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Through this book, Cl&eacute;ment Mazarian &mdash; a watch enthusiast and specialist in collectible timepieces &mdash; sought to study a collection of very real watches, gathered under the banner of an imaginary collector: Archibald, a fictional figure born from a memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archibald&#8217;s Watches explores an imaginary collector&rsquo;s extraordinary watch collection, bringing together more than 120 rare and iconic timepieces from prestigious houses such as Patek Philippe, Rolex, and Cartier.<br \/>Chapter 1<br \/>\nTHE BLUE<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 2<br \/>\nINDEPENDENT WATCHMAKERS<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 3<br \/>\nMODERN WATCHES<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 4<br \/>\nVINTAGE WATCHES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5565],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-79403","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-jewellery-watches","6":"author-by-author-clement-mazarian","7":"publisher-cercle-dart","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Archibald&#039;s watches - ACC Art Books UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title: Archibald&#039;s watches, Pages: 240 Pages, Publish Date: 12th Jan 2027, Author: Cl\u00e9ment Mazarian, ISBN: 9782702212103. 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