This 2nd Edition of Assouline’s The Impossible Collection of Watches is both a roll call of 100 innovative timepieces, and a collection of stories on and around each model with historical, anthropological, and technical context. Ever wonder how Patek’s Reference 97975, the first on-record perpetual calendar watch, affected society and vice versa? What about the exquisitely-built and hard-to-read Midnight Planétarium from Van Cleef & Arpels? British historian of social history and luxury goods, Nicholas Foulkes, curated the line-up of rare, consequential, and artistic watches covered in this modern codex.
The physical book itself is handcrafted, presented in a grand rubber clamshell with a metal plaque. This 18-pound showcase is meant to be displayed, and its 150 illustrations on art-quality paper meant to be admired—or at least flipped through repeatedly.
- Price: $995
- Author: Nicholas Foulkes
- 168 Pages
- 150 Illustrations
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