American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 13
tches, andfinally it has led to dropping the device of pull-ing out the knob for setting hands. 135. Another plan has found much favor, andmay be said to answer the purpose very nearly.The winding parts are exactly the same asdescribed, with the only difference that thewinding pinion is fitted… … and down the square. The face of the wind-ing pinion and the corresponding face of thistube are cut with ratchet teeth, forming exactcounterparts of each other. A gearing, actingin a notch round the periphery of the tube,keeps the two parts constantly connected witheach other, so that the winding…
Clocks and watches
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