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The Collector’s Essential Guide to Watchmaking 101
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The Collector’s Essential Guide to Watchmaking 101
To answer those questions and more, you need The Theory of Horology. Long seen as a guide book for watchmakers and students of horology, self-taught movement engineers or journalists, it’s an essential reference that one should possess, if you intend to go simply beyond the general understanding of watchmaking and delve further into appreciating every component of every complication.
Written by Charles-Andre Reymondin, the Theory of Horology covers the history and origins of the timekeeping and delves into a instructive and illustrative guide of mechanical and quartz timekeeping, as well as the mathematics behind each gear design. It covers the complete range of watchmaking complications, although it’s a general and therefore does not highlight specific brands. Instead it focuses on key milestones and complications that have changed the industry at large.