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- Renowned wristwatch expert and historian Gisbert Brunner generously shares his unparalleled expertise in the field
- This exceptional volume is both a significant historical record and a visual extravaganza
- An impeccable gift for the serious watch collector, or anyone who aspires to be one

 Few objects combine function, elegance, and status as well as a wristwatch. One’s choice of chronograph reveals a great deal because it shows the value we place on the most precious resource of all-time. A blend of precise mechanics, craftsmanship, fine materials, and innovation distinguishes the truly superlative examples. In The Watch Book, readers can feast their eyes and minds on a magnificently-illustrated and well-documented chronicle of the world’s best timepieces.

First, we’re treated to a brief discussion on the meaning of time and its measurement by ticking sets of gears and hands. Next we delve into 18 premium manufacturers, including Patek Philippe, Rolex, and Cartier.

These biographies of the most important names in top-end timekeeping trace the progressive development from their earliest days right up to the latest innovations and current models. We explore just what makes these houses outstanding, learning about the remarkable breakthroughs that established them as the crème de la crème of the European watch industry.

About the Authors:

Gisbert Brunner, born in 1947, has been working with wristwatches, pendulum clocks, and other precision timekeeping instruments since 1964. During the quartz watch crisis in the 1970s, he discovered a new love for mechanical timepieces as well. His talent and passion for collecting chronographs led him to publish his first articles on the subject in magazines including GQ, ZEIT Magazin and Chronos in the 1980s. He has since written more than 20 books about every aspect of the field.

Munich-based journalist and author Christian Pfeiffer-Belli is Editor-in-Chief of the German antique watch magazine Klassik Uhren (Classic Watches). He needs no hobbies, having turned his profession into his passion. He accepted his first publishing job in 1965 at Callwey in Munich. Since 1976, he has built the publisher’s range of timepiece titles and overseen the publication of about 50 books in this area. He was then hired by the Ebner publishing house in Ulm after Ebner purchased the watch magazine from Callwey. Established in 1978, Klassik Uhren appears every other month as the only German-language magazine that deals exclusively with old watches. Pfeiffer-Belli sold his private library to Ebner; with about 9,000 titles, it is without a doubt the most extensive private German book collection on watches in existence. Pfeiffer-Belli also has a very large photo archive from which he supplied the photos for The Watch Book.

The next volume in the successful Watch Book series by bestselling author Gisbert L. Brunner

In this new volume of the Watch Book series, successful author Gisbert L. Brunner focuses on Swiss watch history and the watch industry, and in particular on the house of Oris, because what could be a more fitting connection than that of the leading expert when it comes to mechanical timepieces with the watch manufactory that is one of the few to produce exclusively mechanical watches. Founded in 1904, the company stands out in many ways in the luxury world of horology, it is run independently and not by a large corporation, it is valued as a down-to-earth brand and - in an industry that is not necessarily known for this - it focuses on sustainability, true to the motto: "Things have to make sense".

Of course, technology should not be missing from this volume; after all, Oris has developed 280 different calibres in its company history and manufactured them in its own factories. Companions have their say and the best watch models of the company's almost 120-year history are presented in this usual high-quality volume.

- The first coffee table book dedicated to the Swiss manufacturer Oris, makers of innovative mechanical watches for close to 120 years
- An amazing look behind the curtain at the Swiss watch industry and its history, shaped by contrasts

About the Author:

Born in 1947, Gisbert L. Brunner has been working with precision timepieces of all kinds, especially wristwatches, since the 1960s. During the quartz crisis of the 1970s, his love for the seemingly vanishing mechanical timepieces grew even stronger. His ardent enthusiasm for collecting inspired him to publish his first articles in the early 1980s. Gisbert L. Brunner has published more than 15 books on this subject to date, and he is in demand as a speaker all over the world.

The Watch Book I and II in one volume: Expansive knowledge from renowned watch expert and historian Gisbert L. Brunner alongside almost 1,000 high-quality color photographs brings together the latest innovations and most important names in top-end timekeeping under one roof. Few objects combine function, elegance, and status as well as a wristwatch.

A blend of precise mechanics, craftsmanship, fine materials, and innovation distinguishes the truly superlative examples. With so-called smart watches playing a larger role, the world of watches is in transition. However, classic timepieces with mechanical movement will not disappear from people's wrists, because the ticking of a mechanical watch has been and will continue to be the heartbeat of human culture. After their individual success, the bestsellers The Watch Book I and The Watch Book II are finally available together in one comprehensive volume. Readers can feast their eyes and minds on a magnificently-illustrated and well-documented chronicle of the world's best timepieces.

Portraits of more than 40 watch brands, from premium manufacturers Patek Philippe, Rolex, and Cartier to watches from the "affordable luxury" segment, right up to timepieces from the chronometric creme de la creme. We explore their unique features and quirks and learn about the remarkable breakthroughs and exclusive technical developments that have contributed to the history of the watch. This volume also includes a helpful glossary of important terms, making it an absolute must for both timepiece experts and collectors and those new to the world of watch artistry.

This impeccably researched and lavishly illustrated book traces the evolution of the watch across the twentieth century.

It charts the early rise of the wristwatch, shows how the cataclysmic events of the 1929 Wall Street Crash unexpectedly led to a golden age of watch production, and demonstrates how the electronic watch, which almost destroyed the traditional industry, led to a mechanical watch renaissance in the last part of the century. Each chapter focuses on a specific decade, opening with an introduction to the era’s stylistic and design highlights and then examines the development of specific genres of watches. Hundreds of color photographs include full-page close ups that reveal intricate details of form, texture, and design.

Alexander Barter’s vast knowledge informs his gripping texts, which discuss the major achievements in watch technology and design. This book also includes vintage advertisements and other promotional materials, helping to give a sense of the eras in which they were created. The perfect gift for watch aficionados, this beautiful and informative volume presents the world’s finest watches with an elegance and depth befitting its subject.

About the Author:

Alexander Barter spent more than a decade at Sotheby’s watch division, becoming its Deputy Worldwide Head in 2005. In 2009 he founded his own company, Black Bough. He is a member of the Antiquarian Horological Society and is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, the oldest surviving horological institution in the world.

Discover the stylistic evolution of the watch in this unparalleled guide to the greatest timepieces of the 20th century.

Offering the perfect blend of high-quality imagery and impeccable research, this magnificent book takes readers through the 20th century to show how the watch, in all its forms, evolved. It charts the early rise of the wristwatch, shows how the cataclysmic events of the 1929 Wall Street Crash unexpectedly led to a golden age of watch production, and demonstrates how the electronic watch, which almost destroyed the traditional industry, led to a mechanical watch renaissance in the last two decades of the 20th century. Each decade opens with an introduction to the era’s stylistic and design highlights and then examines the development of specific genres of watches within each period. Hundreds of color photographs in this book feature full-page close-ups that reveal intricate details of form, texture, and design. Author Alexander Barter’s vast knowledge of the 20th-century watch informs his texts which discuss the major technological and design breakthroughs in a chronological format. This book also includes vintage advertisements and other promotional materials, helping to give a sense of the eras in which they were created. The perfect gift for watch aficionados, this beautiful and informative volume presents the world’s finest watches with elegance and depth befitting its subject.

About the Author:

Alexander Barter spent more than a decade at Sotheby’s watch division, becoming its Deputy Worldwide Head in 2005. In 2009 he founded his own company, Black Bough. He is a member of the Antiquarian Horological Society and is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, the oldest surviving horological institution in the world.

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This inspirational volume on wellness showcases ideas for replenishing the mind, body, and soul and is the latest addition to the bestselling Bucket List series.

For anyone seeking calming and therapeutic wellness respites, this aspirational guide contains 1,000 travel ideas organized geographically. Every aspect of wellness and self-care is covered: rid yourself of negative energy in a sweat lodge in Mexico; unwind with yoga in a tree house cabin by the Caribbean in Tobago; harness the healing power of seawater in France; practice the art of forest bathing in Japan; go on a wellness cruise down the Mekong in Vietnam; engage in holistic healing therapies in a former Maharaja’s palace in India; learn more about gut health and gastronomy in California; experience holistic healing arts in the Hamptons . . . the possibilities are endless.

Entries are broken down into six color-coded categories to help readers personally create the ultimate wellness escape for their needs at any time. The six categories are: renew and recharge; relax and indulge; explore and thrive; reflect and connect; savor and nourish; heal and balance.

This is the definitive guide for anyone interested in travel that enriches life physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

About the Author:

Nana Luckham has written for many travel publications. She has co-authored guidebooks for Lonely Planet and Rough Guides, worked as a United Nations press officer, and written for the BBC, the Independent, Responsible Travel, and the Africa Report, among others. She has lived in Accra, Canberra, Paris, Grenoble, and New York, and now lives in London.

The retrospective on the work of couturier Thierry Mugler (1948-2022) at the Brooklyn Museum includes more than 150 costumes designed between 1977 and 2014, along with many unpublished archive documents and sketches. It showcases the multiple worlds of this one-of-a-kind artistic figure — a visionary fashion designer, director, photographer and perfumer — through a display of his prêt-à-porter and haute couture silhouettes.

Thierry Mugler staged the most spectacular fashion shows of his time. He dressed many celebrities, including Diana Ross, David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Liza Minnelli, Céline Dion and Kim Kardashian. He created the costumes for many of Mylène Farmer’s and Beyoncé’s tours and videos. A photographer and director, he filmed clips as well as short films starring actresses like Isabelle Huppert and Juliette Binoche.

This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition and is organised into several main sections. It reproduces a selection of full-page photographs, most of which have not been published before, by the greatest artists who worked with Mugler throughout his career — Helmut Newton, Peter Knapp, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, David LaChapelle, Stéphane Sednaoui, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Jean-Paul Goude, Pierre & Gilles, Patrice Stable, Inez & Vinoodh, to name just a few. It also includes views of the exhibition layout and displays.

_Catalogue of an exhibition that has already been seen by thousands of visitors: Thierry Mugler: Couturissime exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY, from 18 November 2022 to 7 May 2023
_Featuring many previously unseen pictures
_Includes a chronology of Thierry Mugler's collections

About the Author:

After working more than ten years in New York, Milan and Paris in the fashion industry, Thierry-Maxime Loriot curated the exhibition The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier. From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. It travelled around the world and was immensely successful, with more than two million visitors. He contributes to several magazines and fine-arts museums around the world, working on projects dealing with fashion and photography.

Marking the 20th anniversary of the company’s founding, this comprehensive monograph is the first book on Thom Browne.  

With a celebrity clientele including Cardi B, Michelle Obama, LeBron James, and Julia Roberts, among others, Thom Browne is widely recognized for modernizing today’s professional uniform: the suit. As the company’s 20th anniversary nears, Thom Browne. celebrates the legacy of the house. Specially commissioned photography by Johnny Dufort features more than 200 looks from past seasons. An introduction by Andrew Bolton, Wendy Yu curator in charge of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute and creative director of this title, sets the work in context. The book concludes with a tableau of show installations that further illustrate the house’s design philosophy and evolution. Published as a hardback enclosed in a clamshell box, the book includes 4-, 6-, and 8-pages gatefolds and more than 40 translucent vellum pages featuring the brand’s signature four stripes. It also includes a Thom Browne grosgrain ribbon. 

About the Authors:

Thom Browne is an American fashion designer and the founder/creative director of Thom Browne, a luxury fashion house based in New York. Initially celebrated for his distinctive approach to men’s tailoring in 2003, Browne has since expanded the collections to include womenswear, childrenswear and accessories. He has also become known for his highly conceptual runway presentations which have gained global attention for their thought-provoking themes and dramatic settings. in 2023 he became chairman of the CFDA.

Andrew Bolton is the Wendy Yu curator in charge at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York and has curated some of the Museum’s most visited exhibitions, including Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (2011) and Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination (2018). He has written more than twenty books, lectures widely, and contributes to many publications. Prior to joining The Met in 2002, he worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London for nine years.

Tibetan culture revives in hidden Himalayan kingdom.

Photographers Luigi Fieni and Kenneth Parker document the cultural revival of Tibetan Mustang “the hidden kingdom” of the Himalayas. A restoration project of its sacred temple murals directed by Luigi Fieni over more than 20 years has reawakened Buddhist traditions. Included is Mustang’s extraordinary landscape as well as the Lobas’ spiritual and secular way of life.

The kingdom of Mustang, where Tibetan Buddhist tradition continues, is emerging as a beacon of community-directed art conservation and resurgent culture. Sacred temples dominate the medieval capital Lo Monthang. Following centuries of deterioration a mural restoration project has taken place over more then 20 years, directed by conservator/photographer Luigi Fieni. This included training the unskilled Lobas in Western conservation methods. This extraordinary initiative led to a vibrant cultural renaissance in the kingdom.

About the Authors:

Luigi Fieni is the lead art conservator and photographer of the Mustang project. His works restoring ancient Buddhist art across Asia have been published and exhibited worldwide.
Kenneth Parker is a large-format photographer, working principally in remote areas, producing a body of work in traditional film format which have been, widely exhibited and published.
Amy Heller is a Tibetologist and art historian who teaches at University of Bern, Institute for the Science of Religion and who writes on Tibetan art and culture.
HH Sakya Trichen is the revered forty-first throne holder of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism dating back to 1073, one of the four main traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.

A tribute to the eternally modern charm of stars and personalities who radiate sophisticated, timeless style. Through glamorous images of celebrities — both contemporary and past — this exquisite volume celebrates the legendary style of actors, models, musicians, socialites, and more.

A curation of the most emblematic figures of the last century, this tome features a who’s who list of style icons from the red carpet, Hollywood films, and magazine covers: from Jane Birkin, Brigitte Bardot, Lauren Hutton, and Audrey Hepburn to James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Mick Jagger. Also spotlighted are beloved icons of our time, including Gisele Bündchen, Blake Lively, George Clooney, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Beautiful photographs underscore each personality’s unique charm and elegance, while informative texts describe the time period and style. The result is a book that’s as enchanting as the legendary figures represented within its pages.

About the Author:

Carlo Mazzoni is the former editor-in-chief of L’Officiel Italy. He recently launched a new magazine, The Fashionable Lampoon.

Louise Bourgeois, Ann Hamilton, Willem de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring, Richard Meier, Daniel Libeskind, Zaha Hadid, James Watson, Nicole Kidman, Dennis Hopper, Vanessa Redgrave, Glenn Close, Dennis Quaid, John Malkovich, John Huston, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Salman Rushdie, Gary Indiana, Gore Vidal, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Steve Tyler and B.B. King. A rich gallery of artists, architects, writers, scientists, actors, directors, musicians, singers and business people in these portraits taken by the great American photographer between the seventies and today.

“Timothy Greenfield-Sanders works on the portrait like a painter of another age. Thanks to his 11 x 14 inch Fulmer & Schwing, an old wooden box dated 1905, which he uses as if he were using palette and brush, he produces portraits that are detailed but not psychological. This way he shows that it is possible to create portraits of people without pathos yet revealing their soul all the same.

Greenfield-Sanders is not interested in the fleeting moment; he is interested in the limited time of a sitting. He asks little of his subjects, he lets them take on a natural portrait posture, he offers few suggestions and lets the composition come emerge on its own. Those who pose for him are offered his seat, the same seat each subject sits on and where each subject has left a part of himself or herself. In this he is not a modern portrait artist, like the painter Lucian Freud, who, working with the dramatic quality of his subject adds so much of his own that he transforms it into abstraction.

Some works by Greenfield-Sanders could seem to be hyperrealist, but his eye looks more towards the European tradition. His recent use of the diptych also indicates this. His attention is focused on celebrities, popular icons, as were Rembrandt and Velбzquez in their day, portraying the great figures of their time; perhaps a turning point in his future development would be to take a look at ordinary, anonymous people, as Caravaggio had done.

This attention to popular icons likens Greenfield-Sanders to Warhol, whom he admires. Yet he does not rehash Warhols poetic language: the genial Andy used a Polaroid, a modern means that was devoid of expressive qualities and required no know-how: anyone can take a Polaroid; Greenfield-Sanders, on the other hand, uses a sophisticated wooden camera which gives his images that specific character that distinguishes his unmistakable personality.

In his black and white portraits Greenfield-Sanders comes very close to the imagery of cinema, some close-ups recall Fritz Lang. His strength lies in his will not to invent a photographic form. In colour he searches for his subject, the strength of tones and contrasts, he seeks the perfection of chromatic quality and combinations that can be astonishing. For example the beautiful portrait of Nicole Kidman, where the red material of her dress, the unlit red background and the rosy colour of the face blend together bringing eyes and hands to the fore.

Undoubtedly one of Greenfield-Sanders’s greatest merits is his being able to limit the distance that separates the portrait from the observer. Not everyone can do this (Mimmo Paladino)

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders was born in Miami Beach, Florida in 1952. He studied at Columbia University, New York, where he graduated in History of Art in 1974. He attended the American Film Institute in Los Angeles and, in 1977, he received a specialised diploma in Fine Arts. He lives and works in New York.

Covering three decades of the artist’s provocative yet intimate large-scale color images capturing the domestic life and private moments of the American and European elite — her family and friends — this book will appeal to contemporary-art lovers, photography book collectors, and anyone with an interest in modern culture.

Internationally acclaimed American artist Tina Barney burst on the scene in the early 1980s with her provocative yet intimate photographs capturing the domestic lives and social rituals of the elite. In choosing color over black and white and producing large-format prints, she broke the tradition of established fine-art photography at the time. Her unstintingly honest portrayal of her subjects, many of whom are family and friends, remains completely original.

Straddling the line between candid and choreographed photography, between engagement and detachment, she captures her subjects in a range of rarefied settings, both private and public. Her iconic tableaux suggest rich narratives or, as she has written, the “synchronization of psychological, emotional, and sociological plots that bind a family together.” Long awaited, this lavish survey is the most definitive book to date on Barney’s work.

About the Author:

Tina Barney began her career in the mid-1970s when she started photographing in color with a large-format view camera. Her iconic images are in the permanent collections of numerous institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, among others. Recent solo exhibitions include The Europeans at the Frist Center in Nashville, the Barbican Centre, London, and at the Museum of Art, Salzburg. Peter Galassi is a former chief curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York.

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Liam Wong’s debut monograph, a cyberpunk-inspired exploration of nocturnal Tokyo

'I want to take real moments and transform them into something surreal, to make the viewer question the reality depicted in each photograph. This body of work encompasses my three years as a photographer and ultimately the completion of my debut photo series’ Liam Wong

A testament to the deep art of colour composition, this publication – art directed by Wong himself and produced to the highest printing standards – brings together a complete and refined body of images that are evocative, timeless and completely transporting. Rounding out the book’s special treatment is the first publication use of the 45/90 font, designed by Henrik Kubel, of London-based A2-TYPE. The book also features a section that reveals the creative and technical process of Wong’s method, from identifying the right scene to composition, from capturing the essence of a moment to enhancing colour values and deepening an image’s impact – insights are invaluable to admirers and photography enthusiasts alike.

About the Author:

Liam Wong is an award-winning art director, currently based in Japan. Graphic designer, game developer and photographer, he is best known for defining, designing and directing visual identities and was listed as one of Forbes magazine’s influential 30 under 30.

One of today's foremost fashion and celebrity photographers, Tom Munro has been making defining images since the mid-1990s.

Munro achieves his results by encouraging his subjects to reinterpret their personalities for his lens, revelling in seductive roleplay or darkly-lit melodrama. The subjects gathered here include some of the biggest names in pop culture today-Ashton Kutcher, Brooke Shields, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christina Ricci, Courtney Love, Daniel Craig, Dustin Hoffman, Ewan McGregor, Isabella Rossellini, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Aniston, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Julianne Moore, Justin Timberlake, Lauren Hutton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Linda Evangelista, Madonna, Marion Cotillard, Matt Dillon, Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Campbell, Patrick Dempsey, Rob Lowe, Scarlett Johansson, Stephanie Seymour and Tom Cruise, to name only a few. This volume-Munro's first monograph-affirms his status as a portraitist of the first rank.

English by birth, Tom Munro moved to New York in 1990, embarking on his own career as a photographer in 1997, and achieving overnight success with his early editorial shoots for British Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Over the last ten years, Munro has contributed to some of the world's most prestigious magazine publications including Vogue, Italian Vogue, L'Uomo Vogue, Russian Vogue, China Vogue and Details. Munro's dedication to his craft has attracted some of the fashion and beauty industries' most prestigious names, including Armani, Banana Republic, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Converse, Gap, Givenchy, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, L'Oreal, Moschino, as well as music icons such as Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and Madonna.

Most recently Munro directed Madonna's music video "Give it to Me," the success of which led to him directing a second video, "Die Another Day," and shooting the book for her Sticky and Sweet world tour.

The Polish photographer and filmmaker Tomasz Gudzowaty is actually known for his perfection — clear compositions, precisely chosen image frames, carefully considered down to the last detail. However, the approach to his Sumo series is completely different. For his photographic tribute to the Japanese national sport Sumo, Gudzowaty confronts his subject with the rebellious aesthetic of “are-bure-bokeh”, which means rough, blurred, out of focus. This style developed in Japan in the 1960s as a countercurrent to the prevailing norm of photojournalism of the time. With the help of photography, Gudzowaty attempts to create a visual language that is able to capture documents beyond words. With the publication Sumo he presents a previously unknown side of his artistic work.

About the Autor:

Tomasz Gudzowaty (*1971) is a portrait and documentary photographer and filmmaker. His work has been published in many magazines and newspapers, such as National Geographic and Vogue Italia. He has received numerous awards.