500 Years | 100 Watches - Alexander Barter & Daryn Schnipper

For centuries people have been captivated by watches—whether for their technical precision, their unique design, or their historic importance. Each of the one hundred watches profiled in this elegant book stands out for one or more of these qualities.

Organised chronologically, the book features examples of the earliest watch forms; an astonishing Elizabethan-era watch with astrolabic dial.

These are followed by the earliest known watch with detached lever escapement, invented by Thomas Mudge; important precision watches including John Harrison’s famous H4; early 19th century enamel and automaton watches; highly complex watches by Breguet and Patek Philippe; Sir Winston Churchill’s yellow gold World Time Victory watch; a Rolex wristwatch made to commemorate Indian Republic Day; an Omega Speedmaster that went into space; and some of the most innovative watches of the modern era, including the first wristwatch by F. P. Journe.

Featuring exquisitely reproduced photographs that are appearing for the first time together in book form, this historic collection will appeal to sophisticated collectors, amateur watch enthusiasts, and anyone with an interest in the art and science of horology.