Libro The Impossible Collection of Watches (2nd Edition) - Assouline

The Impossible Collection of Watches (2nd Edition)

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The Impossible Collection of Watches (2nd Edition)

Name: The Impossible Collection of Watches (2nd Edition)
Brand: Assouline
Price: 1449.0 USD
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Author: Nicholas Foulkes

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For this update of the original 2014 edition, British historian and journalist Nicholas Foulkes has selected the 100 most innovative watches developed since the turn of the 20th century, weighing the virtues of rarity, cost, innovative features, historical significance, great provenance and pleasing design. The watch – a microcosm of hundreds of tiny components interacting harmoniously with each other and held together in a precious metal case – has the power to stir emotions, excite the imagination and inspire the same passion as great art. Beautiful watches invite us to become part of a story, and the narrative unfolded by these 100 timepieces is that of one of the most exciting and dynamic periods in human history.

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Every purchase of Assouline's Ultimate Collection includes free white gloves and a signature canvas bag.

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Number of pages: 168 pages.

Number of illustrations: 150 illustrations.

Dimensions: Width: 39.6 cm
Length: 47 cm
Depth: 8.1 cm

Language: English

Posted in: November 2022.

Weight: 8.3 kg

Cover materials: Handcrafted volume in a luxurious rubber bivalve case with metal plate.

Brand: Assouline

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These miniature machines reflect the incredible technological advances and societal changes of the 20th and 21st centuries – from the invention of the airplane to the effects of two world wars, the advent of space exploration and the dawn of the digital age. Featuring illustrious names such as Audemars Piguet, Cartier, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Richard Mille, Rolex and Vacheron Constantin, these 100 watches include new additions such as the Patek Philippe Ref. 97975, the first known perpetual calendar wristwatch, the 2014 Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight Planétarium and the Jacob & Co. Opera Godfather Musical Watch. This handcrafted volume of the Ultimate Collection features hand-engraved imagery and is presented in a luxurious clamshell case.

About the author

Nicholas Foulkes

Author, historian and journalist Nicholas Foulkes contributes to Vanity Fair, the Financial Times How to Spend It, GQ and The Rake magazine. Best known for his trilogy of 19th-century British stories, Last of the Dandies, Dancing into Battle and Gentlemen and Blackguards, he has published around thirty books on history, art and style. His most recent works include a biography of the painter Bernard Buffet (Random House), a biography of Princess Ira von Fürstenberg (Harper Collins) and Time Tamed, a history of human time calibration from the Paleolithic to the moon landings (Simon & Schuster). His books for Assouline include Bals: Legendary Costume Balls of the Twentieth Century (2011), Swans: Legends of the Jet Society (2013) and Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso (2020).

About the brand

Assouline, where culture meets luxury It all began in 1993, when Martine and Prosper Assouline found themselves at the La Colombe d'Or hotel in France, one of their most beloved places in the world. As they experienced its beauty together, their curiosity about life and love of books inspired them to make their own tome about the hotel. Prosper took the photos, Martine wrote the text, and La Colombe D'Or became their first book, published in 1994. Today, every Assouline book continues to be created with the same union of talent and passion: Martine's editorial direction and Prosper's creative vision.

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