This book describes the development of clocks and the concept of time in our occidental culture as reflected by items in the collection of the German Watch and Clock Museum.  Apart from clocks of exceptional workmanship, low-cost timekeeping instruments are included when of particular relevance to their period of use.  Paperback.  40 pages.  Illustrated throughout.  Text in English.  New condition.  This copy also includes a leaflet on cuckoo clocks, another on the Hans-Lang astronomical clock and two colour postcards from the Museum.  Cat No 3758