The Art of Breguet
$334.17
- Hardcover
408 pages
- Release Date
3 May 2021
Summary
The Art of Breguet is the complete, illustrated history of the work of Abraham Louis Breguet by the late George Daniels. It provides a detailed study of Breguet’s horological philosophy that explains so many of the misunderstood aspects of his work.
During the five hundred years that horology has been accepted as a separate art, only a dozen or so men have made a positive contribution to its progress. Included in this little group of masters is the illustrious name of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781781301074 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1781301077 |
| Author: | George Daniels |
| Publisher: | Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 408 |
| Release Date: | 3 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 2.84kg |
| Dimensions: | 340mm x 250mm x 38mm |
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About The Author
George Daniels
George Daniels, 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, especially those made by Breguet. 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.
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