Patek Philippe - The Authorised Biography

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Foulkes is the author of over 20 books. His most recent include, Bernard Buffet: The Invention of the Modern Mega-artist and Patek Phillipe: The Authorized Biography . His books have been published by Little, Brown, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Flammarion, Assouline, Random House and Thomas Dunne Books in the USA. He contributes to a wide range of newspapers and magazines around the world. For over 20 years he has written the Bolivar cigar column for Country Life . He is a contributing editor to the FT 's How To Spend It magazine, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair ; and luxury editor of British GQ . He launched and continues to edit Vanity Fair 's twice yearly watch magazine On Time . In 2007 he was named Havana Man of the Year by the Cuban government, having been nominated for this award on four previous occasions. He is a graduate of Hertford College, Oxford and lives in London with his wife and two sons. Klappentext The authorised, definitive history and biography of the world's most prestigious watch maker: Patek Philippe. Zusammenfassung The definitive history of the world-renowned watchmakers, Patek Philippe. Founded in Geneva in 1839, and to this day a family-owned company, Patek Philippe makes what are widely regarded as the world’s finest mechanical watches.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Foulkes, Foulkes Nicholas
• Publisher: Preface Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Box
• Released: 15.12.2016
• EAN: 9781848094628
• ISBN: 978-1-84809-462-8
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 318 mm x 370 mm x 50 mm
• Series: Preface Publishing; PREFACE PUBLISH; PREFACE PUBLISH
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Clocks & Watches, Geneva, Mechanical Engineering, Antique clocks, musical boxes and automata, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850