30 Lectures on Clock Collecting Knowledge

Author: Chang Wei
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: A sundial that judges time based on the position of sunlight, and a funnel that uses sand flow to record time. They are also called "solar clocks" and "sand clocks." Since celestial movements are based on time, and mechanical structures must have devices to form time intervals to achieve timekeeping, early "escapements" emerged. Thus, the "Water Transport Instrumental Tower" became the ancestor of clocks. "Chinese Market Watches" have become a very unique collecting category internationally. "Authentic, Exquisite, and New" are the three principles of antique watch collecting. This book poses thirty questions in sequence, providing a detailed introduction to what the ancestor of clocks is, when it appeared, how mechanical clocks developed, what "Chinese Market Watches" are, what reference books are available for collecting watches, what are dream watches and their characteristics, which classic watch models are worth collecting, what are multifunctional watches, what are tourbillons, what are the metal markings on watch cases and what do they represent, and how to maintain antique watches, all with illustrations and descriptions!