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A grand complication : the race to build the world's most legendary watch
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Title
A grand complication : the race to build the world's most legendary watch / Stacy Perman.
ISBN
9781439190081 (hbk.)
1439190089 (hbk.)
Edition
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Published
New York : Atria Books, 2013.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
"The race between two ambitious, complicated men in the early 1900s to create the most extravagant, complicated timepiece ever"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-330) and index.
Contents
Lot 7
The first tick
A shining light
Esse Quam Videri
Mr. Packard's horseless carriage
Ask the man who owns one
Eagle Island
The collector
Acceleration
Vallee de joux
A gentleman's war
Time stop
The final windup
Game over
Across the sea
The James W. Packard Collection of Unusual and Complicated Watches
A supercomplication
Age of quartz
Collecting time
Back in time
The comeback
The final gavel.
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