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The Art of Breguet (Hardcover)
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The Art of Breguet (Hardcover)
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During the five hundred years that horology has been accepted as a
separate art only a dozen or so men have made a positive
contribution to its progress. Included in this little group of
masters is the illustrious name of Abraham Louis Breguet
(1747-1823), the arch-mecanicien in an age of mechanics. His
contribution was as brilliant as it was original and, during a
period when horological fashion was the slave of science, he lifted
the watchmaker's art to a new dimension of visual and technical
excellence. In doing so he radically changed the whole concept of
horology and transformed it into an art form that won him the
adulation of Europe. The unceasing search for perfection in the
performance of his products led Breguet to the invention of
mechanical principles that even today, are used in the design of
the watch. His influence on the appearance and style of the watch
was dramatic and his most complicated examples maintained the slim,
elegant appearance that was to revolutionise watchmaking. Breguet's
extraordinary ability in all branches of horology achieved for him
the reputation of a genius, the patronage of kings and - rarest of
all - the respect of the horological world. His products have never
lost favour and many, in constant use, have been handed down
through generations to their present owners. The passing of the
years, with their many changes of fashion, have not diminished the
beauty of the proportions and appearance of Breguet's work. The Art
of Breguet is the complete, illustrated history of the work of
Abraham Louis Breguet by the late George Daniels who has provided a
detailed study of Breguet's horological philosophy that explains so
many of the misunderstood aspects of his work. He describes in
detail the complexity of Breguet's art and, by so doing, supplants
the mystique that has surrounded it with a clearer understanding of
its function. Over one hundred line drawings illustrate the
progress of technical development and each is accompanied by an
analysis of the mechanism and its intended purpose. The history of
the development of the internal and external appearance of the vast
range of Breguet's products is illustrated in a separate section,
arranged in the order of manufacture to reveal the pattern of
change in appearance. Each item is accompanied by a description of
its external characteristics, mechanism, period of manufacture and,
where possible, the date of sale. This reprinted edition, with a
foreword by Emmanuel Breguet, has been long awaited and is
addressed equally to the student and to the collector of Breguet's
work.
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