Clocks, chronometers & watches (horology) books

254 books were found.

Watch and Clock Making and Repairing

Watch and Clock Making and Repairing

Author: W J Gazeley
ISBN: 9780709049951
Format: Hardback
$69.86

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Cartier: The Tank Watch

Cartier: The Tank Watch

Author: Franco Cologni ,  Dominique Flechon
ISBN: 9782080136336
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Tracing the story of the Tank watch from its inception in 1917 throughout the century and linking its many variations...  Read More >>

History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders

History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders...

Author: Gerhard Dohrn-Van Rossu ,  Thomas Dunlap
ISBN: 9780226155111
Format: Paperback
$99.00

In this sweeping study of the organization of time, Dohrn-van Rossum offers fresh insight into the history of the...  Read More >>

Piaget: Watches and Wonders Since 1874

Piaget: Watches and Wonders Since 1874

Author: Franco Cologni ,  Giampiero Negretti
ISBN: 9780896600973
Format: Hardback
$105.55

In Switzerland, 1874, the Piaget family began making watchworks. This book includes the characteristics of Piaget...  Read More >>

Making a Clock-Accurate Sundial

Making a Clock-Accurate Sundial

Author: Sam Muller
ISBN: 9780879612467
Format: Paperback
$23.63

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Wristwatch Chronometers: Mechanical Precision Watches and Their Testing

Wristwatch Chronometers: Mechanical Precision Watches...

Author: Fritz von Osterhausen
ISBN: 9780764303753
Format: Hardback
$170.00

"""A Chronometer is a precision watch, which is regulated in various positions and at different temperatures and...  Read More >>

Automatic Wristwatches from Germany, England, France, Japan, Russia and the USA

Automatic Wristwatches from Germany, England, France,...

Author: Heinz Hampel
ISBN: 9780764303791
Format: Hardback
$170.00

While often associated with Switzerland, manufacturers in many other nations have produced wonderful automatic wristwatches....  Read More >>

Telling Time: Clocks, Diaries, and English Diurnal Form, 1660-1785

Telling Time: Clocks, Diaries, and English Diurnal Form,...

Author: Stuart Sherman
ISBN: 9780226752778
Format: Paperback
$61.95

In this text, Stuart Sherman argues that innovations in prose emerged simultaneously with the 17th-century revolution...  Read More >>

Telling Time: Clocks, Diaries, and English Diurnal Form, 1660-1785

Telling Time: Clocks, Diaries, and English Diurnal Form,...

Author: Stuart Sherman
ISBN: 9780226752761
Format: Hardback
$175.95

In this text, Stuart Sherman argues that innovations in prose emerged simultaneously with the 17th-century revolution...  Read More >>

Time in Gold: Wristwatches

Time in Gold: Wristwatches

Author: Gerald Viola ,  Gisbert Brunner
ISBN: 9780887401374
Format: Hardback
$170.00

A beautiful book for those who love fine wristwatches. In Time in Gold, the histories of the seventeen leading luxury...  Read More >>

Continental and American Skeleton Clocks

Continental and American Skeleton Clocks

Author: Derek Roberts
ISBN: 9780887401824
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Instead of hiding the mechanical workings of the clock, skeleton clocks celebrated them, leaving them visible for...  Read More >>

Marine and Pocket Chronometers

Marine and Pocket Chronometers

Author: Hans von Bertele
ISBN: 9780887403033
Format: Hardback
$285.00

The development of the chronometer was an important step in the development of the navigational arts. Nearly 350...  Read More >>

Vienna Regulator Clocks

Vienna Regulator Clocks

Author: Rick Ortenburger
ISBN: 9780887402241
Format: Hardback
$85.00

This range of clocks used to be considered the common, household clock which many people recognized but for which...  Read More >>

British Longcase Clocks

British Longcase Clocks

Author: Derek Roberts
ISBN: 9780887402302
Format: Hardback
$199.00

The longcase clock has a special place in horological history. Here, illustrated with over 300 photos, is valuable...  Read More >>

European Pendulum Clocks

European Pendulum Clocks

Author: Klaus Maurice ,  Peter Heuer
ISBN: 9780887401442
Format: Hardback
$125.00

Nearly 450 beautiful photos illustrate pendulum clocks from France, England, Holland, Scandinavia, and the German-speaking...  Read More >>

Black Forest Clocks

Black Forest Clocks

Author: Rick Ortenburger
ISBN: 9780887403002
Format: Hardback
$170.00

The art of tracking time has been evidenced for over 300 years in the Black Forest area of Germany. Cuckoo and singing...  Read More >>

Carriage and Other Traveling Clocks

Carriage and Other Traveling Clocks

Author: Derek Roberts
ISBN: 9780887404542
Format: Hardback
$210.00

Nearly seven hundred traveling clocks illustrated with beautiful photos are accompanied by explanations of all the...  Read More >>

Comic Character Timepieces: Seven Decades of Memories

Comic Character Timepieces: Seven Decades of Memories...

Author: Hy Brown ,  Nancy Thomas
ISBN: 9780887404269
Format: Hardback
$170.00

In 1933, the Ingersoll-Waterbury Company produced a round Mickey Mouse wristwatch that is considered to be the first...  Read More >>

Advertising Clocks: America's Timeless Heritage

Advertising Clocks: America's Timeless Heritage

Author: Michael Bruner
ISBN: 9780887407901
Format: Paperback
$62.99

From wooden mechanical clocks of the 1870s to later neon electric models, American advertising clocks are celebrated...  Read More >>

Russian Wristwatches: Pocket Watches, Stop Watches, Onboard Clock & Chronometers

Russian Wristwatches: Pocket Watches, Stop Watches,...

Author: Juri Levenberg
ISBN: 9780887408731
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Photographs of over 500 watches manufactured in Russia and the USSR during the second half of the 20th century,...  Read More >>

Chronograph Wristwatches: To Stop Time

Chronograph Wristwatches: To Stop Time

Author: Gerd-R. Lang ,  Reinhard Meis
ISBN: 9780887405020
Format: Hardback
$210.00

Hundreds of photographs illustrate this outstanding look at the history, development, and identification of wrist...  Read More >>

The Movado History

The Movado History

Author: Fritz von Osterhausen ,  Derek Pratt
ISBN: 9780764301261
Format: Hardback
$190.00

Movado is one of the world's most recognized watch brands. This lavishly illustrated book, certain to delight collectors,...  Read More >>

American Wristwatches: Five Decades of Style and Design

American Wristwatches: Five Decades of Style and Design...

Author: Edward Faber ,  Stewart Unger
ISBN: 9780764301711
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Introduced into a skeptical American marketplace early in the twentieth century, the wristwatch soon caught the...  Read More >>

Automatic Wristwatches from Switzerland: Watches that Wind Themselves

Automatic Wristwatches from Switzerland: Watches that...

Author: Heinz Hampel
ISBN: 9780887406096
Format: Hardback
$170.00

An exciting area of collecting for clock and watch enthusiasts is literally opened up with this book. On the outside...  Read More >>

In Search of Lost Time

In Search of Lost Time

Author: D York
ISBN: 9780750304757
Format: Paperback
$49.95

Do you know that black holes can affect time? That Stonehenge is a giant calendar? That the Oracle Bones of the...  Read More >>

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