The Reference Library
The Reference
Library
A structured reference to houses, movements, gemstones, techniques and enduring designs.
Featured reference · House guide
Tudor
A direct route into the house: its origins, design language and the references through which its identity became distinct.
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Open the guideHouse guides
An edited view of watchmaking
A photographic selection of houses and their defining work, followed by the complete alphabetical index.
Complete directory
Houses, A–Z
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G
L
P
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V
Technical definitions
Movements & Complications
Mechanisms explained through what they do, how they work and the vocabulary needed to recognise them.
Gemstones, materials & techniques
How objects are made and recorded
Material practice, gem-setting and the systems used to document authenticity and provenance.
Library method
How to read the archive
House histories sit beside clear technical definitions and closely documented objects, making it easy to move from a name to the craft behind it.
- 01House guide
History, authorship and recurring design signatures.
- 02Technical definition
Precise terminology, mechanism and material practice.
- 03Object record
A specific reference or collection with traceable identity and chronology.
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