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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 |