The Watch Book

Gisbert L. Brunner

ISBN 10: 396171360X / ISBN 13: 9783961713608

Published by Teneues Verlag Gmbh Jul 2022, 2022

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Neuware -Seit Jahrhunderten gelten »Komplikationen« als Krönung der Uhrmacherkunst, darunter Gezeiten und Mondphasenanzeigen.Nach oben ist die Skala bei mechanischen Zusatzfunktionen übrigens beinahe völlig offen. Versierte Uhrmacher können sie fast nach Belieben kombinieren. Hochinteressant ist auch die Veredelungstechnik des Skelettierens, durch die man ins Innere des Uhrwerks blicken kann - oft sogar von oben durch das Zifferblatt und von unten, durch den Sichtboden.Dieser zweite Band des Watch Book - More than Time widmet sich Zusatzfunktionen mechanischer Zeitmesser, deren Historie und technischen Besonderheiten. Illustriert werden die unterhaltsamen Texte des Erfolgsautors Gisbert L. Brunner durch ausdrucksstarke Fotografien.Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch 224 pp. Deutsch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Watch Book
• Publisher: Teneues Verlag Gmbh Jul 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 396171360X
• ISBN 13: 9783961713608
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 318W x 250H x 26D millimeters 318 millimeters width by 250 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1722 grams

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Synopsis

Volume II of The Watch Book follows on the successful and comprehensive earlier volume with a magnificently illustrated book about the additional functions and refinements of wristwatches. For centuries, so-called "complications" - any feature of a mechanical timepiece beyond the display of hours, minutes and seconds - have embodied the crowning glory of fine mechanical watchmaking. Among the earliest of these are alarm clocks and calendar movements. Moon phase displays have also been known for several centuries. Striking movements can be considered among the most complex and technically elaborate additional functions, while finishing techniques such as skeletonizing, which is mainly done by hand, also characterize the high art of watchmaking. This superbly illustrated volume by watch expert and historian Gisbert L. Brunner is dedicated to advanced functions of mechanical timepieces, their historical development and special technical features. Topics covered in this book include: Hands and numerals; Spring; Astronomical display (moon phases etc.); Tides; Double balance; Alarm clock; Altitude/depth measurement; Skeletonisation. Text in English and German.

About the Author

Gisbert L. Brunner (b. 1947) is a renowned German expert and historian in the field of watches. He has been involved with wristwatches, pendulum clocks and other precision timepieces since 1964. He has written for GQ, ZEIT Magazin and Chronos from the early 1980s onwards, and he has written more than 20 books on the subject of watches.