Over the past ten years, watches, once merely functional tools, have become true objects of desire. Whether fashion accessories or collectors' pieces, the watches on the market today span all sectors, from mass-market to luxury. A watch follows its owner wherever he or she goes, immediately revealing its owner's taste, financial means, and knowledge of the wheels of time. With an increase in the number of trademarks, collections, and styles, the market for watches is booming, growing annually at unprecedented rates. ...
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Over the past ten years, watches, once merely functional tools, have become true objects of desire. Whether fashion accessories or collectors' pieces, the watches on the market today span all sectors, from mass-market to luxury. A watch follows its owner wherever he or she goes, immediately revealing its owner's taste, financial means, and knowledge of the wheels of time. With an increase in the number of trademarks, collections, and styles, the market for watches is booming, growing annually at unprecedented rates. Auctions abound, offering astounding new records: $5 million for a Caliber 89 by Patek Philippe; $1.6 million for a steel watch by Patek Philippe. And watch overbidding makes it more and more difficult not to get confused between worth and hype. From the sundial to the quartz watch, from the clepsydra to the pocket watch, Watches studies every aspect of time-keeping mechanisms and is the definitive volume for collectors and enthusiasts. With an original glossary of important technical terms, an alphabetized list of the main brands, including their quotation given by specialists, and a complete directory to the finest dealers around the world, Watches will help any amateur find the right watch, and will guide the enlightened amateur in his quest of the ideal piece.
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HARDCOVER Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Very good. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing/chipping to dust wrapper edges. Very clean, very nice example. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
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Pages and cover are intact. Used book in good and clean conditions. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks.
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Very good in good dust jacket. Binding tight with crisp pages. Dust cover has two chipped spots on spine where you see through the cover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 215 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
