Time passes, time is captured, time flies-and in no other place does it do those things better than in the hands of the twelve men whose narratives make up the substance of 12 Faces of Time. Each of these epoch-making watchmakers active in the realm of haute horlogerie has a distinct story to tell; in the hands of these masters, time becomes tangible, perpetual, and personal. 12 Faces qf Tinte portrays well-known horological figures such as François-Paul Journe, Vianney Haller, and Philippe Dufour as they've never been seen before and also provides unique insight into major independent horologists like Finnish chronometer specialist Kari Voutilainen, Felix Baumgartner of Urwerk fame, triple-axis tourbillon technician Thomas Prescher, German wunderkind Volker Vyskocil, English contender to the horological crown Roger Smith, resonance specialist Beat Haldimann, and Paul Gerber, Guinness Book of world Records holder. Two men very rarely seen in the press are also portrayed here: Dr. Ludwig Oechslin is not only the the curator of the Musée International d'Horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds, but also the movement de-signer of sonie of Ulysse Nardin's most complicated and forward-thinking works of art and creator of the MIH watch. Kenji Shiohara is the innovative Japanese watchmaker who founded a mini-department for high watchmaking within Japan's gargantuan Seiko Corporation, bringing forth the first Japanese-themed and experdy fnished sonnerie-using Seiko's Spring Drive movement as the basis. These twelve technical magicians are portrayed in their own environments along with plenty of their mechanical wizardry, providing impressions of what makes them unique. 12 Faces of Time is not only for passionate aficionados of high watchmaking, but anyone interested in artistic photography and beautiful imagery. A feast for all of the senses, you can expect to practically hear the ticking of the rare and unique timepieces alongside the exotic accents of the masterful thinkers and gifted watchmakers speaking from the pages to introduce their life's work-one that comprises an age-old craft. Embodying the animated yin-yang that is modem mechanical watchmaking, these twelve faces of time represent very diffèrent corners of the highest level of watchmaking: individual-and individualistic-styles of this timeless mechanical art.
