This book accompanies an exhibition at the Louvre. It is dedicated to the life, career and scientific legacy of Breguet, the celebrated clockmaker, physicist and inventor. He a master in his art, solicited by the most exclusive clients of his time such as Marie-Antoinette, Napoleon, Josephine and Talleyrand. Breguet initiated modern watch-making by inventing a series of mechanisms patented in his name, which include the most famous tourbillon clock and the self-winding mechanism especially conceived for Marie-Antoinette. ...
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This book accompanies an exhibition at the Louvre. It is dedicated to the life, career and scientific legacy of Breguet, the celebrated clockmaker, physicist and inventor. He a master in his art, solicited by the most exclusive clients of his time such as Marie-Antoinette, Napoleon, Josephine and Talleyrand. Breguet initiated modern watch-making by inventing a series of mechanisms patented in his name, which include the most famous tourbillon clock and the self-winding mechanism especially conceived for Marie-Antoinette. This most famous watch, finished after Marie-Antoinette's death only, had disappeared for centuries. It was found under mysterious circumstances a few weeks ago only and is represented for the first time in this book.
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Very Good; Hardcover; Clean covers with slightly "bumped" edge-corners; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); Heavy (6.2 lbs); Tan covers with image of watch gears, and title in blue-green lettering; 2010, Somogy Art Publishers; 320 pages; "Breguet: The Climax of European Horology, " by Emmanuel Breguet, et al.