Guilloche is the decorative engraving of a metal surface, such as watch cases, cufflinks, or the Faberge Egg, with the use of a hand-powered device called a rose engine. This passionately researched book tracks the birth, decline, and revival of this endangered craft and features exclusive information from the world's few living professional guillocheurs, as well as an exploration of the distinction between guilloche and its forebear, ornamental turning. The word "guilloche" was first used to describe details of ancient Greek columns, but the rose engine didn't appear until the mid-1700s,...