Technique And History Of The Swiss Watch From Its Beginnings To The Present Day by Jacquet, Eugene, Alfred Chapuis, and G. Albert Berner - 1953

Boston Book and Art Shop, Boston, Massachusetts, 1953; First Edition; Quarto, 278 pages; red cloth; gilt titles and decorations; illustrated. The definitive authority on the technique, history, and development of the Swiss watch, authored by Eugene Jacquet, director of the School of Watchmaking in Geneva, Alfred Chapuis, professor of the University of Neuchatel, and G. Albert Berner, director of the School of Watchmaking in Bienne. Eight chapters covering every conceivable aspect of the Swiss watch, from the beginnings of watch-making in Switzerland to the later evolution of the modern watch. Published under the official auspices of the Swiss Society of Chronometry and the Swiss Watch Chamber. Profusely illustrated with photographs in black & white and color. Edited by Urs Graf-Verlag, Olten, and printed in Switzerland. Preface by Claude Attinger, President of the Swiss Society of Chronometry. First English language edition, translated from the original French by D.S. Torrens and C. Jenkins. An essential reference. The true first edition, not a Spring Books reprint. Very Good Plus, previous owner name in neat hand in the blank top margin of the title page. Clean, crisp, titles bright, binding tight, sound, and square, corners sharp.