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ANCIENT GREEK HOROLOGY
​TICKING TODAY

OCTOBER 2016                                                             TAG: SCIENCE

CONSTANTIN STIKAS, WATCH WRITER, AUTHOR AND EXPERT WATCH PHOTOGRAPHER HAS  RELEASED A NEW BOOK ON THE FAMED ANCIENT GREEK ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM - AN ANCIENT ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK DEVICE DISCOVERED IN THE 20TH CENTURY, ABOARD A SHIP WRECK OFF THE COAST OF ANTIKYTHERA, GREECE.

WATCH MAKER HUBLOT RELEASED A MINIATURIZED VERSION OF THIS AMAZING  MECHANISM IN A WATCH IN 2011.  WITH HIS DUE EXPERTISE, STIKAS IS THE FIRST TO COLLECT THE WEALTH OF INFORMATION, PERTAINING TO THE MECHANISM,  WRITING IT IN A MODERN CONTEXT, THROUGH A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS INCLUDING RESEARCH ON THE MYSTERIOUS AND IMPRESSIVE ANCIENT PIECE OF CLOCKWORK.

A PLEASURABLE WAY TO READ HISTORY ABOUT A CLOCK THAT IS STILL 'TICKING' TODAY.  


RELATED TAGS: HOROLOGY
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