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The Watchmaker of Geneva: Every Second Has a Secret

The Watchmaker of Geneva: Every Second Has a Secret

Rothbard, Milton

Paperback

Mystery & Thriller

ISBN13: 9798951153586
Publisher: Mario Lebron
Published: Jul 8 2026
Pages: 314
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Watchmaker of Geneva follows master watchmaker Gabriel Vasseur, whose life changes the moment an anonymous package arrives at his workshop. Inside is an antique pocket watch identical to one his father guarded before mysteriously disappearing in 1983. Beneath its dust cover lies a hidden inscription: The first remembers what vanished.

Driven by a legacy he never understood, Gabriel begins restoring the watch-uncovering a secret compartment containing a cryptic diagram of seven circles and a Latin phrase: Tempus custos veritatis (Time is the guardian of truth).

With historian Élise Moreau and apprentice Lucas Meyer, Gabriel follows a trail across Europe. Each city reveals another watch, another lesson, and another fragment of the truth his father protected: remembrance, endurance, humility, listening, self knowledge, forgiveness, and responsibility. As Gabriel restores each timepiece, he slowly restores the relationship he lost decades earlier.

The journey culminates in Rome, where the Seventh Watch awakens the unfinished movement Étienne left behind. Only when Gabriel engraves a single word-Hope-does the masterpiece come alive, revealing the Covenant of Time and the legacy entrusted to him.

A blend of mystery, craftsmanship, and emotional depth, The Watchmaker of Geneva is a literary thriller celebrating the artisans who preserve memory, the families who pass down stories, and the moments that endure long after the clocks stop.

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