This is the catalogue that accompanied the exhibition of the same name which was hosted at the Benaki Museum from April to June 2005. It contains 41 colour photographs, representative of the exhibits in the exhibition with their respective captions, 38 of which depict objects from the Luigi Nessi Collection, while the other three constitute part of the collection of the Musée international d’horlogerie de La Chaux-de-Fonds. The texts in the catalogue, following the structure of the exhibition, contain information about the history of the periods covered by the exhibition, as well as data about the manufacture, use and materials of which the objects are made.