The engine needs some of these examples of the bezel that's very specialized. And so very kindly sent as one of those, only as brand new. You did not restore it to its new condition though. We didn't take all of the dents and marks out of the case. So that still looks like it survived an air crash. The dial weirdly, it was the only thing he didn't know why this damage had occurred.
Called "a poem in clockwork," the self-winding Breguet watch made for Marie Antoinette was meant to be the most beautiful example of mechanical art in the world. Yet when she was imprisoned in the Tour du Temple, she wanted only a simple watch that would mark the passing of the hours until her meeting with the guillotine. Listen as Rebecca Struthers, the watchmaker, antiquarian horologist, and author of the Hands of Time talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about how our need to keep time has shaped watchmaking history, and how, in turn, the development of watches has shaped human culture and society. Other topics include the precise and painstaking craft of bespoke watchmaking and the challenge of restoring watches from another time.