the world of the classic wristwatch, showing just why, over the past 100 years, such watches have become increasingly sought after as collector's items. In it are the great names of watch-making, with in-depth accounts, explanations and assessments of their specific achievements; there is also extensive coverage of the essential technical background and down-to-earth, practical advice on how to go about starting an actual collection.The full- colour illustrations - many of which come from the makers' personal archives - provide a fascinating backdrop, showing, in instantly accessible visual terms, the greatest classics of wristwatch history, the one- offs, the legendary "sports" watches of the 1950s and much more, down to the quartz and digital watches of today.
作者简介：
MICHAEL BALFOUR fell in love with classic wristwatches when he was given a Rolex for his tenth birthday. Since then, he has had a special interest in all aspects of horology. He has published several books, the most recent of which explored man's need, from pre-historic times, to measure the advance of time. The Classic Watch, in a sense, brings that story up-to-date, with the help of the author's detailed first-hand knowledge of contemporary Swiss watchmakers,their villages and their valleys. |
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