e however, present all the perfection that could be ex- egg-shaped watch is not the oldest form, as was for- hours, the minute hand being entirely absent. pected of their makers, and they are in every way merly supposed. They are not met with till the mid- While the first watches were rather crude,… … century; most of which can only be indicated in black them date from and white, nor do the period about they give ar ade- 1750. Decoration quate idea of the four - colored fineness of the en- gold (quatre cou- HISTORIC WATCHES IN THE MARFELS COLLECTION. graved and Zeurs) is not pierced work. Still,…
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