Hands of time : a watchmaker's history

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Hands of time : a watchmaker's history

Struthers, Rebecca (Pengarang)

Sejarah Teknologi -- Sejarah Jam Tangan

Detil Buku

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Penerbit Amerika : HarperCollins, 2023; © Siegfried Sassoon and Reproduced by Kind

Deskripsi Fisik 279 halaman ; 23 cm

ISBN 9780063048706

Subjek Sejarah Teknologi -- Sejarah Jam Tangan

Bahasa Inggris

Call Number R/609 STR h ; 609 STR h

Deskripsi

Hands of Time is a journey through watchmaking history, from the earliest attempts at time-keeping, to the breakthrough in engineering that gave us the first watch, to today – where the timepieces hold cultural and historical significance beyond what its first creators could have imagined. Acclaimed watchmaker Rebecca Struthers uses the most important watches throughout history to explore their attendant paradigm shifts in how we think about time, indeed how we think about our own humanity. From an up-close look at the birth of the fakes and forgeries industry which marked the watch as a valuable commodity, to the watches that helped us navigate trade expeditions, she reveals how these instruments have shaped how we build and then consequently make our way through the world.