A must have hard back publication for serious watch collectors - ‘Technique and History of the Swiss Watch by Jaquet Eugene & Chapuis Alfred’.
1970 coffee table large format book, updated from the 1953 publication with additional reference material and historical watchmaker index. Includes original dust cover, red cloth covers with white cross and watch vignette to front top right, white titles to spine. 
272 pages of detailed insight into the history of Swiss watch making 16thC/17thC/18thC/19thC, including reference to the leading watchmakers and watchmaking locations, movement design, decoration, commercial success, the transition to mechanical manufacture, Chronometry, evolution of the modern watch, 20thC watches, etc. 
100’s of high quality black and white and colour photo plates illustrating fine watches through the centuries. 
£64.00 including postage to UK zone 1 addresses.
For overseas postage and cost of postage to addresses outside UK zone 1 please enquire.
Please note small nicks and tears to top/bottom edge of the dust cover. The book is in very good condition throughout.