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Author:   Gisbert L. Brunner
Publisher:   teNeues Publishing UK Ltd
Imprint:   teNeues Media GmbH & Co. KG
Weight:   1.723kg
ISBN:  

9783961713608

ISBN 10:   396171360
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   18 August 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

4 Thoughts on Timepieces and Time Gedanken zur Uhr und Zeit 10 Dial Zifferblatt Faces of Time Zeit-Gesichter 40 Escapement Hemmung The Great Escape Andersartig gehemmt 62 Mainspring Zugfeder The Power of the Spring In der Feder steckt die Kraft 80 Phases of the Moon & Astronomy Mondphasen & Astronomie Sun, Moon and Stars Sonne, Mond und Sterne 100 Tides Gezeiten Ebb and Flow Von Ebbe und Flut 114 Double Balance Doppelunruh Two Better than One Ein Fall fur zwei 124 Alarm Wecker Time Signals Zeit-Signale 154 Mechanical Spectacles * Mechanische Schauspiele 164 Altimeter & Depth Gauge * Hoehen- & Tiefenmesser Flying High ... Hoch hinaus ... 178 Skeletons * Skelette Ticking Skeletons Tickende Skelette 198 Superlatives * Superlative Small, Flat and Pretty Complicated Klein, flach und ganz schoen kompliziert 214 Credits & Glossary Bildnachweise & Glossar

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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.

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