American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 232
A very good method of fastening the dialis to set it in a thin rim of silver or gold, andadjust this rim nicely on the outer edge ojthe pillar plate. 73. The hands, in order to be distinctlyseen, ought to be of a dark color, and thegenerally adopted blue steel is far preferableto gold for this… … Fleur-de-Lis hand3 not bo!ng easily distin-guisLed. 74. The circle of seconds ought to haveevery fifth degree visibly marked by a longerand stronger stroke, in order to facilitate thereading of the seconds. Formerly all the dials had flat sec. nds, butfor about thirty years it has been quitecommon…
Clocks and watches
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