Bibliograph

Hands of time, a watchmaker's history, Rebecca Struthers ; with illustrations by Craig Struthers ; and photographs by Andy Pilsbury

Type

Label

Hands of time, a watchmaker's history, Rebecca Struthers ; with illustrations by Craig Struthers ; and photographs by Andy Pilsbury

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-252) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hands of time

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1381361592

Responsibility statement

Rebecca Struthers ; with illustrations by Craig Struthers ; and photographs by Andy Pilsbury

Sub title

a watchmaker's history

Summary

An award-winning British watchmaker takes readers on a journey through the history of time-keeping, from the earliest attempts to keep track of the passing of days to the engineering breakthrough that created the first watch

Table Of Contents

A backward-facing foreword -- Facing the sun -- Ingenious devices -- Tempus fugit -- The Golden Age -- Forging time -- Revolution time -- Working to the clock -- The watch of action -- Accelerated time -- Man and machine -- Eleventh hour -- How to repair a watch

resource.variantTitle

Watchmaker's history

Classification