The Museum Collection: 100 Milestones of 20th Century Watchmaking

A UNIQUE GUIDE TO WATCH COLLECTING – TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN AND STYLE OF THE BEST AND LESS WELL-KNOWN MODELS THAT MADE THE HISTORY OF TIMEKEEPING FROM 1900 TO 2000THE REVISED, ENGLISH-ONLY EDITION OF PRESSISION WATCH BOOK #1An extract from the introduction(…) The Museum Collection is a voyage through time(keepers), an entrance ticket to an exhibition, a source of advice and inspiration for the watch lover seeking to build up the perfect collection. What is the “perfect” collection? In this book’s view, it is the one featuring the most significant wristwatches of the 20th Century from the technical and stylistic point of view. (…) Each one of the 100 chapters features a description of the discussed object, a one through five star rating of its historical relevance, the technical information, several pictures showing both the exterior and interior of the timepiece, and in some cases the reproductions of ads, booklets or user manuals. (…) The Appendixes section includes an “esoteric” selection of unusual or unique pieces, a number of presentation boxes that are attractive collecting items in themselves, the fictional story of a watch featured earlier on in the book, the account of how the purchase of an old military timepiece inspired the historical novel Wingwatch, and a bibliography listing the paper sources consulted.About the author. Marco Strazzi also published Watch Ads 1900-1959, Watch Ads 1960-2000 (a pictorial history of communicazion and design in 20th Century watchmaking), Rolex 1905-1960 (the first half-century of the brand) and the novel Wingwatch, partly based on a true WW2 story. Read more