Bella Cosa: Pocket Watches

by Leonardo Leonardi

Pocket Watches presents a stunning collection of over sixty rare and valuable timepieces dating back to the seventeenth century. Page after page of photographs presents the timeless beauty of these... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811807533
• ISBN13: 9780811807531
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Captivating and inspiring

A beautifully photographed collection of pocket watches, from very old "oignons" to verge fusee and more modern examples. There's probably a metaphor in the contrast between the highly accurate models with plain exteriors, and the ones where the maker put all the expense into the case and dial but stinted on the internal mechanism. This book would probably not be of interest to the serious collector or historian as it is by no means exhaustive.