Editorial Reviews

Wristwatches Montres-bracelets, by G. Brunner and C. Pfeiffer-Belli, Ed. Ullmann, 9 inches x 12 inches ( 23 cm x 30 cm ), hardcover book with 400 full color pages - French/English/German edition

This is a hardcover book with 400 full color pages and over 2000 color pictures that presents wristwathes with the description of movements with their complications, and a chronology that presents a parallel between the history of the world and that of the clock.
This book introduces all of the noteworthy watch brands from Europe, the USA and Japan in illustrated portraits, also including brands that have long since been forgotten.
In its technical chapters, the volume gives intelligible procedures that take place underneath the face of a watch, as well as discussing the history of wristwatches, their designs, and their various manifestations. A pleasurable read for lovers of watches and of luxury objects.
This book tells the history of some of the greatest of the century's most prominent watch:

Alpina, Angelus, Audemars Piguet, Baume & Mercier, Benrus, Blancpain, Breguet, Breitling, Bulova, Büren, Cartier, Certina, Chopard, Chronoswiss, Citizen, Cortébert, Corum, Cyma, Doxa, Ebel, Eberhard, Écoles d'horlogeries, Elgin, Enicar, Eska, Eterna, Excelsior Park, Favre-Leuba, Fortis, Gallet, Gérard Genta, Girard-Perregaux, Glashütte Original, Glycine, Gruen, Hamilton, Hanhart, Harwood, Hermès, Heuer & TAG Heuer, Huber, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Junghans, Jürgensen, Juvenia, Kienzle, A. Lange & Söhne, Lémania, Leonidas, LIP, Longines, Marvin, Maurice Lacroix, Mido, Minerva, H. Moser & Cie, Movado, Franck Muller, Nomos, Omega, Oris, Panerai, Patek Philippe, Piaget, Pierce, Rado, Record Watch, Revue Thommen, Rolex, Seiko, Swatch, Tiffany, Tissot, Tudor, Ulysse Nardin, Universal, Vacheron & Constantin, Vulcain, Waltham, Witttnauer, Zenith, Zodiac...

The texts in French, in English and in German are written by Gisbert L. Brunner and Christian Pfeiffer-Belli.