A Voyage Through Time

Masis Collection of Horological Masterpieces

A Voyage Through Time
Richard Chadwick
RRP:
NZ$ 664.99
Our Price:
NZ$ 565.24
Hardback
h325 x 240mm - 416pg
6 Jul 2020 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781913491024
Out Of Stock
Currently no stock in-store, stock is sourced to your order
The Masis Collection is one of the most comprehensive privately owned assemblages of pocket watches in the world. Focusing on the watch as a work of art, it encompasses over four hundred years of the watchmaker's, enameller's and goldsmith's craft. This lavishly illustrated book takes the reader not only on a journey through the development of the mechanical watch, but for the first time, shows the artistic progression of watch case decoration in the fashionable styles that walked hand in hand with wider European artistic movements. Beginning with some of the earliest surviving portable timepieces, the Masis Collection includes watches that can be considered among the greatest European miniature works of art to ever be created.The collection is particularly rich in examples of gloriously painted Geneva enamels, particularly those of the Huaud family working in the baroque period. Its strength also lies in the breathtakingly beautiful enamel watches made for export to China and Turkey in the early years of the 19th century. This book aims to inform the reader not only of the richness and diversity of the Masis collection itself but to adequately display some of the watchmaking masterpieces that have enthralled their owners down the centuries.
Richard Chadwick is one of the most renowned watch specialists in Europe and a consultant to Christie's Geneva. His career began over 30 years ago in the Clock and Watch Department of Sotheby's in London. In 1994, Richard joined Christie's London, where he became head of department and was widely recognised as a pioneer in the development and promotion of specialist watch auctions. With a particular knowledge of pocket watches and traditional watchmaking, in 2015, he was chosen by Vacheron Constantin to describe for its public unveiling, the Reference 57260, the most complicated watch in the world.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781913491024
Published: 6 Jul 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Unicorn Publishing Group
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
Format: Hardback
Height: 325mm
Width: 240mm
Pages: 416

In stock - for items in stock we aim to dispatch the next business day. For delivery in NZ allow 2-5 business days, with rural taking a wee bit longer.

Locally sourced in NZ - stock comes from a NZ supplier with an approximate delivery of 7-15 business days.

International Imports - stock is imported into NZ, depending on air or sea shipping option from the international supplier stock can take 10-30 working days to arrive into NZ. 

Pre-order Titles - delivery will vary depending on where the title is published, if local stock is available in NZ then 5-7 business days, for international imports it can be 10-30 business days. In all cases we will access the quickest supply option.

Delivery Packaging - we ship all items in cardboard sleeves or by box with either packing paper or corn starch chips. (We avoid using plastics bubble bags)

Tracking - Orders are delivered by track and trace courier and are fully insured, tracking information will be sent by email once dispatched.

View our full Order & Delivery information