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The Connoisseur’s Library. First edition. Contents: Preface; List of illustrations; Bibliography; Time; Time measurement before clocks; The invention of clocks; The invention of watches; The early watch movement; Watch-cases to 1675; The pendulum and balance spring; The later wathc movement; Watch-cases 1675 to 1725; Watch-cases from 1725; The Chinese watch and the cheap watch; The history of watchmaking; Watch escapements; Alarum and striking movements; Repeating and musical watches; Second hands and chronographs; Keyless watches; Calender and equation work; The Tourbillon; The chronology of watches; Index.