The Golden Age Of The Swiss Wristwatch

Author : Bruce Shawkey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578556895
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Age of the Swiss Wristwatch written by Bruce Shawkey and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the greatest period in the history of Swiss watch manufacturing as told their advertisements from the 1940s and early '50s.

Author : Alexander Barter
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783791380117
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Watch written by Alexander Barter and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now repackaged in an attractive and great value-for-money format, this overview of twentieth-century horology combines stunning pictures of the most covetable time-pieces with the unparalleled expertise of a world-renowned vintage watch dealer. This impeccably researched and lavishly illustrated book traces the evolution of the watch across the twentieth century. It charts the early rise of the wristwatch, shows how the cataclysmic events of the 1929 Wall Street Crash unexpectedly led to a golden age of watch production, and demonstrates how the electronic watch, which almost destroyed the traditional industry, led to a mechanical watch renaissance in the last part of the century. Each chapter focuses on a specific decade, opening with an introduction to the era's stylistic and design highlights and then examines the development of specific genres of watches. Hundreds of color photographs include full-page close ups that reveal intricate details of form, texture, and design. Alexander Barter's vast knowledge informs his gripping texts, which discuss the major achievements in watch technology and design. This book also includes vintage advertisements and other promotional materials, helping to give a sense of the eras in which they were created. The perfect gift for watch aficionados, this beautiful and informative volume presents the world's finest watches with an elegance and depth befitting its subject.

Author : Eugène Jaquet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technique and History of the Swiss Watch from Its Beginnings to the Present Day written by Eugène Jaquet and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gisbert L. Brunner
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780887403019
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swiss Wristwatches written by Gisbert L. Brunner and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1991 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of Swiss wristwatch designs in the 20th century with nearly 650 photo illustrations. The many forms and styles of casings, dials, and hands are covered, along with manufacturers' literature, advertising, and catalogs. The firms of Omega, Longines, Tavannes-Cyma, Breitling, Doxa, Universal, Movado, and Zenith are represented, and a price guide makes it a valuable reference for collectors of wristwatches.

Author : Amy Glasmeier
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572305892
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manufacturing Time written by Amy Glasmeier and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2000-08-10 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the large-scale manufacture of personal timepieces began, industry leadership has shifted among widely disparate locations, production systems, and cultures. This book recounts the story of the quest for supremacy in the manufacture of watches--from the cottage industries of Britain; to the preeminence of Switzerland and, later, the United States; to the high-tech plants of Japan and the sweatshops of Hong Kong. Glasmeier examines both the strategies adopted by specific firms and the interplay of such varying influences as technological change, cyclical economic downturns, war, and national trade policies. In so doing, she delineates a cohesive framework within which to address such broader questions as how sustained regional economic development takes place (or starts and then stops); how decisions made by corporations are structured by internal and external forces; and the ways industrial cultures with different strategic learning capabilities facilitate or thwart the pursuit of technological change.

Author : Eugène Jaquet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780600036333
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technique and History of the Swiss Watch written by Eugène Jaquet and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Remigio Ratti
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429803966
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of Innovative Regions written by Remigio Ratti and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1997, this volume originates from the fourth cycle of GREMI (Groupe de Recherche Européen sur les Milieux Innovateurs) research, focusing on territorial innovative processes and the competitive advantages of the complex socio-economic fabric of milieu innovateurs. The book is divided into three parts. The first, written by the editors, deals specifically with the multi-faced dimensions of local development, placing particular emphasis on the role of territory in producing/reproducing learning processes, tacit/codified knowledge storage and government structures. The second part reports different case studies and their theoretical systematisation, carried out with the same methodology by some ten équipes working in ten different European countries. The last part is devoted to a more general view on the structural adjustment dynamics of innovative milieu, raising useful questions of strategy and policy.

Author : Leonard Lowe
Publisher : Think-eBooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luxury Watches as Investment written by Leonard Lowe and published by Think-eBooks. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watches are worthwhile investments. Of course not all watches, but only certain ones, special ones, selected ones. But not so special that you could not just buy them. At least some of them. How to recognize what in this form of investment pays off, this book is all about. Like all luxury goods, a watch must be rare and in demand to rise in value. Therefore, all consumer goods decrease in value – but not luxury goods: Luxury goods are rare, not available, scarce, durable and timeless, thus stable in value and therefore in demand. This book will give you all the details of investing in luxury watches in a nutshell and focused on the crucial information, so once you've read it, you immediately can go and buy your first watch as an investment.

Author : Emanuela Scarpellini
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192643282
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Material Nation written by Emanuela Scarpellini and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fresh, unfamiliar, and sometimes surprising picture of modern Italy, history is refracted through the prism of the nation's consumer culture. What were Italians eating and drinking over this period? Where did they live? What did they do in their leisure time? What did they choose to spend their spare money on? And how did this differ between different economic classes and over time? From the battle against poverty conducted by the first liberal governments of a united Italy, to fascist autarchy, up to the emergence of welfare policies and today's multifaceted society, Scarpellini looks at how the material culture associated with consumption has structured Italian life and defined the boundaries of class, gender, generations, and regional differences, inspiring government policies, and influencing the worlds of art and literature. Keeping a constant eye on wider historical trends, both in Italy and internationally, the book looks at how the basic triad of consumer culture (food, housing, and clothing) slowly developed into a more complex pattern, incorporating transport, domestic appliances, and then electronics, communications, and fashion. Combining economic and cultural history with a vivid narrative style, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of modern Italy and of consumption more generally in the last century and a half.

Author : Francis Jacquerye
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359793657
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Watches from Siduna, 2019 written by Francis Jacquerye and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: