WATCH History Modern Wristwatch Book by Doensen LED LCD Start Price USD 99.95 Current Price USD 99.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, August 26, 2008 End Time Friday, September 05, 2008 Location Europe See more about 'WATCH History Modern Wristwatch Book by Doensen LED LCD' Description Watch - History Of The Modern Wristwatch 100% original and brand new book by Pieter DoensenThis is a must have reference book for collectors of Electric, LED, LCD and designers watches from the period 1950-1993. Pieter Doensen has written a comprehensive history of the of the designers watch from the pioneer work of the French manufacturer LIP up to the fashion houses of Cardin and Dior. "Watch" provides the well documented technical evolution of “collectible modern wrist watch” from the first electro-dynamic watch system developed by Hamilton in the early 1950’s up to the radio controlled watches of Junghans and the automatic quartz watches of Seiko and Jean d`Eve. Added are separate chapters for multi-functional watches and miscellanea such as for instance the race for the flattest watch. This book is a one of a kind that deals with rather the "non-mechanical" watches, it is packed with information, relevant details and illustrated with a large number of very clear photo's, mostly of watches from the authors own collection. CONTENTS: Part 1 - Designers, 1950 - 1983 Part 2 - Early Electrics Part 3 - Quartz watches Part 4 - Miscellanea Part 5 – Manufacturers, History of the most important watch manufacturers Part 6 - Annex Click here to see the full table of content of WATCH. History of the modern wrist watch This book features the history of watches and designers such as; Richard Arbib (Hamilton Electric), Pierre Balmain, Prince Francois de Baschmakoff (LIP), Guccio Bertone (Buler), Max Bill (Junghans), Michael Boyer (LIP), Pierre Cardin (Jaeger), Alain Carre (Waterman), Jean Dinh Van (LIP), Christian Dior (Bulova), Tian Harlan (Chromachron), Isabelle Hebey (LIP), Marc Held (LIP), Nathan George Horwitt (Movado), Michael Kinn (LIP), Andre Le Marquand (Catena Spaceman), Serge Manzon (Longines), Pablo Morabito, Bruno Ninaber van Eyben, Dieter Rams (Braun), Sir Clive Sinclair, Roger Tallon (LIP), Bjorn Weckstrom (Lapponia) Very extensive LED / LCD / Digital / Electric / Designer section with very rare models including; Sinclair, Braun, Girard Perregaux, Zodiac, Amida Digitrend, Hamilton Electric Ventura, Meteor, Victor, Van Horn, Spectra, Pacer, Vega, Omega Time Computer, Megaquartz, Jaz Derby Cylindrical Jump Hour, Heuer Chronosplit, Manhattan, Bulova Accutron Tuning Fork, Accuquartz; Hamilton Pulsar, Fairchild, Texas Instruments, Zenith Futur, Nepro Quartz, Croton, Solitron, Synchronar Solar, Yema, Longines, Pontiac, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Wittnauer, Pop-up LED, Sideview LED, Mido Swissonic, Waltham, Dynamic Scattering LCD, Seiko, Hughes Aircraft, Longines Gemini II, Elektronika, Junghans, Hewlett Packard HP-01 Calculator Watch, Omega Chronoquartz Albatros, ( no Rolex or Tudor Quartz), Mortima, Sicura Instalite, Swatch, Computron, Omega Dynamic, Alarm, Dual Time, World Time, Electronic, Chronograph watches and many many more! Book: Watch, History of the modern wrist watch Author: Pieter Doensen ISBN: 905349135X Publisher: Snoeck Ducaju & Zoon, N.V., Gent, Belgium Published in:1994 Number of pages: 253 Images: hundreds of photographs in color Written in English This heavy book weights about four pounds, almost 2 kg! This book is brand new with a hard cover SHIPPING: Item is in Europe and will only be shipped (almost) worldwide if you contact me before buying! You can only choose one of the following shipping options:Worldwide shipping (outside Europe): Registered and with Priority is $ 42 (for most countries, not all countries!). Insurance is not option on priority shipping, for most countries. Inside Europe shipping: Priority (note not for all countries inside Europe, there are some exceptions) and insurance is $ 28. Prices are for the normal unsigned edition and ask all questions about shipping before you buy!Shipping time can vary per country, normally shipping outside Europe takes 4-10 working days and inside Europe 2-6 working days. I ship all books in a special shipping box to be sure that your book arrives safely and unharmed. I also have a signed edition available for $ 10 more. In this signed edition Pieter Doensen wrote Enjoy Collecting and his signature! Your total price is: price of the book, shipping costs and if you pay with Paypal plus 4.2% of the total (this is book plus shipping). All sales are final, before bidding read the payment options and if you have any questions please feel free to mail me. Check my feedback and buy with confidence. © Text and photographs by Stonemaier. Please do not copy.   Place a Bid!