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MAYET MORBIER COMTOISE (Book by Veldhoven, Language: English)

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ISBN: 978-90-819954-2-9

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Book Title: MAYET MORBIER COMTOISE, birth and life of a legendary clock
Author: Leonard van Veldhoven
ISBN: 978-90-819954-2-9 / 9789081995429
Facts: size: 23.5 x 27 cm x 2,7 cm (9.3” x 10.6” x 1.1”), hard cover, pages: 352, full colour, text: over 133,000 words, photos & images: c. 1500, 3D-drawings: 6, weight: c. 1.8 kg (4 lbs.)

Book about the Comtoise Clock

A fascinating new standard work (352 pages - 1500 images) that sheds a whole new light on the emergence and development of the French Comtoise-Morbier clock.

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As a student, Leonard van Veldhoven bought his first Comtoise clock whilst on holiday in France. It was love at first sight. In later years, during his many visits to the Haut-Jura, the native region of this idiosyncratic clock, he roamed the streets and squares of Morbier, Les Foncine, Morez and neighbouring villages, asking himself repeatedly: the Haut-Jura: why there and then?

Most publications tell us a lot about the Comtoise itself, but only a few dig deeper into its origins and even less thought is given to the places where this clock was conceived and developed during that period.

This book is a standard work for the technical and historical development of the Comtoise clock. It encompasses a detailed survey of the history of the Comtoise and explains why this distinctive advocate of French heritage saw the light of day at the time and in the place it did. Specifically, it explains the background of social, political, economic and climatic conditions which were prevalent and which contributed to the unique evolution of this legendary clock.

Content book:

    Introduction
    Propositions
I     French Kings, the Revolution and beyond
II     The history of Franche-Comté
III     Haut-Jura: Morbier, the surrounding villages and Morez
IIII     How did the Jurassiens live in and around the seventeenth century?
V     The development of the metal industry
VI     The development of the enamel industry
VII     The development of time measurement
VIII     The arrival of the pendulum and beyond
IX     The Mayets and the Mayet legend
X     The birth of the Comtoise
XI    Technical developments, production and sales
XII    The evolution of the Comtoise appearance and design
    Epilogue: a warm plea
    Photographs & illustrations
    Bibliography
    Important inventions and events
    Quadrilingual Comtoise glossary & 3D-drawings (version 1.1)