George Daniels

Gebundenes Buch

The Practical Watch Escapement

Beschreibung

One of George Daniels' central contributions to horology is his co-axial escapement. This book explains the action of the escapement in terms accessible to both expert and layman.

Autor

George Daniels, CBE, HON DSC, FSA, FCGI, FBHI, FAWI was a practising horologist with over fifty years' experience in both antiquarian and modern watchmaking and was a past master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. In addition, he was an expert on the history and development of the watch, with special emphasis on the precision period of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He was unrivalled as a sympathetic restorer of important time pieces, especially those made by Breguet. Amongst his awards for his contribution to the art and science of watchmaking including the design of his own escapements were the Tompion Gold Medal, The British Horological Institute Gold Medal, The City and Guilds of London Gold Medal, The Arts Sciences and Learning Award of the City of London and the Victor Kullberg Medal of the Stockholm Watchmakers' Guild.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Philip Wilson Publishers
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 429614
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 266mm x 195mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 607g
• ISBN-13: 9780856676871
• ISBN-10: 085667687X
• Artikelnr.: 30841316