Sentence examples for by the complex timepieces from inspiring English sources
PARIS — As a boy, Laurent Picciotto was entranced, he says, by the complex timepieces his father collected — the more complicated and technically improbable the better.
In China, luxury watches have become such a telltale signifier that bloggers have identified corrupt public servants by the fancy timepieces they wear.
The complexes analyzed by SDS-polyacrylamide gelectrophoresissis.
The complexes get disaggregated by sonication.
The age of the timepieces, which Mr. Clymer found by scouring the Brooklyn Flea Market and eBay, was a testament to the state of the American watch business.
NEITHER man was disturbed by the fact that his timepiece cost as much as some people earn in a year.
While Mr. Bréguet went on to build a successful business in own lifetime, one that was later successfully carried on by his descendants, Mr. Janvier is remembered today only by the most erudite of timepiece connoisseurs.
The sidereal day is almost 4 minutes shorter than the mean solar day of 24 of the hours shown by ordinary timepieces.
LP: A luxury timepiece has to function at the highest level, and the timepieces should be as accurate as possible.
Patek Philippe, regarded by aficionados as the finest timepiece manufacturer in the world, does not, as a rule, go in for gimmicks.
Nicholas Foulkes stokes watch-lovers' fantasies by selecting the 100 most important timepieces of the 20th century for the nearly 18-pound doorstopper The Impossible Collection of Watches ($695).
