Curiosities of the Mechanical Details in Watches

Download or read book Curiosities of the Mechanical Details in Watches written by Anon. and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This antiquarian volume contains a short account of some of the curiosities of the mechanical details of watches, with supplementary information on their history, development, popularity, and much more besides. Written in clear, concise language and full of interesting facts and information about the intricate machinations of timepieces, this little text will be of much value to the watch enthusiast, and makes for a wonderful addition to any personal library. Many older works such as this are increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that this work is being republished now in an affordable modern edition, complete with a new introduction on the history of clocks and watches.