Robert Halfon, the Conservative MP for Harlow, is our bookbencher this week. He tells us what he would read his unborn children, and which books he would save from
destruction.
1) Which book is on your bedside table at the moment?
Omega, a Journey Through Time. I collect watches and love mechanical and automatic ones. Many made in Switzerland are still hand-made and contain mechanical movements that are true examples of human genius. Omega is one of the predominant watch companies. The cult Omega speedmaster was the only watch worn on the Moon – JFK also wore an Omega. Unlike some other Swiss watch companies, Omega was on the side of the allies during the second world war and supplied the US air force and RAF. This huge coffee table book examines almost every Omega ever made. It has loads of pictures, so suits my internet/blackberry obsessed dumbed-down mind.
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