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Book:
Watches - The British Museum
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This book tells the story of the watch through major examples
in the collection, representing all the principal makers of
Europe and America.
Total 77 watches, with over 270 sharp, clear, colorful photographs,
are discussed in this book.
From the cover of this book, you should know the book emphasizes
on the pocket watches; however, watch-clocks and wrist watches
are also included.
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Sample Pages
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Watches in this
book
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| Ms: tambour-cased watch, South Germany, c. 1560 |
| Hans Schniep: stackfreed clock - watch, Speyer, Germany,
c. 1580 |
| Noël Cusin: oval-cased verge watch, Autun, c.
1580 |
| Ghyllis van Gheele: oval-cased verge watch, London,
1589 |
| Jan Janssen Bockelts: verge clock-watch, Aachen or
Haarlem, c. 1600 |
| H. Roberts: verge watch with astronomical dial, London,
c. 1600 - 10 |
| Isaac Simmes: verge watch, London, 1600 - 10 |
| GH: octagonal-cased clock-watch, Germany (perhaps
Lubeck ?), c. 1600 - 20 |
| Niklaus Rugendas: quarter-striking stackfreed clock-watch,
Augsburg, c. 1620 |
| David Ramsay: oval-cased verge watch, London, c.
1625 |
| Jean Vallier: clock-watch with calendar dial, Lyon,
c. 1630 |
| Louis Vautier: verge watch, Blois, c. 1630 - 38 |
| Robert Grinkin the younger: Puritan-style pair-cased
verge watch, London, 1630 - 40 |
| David Bouguet: watch, London, 1650 |
| Blaise Foucher: verge watch, Blois, c. 1650 |
| Jean Baptiste Duboule: verge coach watch, Geneva,
c. 1650 |
| Johann Conrad Wolf: verge skull watch, Donauwörth,
Germany, c. 1660 |
| Charles Gretton: pair-cased verge watch, London,
c. 1675 - 80 |
| Thomas Tompion: verge watch with seconds dial, London,
1688 |
| Joseph Kenton: pair-cased verge watch, London, c.
1690 |
| Thomas Tompion: pair-cased verge watch, London, 1692
- 3 |
| Daniel Quare: pair-cased verge clock-watch, London,
1693 |
| John Bushman: pair-cased verge watch with royal bust,
London, c. 1700 |
| Peter Fardoil: pair-cased verge watch with fly-back
hands, London, 1700 |
| David Lestourgeon: pair-cased verge watch, London,
1702 - 3 |
| Gauthier: verge watch, Paris, c. 1710 |
| Henry Massy: pair-cased watch, London, 1711 |
| Daniel Delander: verge with independent stop-watch,
London, c. 1725 |
| George Graham: pair-cased cylinder watch, London,
1727 |
| Joseph Spiegel (Legeips): verge coach watch, Friedberg,
c. 1745 |
| Thomas Mudge: minute-repeating clock-watch, London,
1755 |
| Ferdinand Berthoud: month-going cylinder watch, Paris,
1760 |
| Humbert & Pastres / Guillaume Bouvier: pair-cased
verge watch, Paris, c. 1760 |
| John Wilter: pair-cased verge watch, Geneva, c. 1760 |
| David Pons: double-dial cylinder watch, Paris, c.1770 |
| John Arnold and Abraham Louis Breguet: chronometer,
London, 1774, and Paris, 1808 |
| John Arnold: cylinder watch, London, 1775 |
| John Leroux: chatelaine and quarter-repeating watch,
London, 1777 - 8 |
| Ellicott of London: pair-cased cylinder watch, London,
1778 |
| George Margetts: verge watch with astronomical dial,
London, 1778 |
| Thomas Martin: cylinder stop-watch, London, 1778 |
| John Arnold: pocket chronometer, London, 1780 |
| Josiah Emery: watch with detached lever escapement,
London, 1786 |
| Jean-Antoine Lépine: cylinder watch, Paris,
1788 |
| Abraham Louis Breguet: ruby cylinder watch, Paris,
1798 |
| Thomas Earnshaw: pair-cased pocket chronometer, London,
1800 |
| Jean Chambon: verge watch, Paris, c. 1800 |
| Edward Massey: pair-cased lever watch, London, 1813 |
| Josiah Bartholomew: triple-cased verge watch, London,
1815 |
| Anonymous (attrib. Bovet): pair of lever watches,
Fleurier, Switzerland, c. 1820 |
| Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy: duplex watch, London, 1821 |
| Anonymous (perhaps Bautte & Cie): cylinder watch,
Geneva, c. 1830 |
| Hunt & Roskell: pocket chronometer, London, 1836 |
| Breguet et Fils: lever watch, Paris, 1844 |
| John Travel: verge watch, Dublin, 1845 |
| W. Wagstaff: duplex watch, London, 1856 |
| Joseph Preston: movement ébauche for a lever
watch, Prescot, Liverpool, c. 1860 |
| Sir John Bennett: clock-watch, London and Geneva,
c. 1878 |
| Auburndale Watch Company: rotary watch, Massachussetts,
1878 - 83 |
| Roskopf: lever watch, La Chaux de Fonds, 1895 - 1900 |
| Barraud & Lund: lever watch, London, 1909 |
| Maker unknown: coin watch, Switzerland, 1911 |
| New England Watch Company: duplex watch, Waterbury,
Connecticut, 1912 |
| Robert H. Ingersoll & Bro.: wristwatch, USA,
1915 |
| Schild & Cie: eight-day lever watch, La Chaux
De Fonds, 1918 |
| John Harwood: self-winding wristwatch, Switzerland,
1929 |
| Ebel SA: hermetic purse Watch, La Chaux de Fonds,
c. 1930 |
| The Rolex Watch Company: pocket or purse watch, Bienne,
Switzerland, 1932 |
| Ingersoll Ltd: pin-pallet lever watch, Ystradgynlais
and London, 1952 |
| Jaeger-LeCoultre: automatic wristwatch, Le Sentier,
Switzerland, 1953 |
| Lip SA: electro-mechanical wristwatch, Besancon,
France, 1968 - 70 |
| Bulova Watch Company: world time 'Accutron' wristwatch,
New York, c. 1970 |
| Longines-Wittnauer: wristwatch, USA, 1974 |
| George Daniels: watch with Daniels double-wheel escapement,
London, 1976 |
| Omega Watch Company: wristwatch, La Chaux de Fonds,
c. 1980 |
| Swatch: quartz wristwatches, Biel, Switzerland, 1980s
- 90s |
| Casion Computer Company Ltd: radio-controlled wristwatch,
Tokyo, 2007 |
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