This new 2023 edition of 'The Watch: A Twentieth-Century Style History' sees the original book repackaged in a great value hard back edition. Discover the stylistic evolution of the watch in the 20th century. This book, written by Black Bough's very own Alex Barter, takes the reader through the 20th century to show how the watch, in all its forms, evolved. It charts the early rise of the wristwatch, shows how the cataclysmic events of the Wall Street Crash unexpectedly led to a golden age of watch production, and demonstrates how the electronic watch, which almost destroyed the traditional industry, led to a mechanical watch renaissance in the last two decades of the century. Each decade opens with an introduction to the era’s stylistic and design highlights, then follows several detailed sub sections devoted to the development of specific genres within each period. Hundreds of colour photographs include full page close ups that reveal intricate details of form, texture and design.

Reviews

"Alexander Barter's new book, The Watch, is the antidote to decades of watch publishing mediocrity." Robin Swithinbank in Robb Report Online

The Chairman of Sotheby's International Watch Division, Daryn Schnipper, one of the world's leading experts in the field of watches, has written the book's foreword.

Published by Prestel in September 2023

Hardback, 336 pages

Over 450 colour photographs

Approx. 82,000 words

24cm x 30cm x 3.2cm

2.43kg

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