Steel Time F.P.Journe

Steel Time: F.P.Journe by Jean-Claude Sabrier & Georges Rigot

This hardcover book with 312 full color pages with over 300 color illustrations recounts the birth of a watch industry of pocket watches, burnished steel watches, at the middle of the 19th century. The exceptional collection presented in this book was put together by a passionate collector who brought together for our happiness, more than 220 watches, each with a unique and fascinating character. This book presents the fabulous collection of François-Paul Journe assembled by Jean Aube with stem wind watches, regulators, movements with complications, enameled watches, watches with automatons Extremely simple or very richly decorated with various designs - train, automobile, airplane, various advertisements, patriotic and military or pornographic representations, etc., stretching from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1920s, they combine the beauty of the object with an extraordinary technicality. Montres Journe SA, which has become the privileged guardian of this collection, has chosen to commission this work, written by the greatest current experts.

Print length: 312 pages

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