EURO 69

WATCH - history of the modern wristwatch

100% original and brand new book by Pieter Doensen

This is a must have reference book for collectors of Electric, LED, LCD and designers watches from the period 1950-1993. Pieter Doensen has written a comprehensive history of the of the designers watch from the pioneer work of the French manufacturer LIP up to the fashion houses of Cardin and Dior. "Watch" provides the well documented technical evolution of “collectible modern wrist watch” from the first electro-dynamic watch system developed by Hamilton in the early 1950’s up to the radio controlled watches of Junghans and the automatic quartz watches of Seiko and Jean d`Eve. Added are separate chapters for multi-functional watches and miscellanea such as for instance the race for the flattest watch. This book is a one of a kind that deals with rather the "non-mechanical" watches, it is packed with information, relevant details and illustrated with a large number of very clear photo's, mostly of watches from the authors own collection.

CONTENTS:

Part 1 - Designers, 1950 - 1983 ·  Part 2 - Early Electrics ·  Part 3 - Quartz watches ·  Part 4 - Miscellanea ·  Part 5 – Manufacturers, History of the most important watch manufacturers ·  Part 6 - Annex

This book features the history of watches and designers such as;
Richard Arbib (Hamilton Electric), Pierre Balmain, Prince Francois de Baschmakoff (LIP), Guccio Bertone (Buler), Max Bill (Junghans), Michael Boyer (LIP), Pierre Cardin (Jaeger), Alain Carre (Waterman), Jean Dinh Van (LIP), Christian Dior (Bulova), Tian Harlan (Chromachron), Isabelle Hebey (LIP), Marc Held (LIP), Nathan George Horwitt (Movado), Michael Kinn (LIP), Andre Le Marquand (Catena Spaceman), Serge Manzon (Longines), Pablo Morabito, Bruno Ninaber van Eyben, Dieter Rams (Braun), Sir Clive Sinclair, Roger Tallon (LIP), Bjorn Weckstrom (Lapponia) Very extensive LED / LCD / Digital / Electric / Designer section with very rare models including;

Sinclair, Braun, Girard Perregaux, Zodiac, Amida Digitrend, Hamilton Electric Ventura, Meteor, Victor, Van Horn, Spectra, Pacer, Vega, Omega Time Computer, Megaquartz, Jaz Derby Cylindrical Jump Hour, Heuer Chronosplit, Manhattan, Bulova Accutron Tuning Fork, Accuquartz; Hamilton Pulsar, Fairchild, Texas Instruments, Zenith Futur, Nepro Quartz, Croton, Solitron, Synchronar Solar, Yema, Longines, Pontiac, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Wittnauer, Pop-up LED, Sideview LED, Mido Swissonic, Waltham, Dynamic Scattering LCD, Seiko, Hughes Aircraft, Longines Gemini II, Elektronika, Junghans, Hewlett Packard HP-01 Calculator Watch, Omega Chronoquartz Albatros, ( no Rolex or Tudor Quartz), Mortima, Sicura Instalite, Swatch, Computron, Omega Dynamic, Alarm, Dual Time, World Time, Electronic, Chronograph watches and many many more! ·        

Book: Watch, History of the modern wrist watch ·        

Author: Pieter Doensen·        

ISBN: 905349135X·        

Publisher: Snoeck Ducaju & Zoon, N.V., Gent, Belgium·        

Published in: 1994 -> This book is brand new with a hard cover·        

Number of pages: 253·        

Images: hundreds of photographs in color·        

Language: English·        

Weight: About four pounds / almost 2 kg!·        

 SHIPPING: Item is in Europe and will only be shipped (almost) worldwide if you contact me before buying! You can only choose one of the following shipping options: Worldwide shipping (outside Europe): Registered and with Priority is about euro 33 (for most countries, not all countries!). Insurance is not option on priority shipping, for most countries. Inside Europe shipping: Priority (note not for all countries inside Europe, there are some exceptions) and insurance is euro 22. Shipping time can vary per country, normally shipping outside Europe takes 4-10 working days and inside Europe 2-6 working days. I ship all books in a special shipping box to be sure that your book arrives safely and unharmed.

Prices are for the normal unsigned edition and ask all questions about shipping before you buy! Please ask me if you want a signed edition. Maybe I have one available for euro 9 more. In this signed edition Pieter Doensen wrote Enjoy Collecting and his signature! All sales are final, before bidding read the  Payment Details/Seller's payment instructions and if you have any questions please feel free to mail me. Check my feedback and buy with confidence.

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Insured shipping for items over EURO 500 must be agreed prior to deal and has to be paid by buyer. It could be possible that full insured shipping to your country is not possible or to expensive .........let's both find out. No agreement about price and shipping means no deal, no exeptions.

NOTE: All items are in a bank safe in Holland, it can take a few days to pick this one up because I am not a commercially seller, we do this as collector/private sellers.

I am a longtime (+20 years) Ebay member, Chrono24 member, co-owner of  this platform www.sometimeago.com and a serious collector. I want the transaction to be succesfull and save for both of us.

You can contact me in Dutch, English, Deutsch and I will try to speak français,  espanol & italiano. Mail me at lowlandtime (at) gmail.com
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