Watches
Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78130-113-5 (ISBN)
When Watches was first published in 1965 it quickly gained for itself a reputation as the foremost general history of the subject and, following the expanded edition in 1979 which covered recent years past 1830, this has remained unchallenged in horological history.
In this long-awaited reprinted edition, collectors and horological students can again make use of the reference illustrations and history in this work as approached by the leading horology historians and clockmakers of the twentieth century. Clutton and Daniels write expertly on the vast history of watches, through the changing tastes and styles of collectors and makers, as well as imparting their own knowledge on various technical aspects within the watches.
The expansive historical section encompasses both decorative and mechanical aspects of mid-sixteenth to late twentieth century watches, including those by George Daniels himself, detailing the rich history behind more modern designs and fascinations. These later years include a variety of semi-experimental escapements, as well as covering the development of the precision watch and work leading to it by Ferdinand Berthoud and Pierre Le Roy, discussed alongside John Arnold in England, to satisfy the technical-minded collector.
Horology and collecting have grown with the changing technologies, and watches continue to be produced to an exceptional technological standard. Precision watches from the 1730-1930 period are covered in detail, as well as high standard Swiss and American watches of the last hundred years; these highly complicated watches benefit greatly from having both colour and mono illustrations to clarify the details. For a truly comprehensive understanding of escapements, photographs of these have been included alongside a critical approach to this essential mechanism.
Since its first publication, Watches has provided an essential work of reference and history behind some of the most renowned minds and creations. Now reprinted for a new generation of collectors and students, and featuring over 600 illustrations, the technical and decorative elements of historical watches can be studied and enjoyed once more.
Cecil Clutton (1909–1991), CBE, FSA had many interests from flying, early keyboard music, pipe organs, vintage cars and motorcycles. He was president of the Vintage Sports Car Club and raced for most of his life. He had a wide interest in antiquarian horology and was one of the founder-members of the Antiquarian Horology Society as well as a past master of the of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers – some watches from his very well-known collection are now housed in the British Museum. Clutton edited two past editions of Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers and, in joint authorship with George Daniels, wrote Clocks and Watches in the Collection of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. George Daniels (1926–2011), CBE, HON DSC, FSA, FCGI, FBHI, FAWI was a practising horologist with over fifty years’ experience in both antiquarian and modern watchmaking and was a past master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. In addition, he was an expert on the history and development of the watch, with special emphasis on the precision period of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He was unrivalled as a sympathetic restorer of important time pieces. Amongst his awards for his contribution to the art and science of watchmaking – including the design of his own escapements – were the Tompion Gold Medal, The British Horological Institute Gold Medal, The City and Guilds of London Gold Medal, The Arts Sciences and Learning Award of the City of London and the Victor Kullberg Medal of the Stockholm Watchmakers’ Guild. George Daniels is the author of the bestselling Watchmaking.
Foreword by Jonathan Betts
Preface
Colour Plates
HISTORICAL
Mechanical 1500-1750
The invention of watches
Fusee and stackfreed
The movement and its decoration up to 1675
Mean time regulation before the balance spring
General characteristics and national styles
The balance spring 1675-1700
The movement 1675-1700
The movement 1700-1750
Decoration of the movement 1675-1700
The beginnings of the precision watch and the modern watch
The formative years of the precision watch
John Harrison
Pierre Le Roy
Ferdinand Berthoud
John Arnold
Thomas Mudge
Josiah Emery
Abraham-Louis Breguet
Thomas Earnshaw
The birth of the modern watch: Lepine and Breguet
The development of the watch since 1800
Decorative
Types of decoration
Enamel
Style of watch cases and dials up to 1750
Some unusual forms of dial
Styles of watch cases and dials 1750-1830
Performance of early watches
TECHNICAL
Introduction
Shock-proofing
Tourbillons
Escapements
Verge
Cylinder
Virgule
Duplex
Chronometer
‘Échappement naturel’
Lever
Robin
Debaufre
Fasoldt
J. F. Cole rotary detent
Repeaters
Clock-watches
Self-winding watches
Stop-watches and chronographs
Monochrome plates
APPENDIX
Biographical notes
Glossary of technical terms
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.04.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Fully illustrated throughout |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 2264 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78130-113-1 / 1781301131 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78130-113-5 / 9781781301135 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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