For your consideration, one of the rarest and most lavish books ever produced about the life and works of Abraham-Louis Breguet (a famous watchmaker) - by Thomas Engel.

These books were published by Engel in a small print run (~500 copies). This one is even more special, being HAND SIGNED and NUMBERED by the author. I have only ever seen 2 other signed copies on the market. VERY RARE.

Genuinely - I don’t know when you’ll ever see another copy for sale again.

Red leather bound volume; gilt edge; marbled end papers; Sewn in bookmark with a beautifully embossed leather end piece featuring the face of Abraham Louis Breguet. Absolutely delightful and a piece of art in its own way.Text in German. Lots of colour illustrations.

From the publisher.

The first section presents a biography i.e. a representation of the life, times and achievements of this great watchmaker and personality. The second section deals, in independent chapters, with the technology and the people who accompanied and determined the life and work of Abraham Louis Breguet. The third part to the volume leads into the philosophy of Time and Space, being so closely connected to horology, explaining, with the help of world famous paintings, their importance in our life. Numerous illustrations..