500 Years, 100 Watches

For centuries people have been captivated by watches¿whetherfor their technical precision, their unique design, or their historicimportance. Each of the one hundred watches profiled in thiselegant book stands out for one or more of these qualities.Organized chronologically and divided by century, the watchesare presented in spacious, double-page spreads, featuringexquisite photography with engaging, incisive texts.Readers will discover an astonishing Elizabethan-era watch withastrolabic dial; an early seventienth century watch encased in asingle emerald; two of the earliest watches to incorporate thebalance spring¿a feature that revolutionized timekeeping andsome of the first repeating and perpetual calendar watches. Theseare followed by the first lever watch important precision watches;early ninetienth century enamel and automaton watches; highlycomplex watches by Breguet and Patek Philippe; Sir WinstonChurchill¿s Victory watch; a Rolex made to commemorate IndianRepublic Day; an Omega