The Watch Book, More than Time Volume 2 by Gisbert L Brunner
Recommended retail price: €70,00
- The second volume of the successful and comprehensive standard work on the additional functions and refinements of wristwatches - the supreme discipline of watchmaking
- Continuation of the best-selling Watch Books series
- As always, with informative and entertaining text from leading watch expert Gisbert L. Brunner
For centuries, so-called "complications" have embodied the pinnacle of precision mechanical timepieces. Among the earliest of these are alarms and calendar movements. Moon phase displays have also been known for several centuries. Chime movements can be considered the most technically and handcrafted additional functions. But finishing techniques such as skeletonizing, which is mainly done by hand, also characterize the high art of watchmaking.
Incidentally, the complication and finishing scale is almost completely open at the top. Experienced watchmakers combine additional functions and refinements at will. This second volume of the Watch Book - More than Time is dedicated to further additional functions of mechanical timepieces, their historical development, and technical characteristics. These are illustrated with numerous photos and informative and entertaining texts by the successful author Gisbert L. Brunner
