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001    857279750 
003    OCoLC 
005    20151102090827.0 
008    121126t20132013nyuaf    b    001 0deng   
010    2012034555 
020    9781439190081 (hardback) 
020    1439190089 (hardback) 
035    (OCoLC)857279750 
040    DLC|beng|erda|cSTF|dCNWLU|dOCLCO|dCCX 
042    pcc 
043    n-us--- 
049    CCXC 
050 00 TS543.U6|bP47 2013 
100 1  Perman, Stacy. 
245 12 A grand complication :|bthe race to build the world's most
       legendary watch /|cStacy Perman. 
250    First Atria Books hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|bATRIA BOOKS,|c2013. 
300    viii, 343 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (some color) ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-330) and 
       index. 
505 0  Lot 7 -- The first tick -- A shining light -- Esse Quam 
       Videri -- Mr. Packard's horseless carriage -- Ask the man 
       who owns one -- Eagle Island -- The collector -- 
       Acceleration -- Vallee de joux -- A gentleman's war -- 
       Time stop -- The final windup -- Game over -- Across the 
       sea -- The James W. Packard Collection of Unusual and 
       Complicated Watches -- A supercomplication -- Age of 
       quartz -- Collecting time -- Back in time -- The comeback 
       -- The final gavel. 
520    "New York Times bestselling author Stacy Perman chronicles
       the thrilling pursuit between two ambitious men in the 
       early 1900s to possess the most complicated timepiece in 
       history. In 1999, at a monumental auction held at 
       Sotheby's in New York City, an eighteen-carat gold pocket 
       watch delivered in 1933 shattered all known records when 
       it was sold for $11 million. Secretly commissioned by the 
       wealthy financier Henry Graves, Jr., the timepiece 
       contained twenty-four 'complications,' including a 
       celestial chart over Manhattan. Considered the Mona Lisa 
       of timepieces, it had been the coveted victor in a 
       collecting duel that spanned three decades. In A Grand 
       Complication, Stacy Perman takes us back to the early 
       twentieth century to tell the incredible story of 
       horological rivals: Wall Street and high society figure 
       Henry Graves, Jr., and James Ward Packard, the brilliant 
       inventor and automobile tycoon behind the elegant Packard 
       Motorcar. These archetypes of American success went head 
       to head, driving the finest watchmakers to push the 
       boundaries of mathematics, astronomy, craftsmanship, and 
       technology, all to win a personal race against time. With 
       fascinating historical details that recreate the rich 
       lives of these players and their families, Perman 
       transports us from the clubby world of New York high 
       society to the birth of the American auto industry and its
       apogee of style in the Packard line, and into the ateliers
       of the greatest Swiss watchmakers. Theirs is the story of 
       consuming passion, money-fueled epochs and economic 
       collapse, the obsessive world of watches, and how it 
       influenced the expression of wealth and luxury through 
       gadgets and toys that have become symbols of status"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
520    "The race between two ambitious, complicated men in the 
       early 1900s to create the most extravagant, complicated 
       timepiece ever"--|cProvided by publisher. 
590    Gift of Onnolee Elliott, M.T., Ph.D. '64. 
600 10 Packard, James Ward,|d1863-1928. 
600 10 Graves, Henry,|d1868-1953. 
650  0 Pocket watches|xDesign and construction|xHistory|y20th 
       century. 
650  0 Clocks and watches|xHistory. 
650  0 Industrialists|zUnited States|vBiography. 
651  0 United States|xSocial life and customs|y20th century. 
910    AST 201511 
945    MARCIVE (03/23)