{"title":"Clocks \u0026 Watches","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"alfred-chapuis-edmund-droz-automates-figures-articelles-et-danimaux-1949-123401","title":"Les Automates.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003eBound by Zaehnsdorf\u003c\/h4\u003eThis comprehensive and detailed book explores the history and development of automata (clockwork mechanisms designed to simulate human movements). It concentrates on the eighteenth century and particularly the work of Jacquet-Droz, renowned watchmaker of the period, who used the automata he created to help him sell his watches and clocks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst edition. 4to (27x 20 cm), numbered 2951, coloured frontispiece, profusely illustrated with black and white illustrations in text, some full page colour illustrated, red silk endpapers, edged with gilt decoration, binder's stamp on front pastedown; bound by Zaehnsdorf in full red morocco gilt, gilt motifs on upper and lower covers, all edges gilt, spine gilt lettered and ruled with raised bands, housed in red cloth slipcase; a very good copy; 425pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"CHAPUIS, Alfred, DROZ, Edmond.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57088576553335,"sku":"123401","price":950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/123401_f0f8008a-6238-4b9c-b191-072d04a4af85.jpg?v=1790183988"},{"product_id":"otto-mortensen-jens-olsens-clock-1957-bound-by-zaehnsdor-123526","title":"Jens Olsen's Clock.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003eBound by Zaehnsdorf\u003c\/h4\u003eJens Olsen's World Clock or Verdensur is an advanced astronomical clock which is displayed in Copenhagen City Hall. The mechanical clock consists of 12 movements which together have 15,448 parts and must be wound at least once a week. It was designed and calculated by Jens Olsen who was a skilled locksmith, but later learned the trade of clockmaking. He also took part in the beginning of the clock's construction, but died in 1945, 10 years before the clock was completed. (wikipedia). Mortensen, the author, was a colleague who worked with Olsen and took charge of the completion after Olsen's death. This work provides the detailed technical description of the clock and its workings. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eG.K. Hadfield, established in 1966, is a noted dealer in fine antique clocks, rare horological books, and restoration materials based in Cumbria, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst edition. Small folio (30 x 21 cm), numerous black and white illustrations throughout, some in text and some full page, red silk endpapers, binder's stamp in gilt on front pastedown; bound by Zaehnsdorf in full red gilt, spine gilt lettered and ruled, gilt motif on upper cover, all edges gilt, housed in red cloth slipcase; an excellent copy; 156pp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MORTENSEN, Otto.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57173532803447,"sku":"123526","price":750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/123526_e585a078-c0f1-416a-be0f-00cb182e805d.jpg?v=1790192286"}],"url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/collections\/clocks-watches.oembed","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}