Product Description

Grand Complications, Vol. II provides a detailed overview of complicated watchmaking. Published by Tourbillon International, this reference work for connoisseurs deals with each of the major horological complications by theme, from their history through to their most recent developments. Multi-complications, minute repeaters and sonneries, tourbillons, equations of time, perpetual calendars, chronographs, jump hours and retrograde mechanisms, GMTs and multiple time zones are reviewed in great detail. The latest creations by over 23 elite watch manufacturers are displayed and accompanied by technical descriptions, comprising more than 400 pages in this book that already has earned respect among connoisseurs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #868082 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-20
• Released on: 2006-06-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 704 pages

About the Author
Tourbillon International has published six consecutive volumes of Watches International and the first volume of Grand Complications, and is an expert in the field.

Customer Reviews

The Quality Pictures are the Thing!
This is the third or fourth large format watch book I have bought and read cover to cover. This one has the least amount of text, and the largest pictures. The other books of this type tell you about the companies and the people running them, as well as an overview of the models they make. This book concentrates on the stars of this world, not the people. It has a large, high quality picture on each page of a stellar example watch, with a small amount of description of the watch and what it does besides tell time. I pulled out my magnifying glass and learned a lot about how the different makers present the complications. The book is divided into types of complications, and all the top brands'top models are grouped together by type of complication. I loved it when I was learning by looking close and comparing instead of reading a lot of words. I recommend this book for visual appreciation of high craftmanship.

(One of the) Ultimate Wish Books
If you want your favorite watch enthusiast to love you forever, buy this book! You may be subjected to discussions about tourbillons, chronographs, repeaters, etc., but your amateur (or professional) horologist will be in seventh heaven just viewing these works of art for the wrist. While not a catalog, it really doesn't matter to a serious collector and they will spend many happy hours perusing their favorite jewels. Makes Timex look like a kiddy toy.