American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 231
en putting the hand on, lest itshould come out of its place by the pressure.This is not the case when the hand is adjust-ed on the extremity of the cannon pinion,which has a shoulder for this adjustment.Besides, this arrangement affords the advan-tage that the end shake -of the hour-wheelcan be… … 70. It remains only to say a few wordsconcerning the setting the hands, which, inmost cases, is done from behind, in Swisswatches. The setting the hands on the dials^ide is an inconvenience almost inseparablefrom the nature of a full plate movement, butin I pi. and bridge frames there is not…
Clocks and watches
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