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The long-awaited English translation of this definitive reference in the field, essential for watchmaking professionals worldwide. Over the course of just a few decades, watchmaking technology has undergone profound change and renewal: new materials have emerged, new functions have enriched mechanical watches, electronic watches have entered...
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The long-awaited English translation of this definitive reference in the field, essential for watchmaking professionals worldwide.
Over the course of just a few decades, watchmaking technology has undergone profound change and renewal: new materials have emerged, new functions have enriched mechanical watches, electronic watches have entered the market, and analytical methods have continued to advance. A reference work presenting the full scope of current knowledge in the field has thus become essential.
Written by specialists in education and industrial development, the Treatise on Watchmaking Construction is without equivalent, an indispensable companion for watch construction engineers and for practitioners working in technical offices and industrial laboratories.
Structured around four major sections—mechanical theory, advanced mechanical theory of the oscillator, mechanical construction, and electronic theory—it sets out all the knowledge required to understand, calculate, and develop products in the field of mechanical and electronic watchmaking.
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ISBN: 9782889157587
Publisher: Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 04 August 2026
Country: Switzerland
Imprint: Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes
Illustration: 400 halftones
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 160.0mm
Height: 240.0mm
Weight: 454g
Pages: 1000
About the Author
Michel Vermot is a HES-certified engineer in microtechnology and the head of movement development at Maurice Lacroix. Philippe Bovay is a watchmaking engineer trained at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland). Damien Prongue is a professor at the Haute École Arc in Le Locle, where he teaches watchmaking and signal processing. Sebastien Dordor is a movement designer at IWC. Vincent Beux is a HES-certified engineer in microtechnology. Since 2002, he has taught watch construction at Hepia (Geneva School of Engineering) and since 2010 at the Geneva School of Watchmaking (CFPT). He also collaborates in the organization and teaching of the HES-SO Master’s program in watchmaking.
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