American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 156
hours and minutes is of chief importance, this AMERICA^ HOROLOGlCAli JOURNAL. 147 style of dial is probably the best; but in a re-gulator the distinct reading of the secondshand is of greater importance, and this style ofdial is not so well suited for that purpose owingto the small size of the… … The arrangement of a movement to suit a dialof this description is not so favorable to accuratetime-keeping as is desirable, and -the threehands, moving from one centre, have a confus-ed appearance, while the object aimed at in ar-ranging the hands ought to be distinctness ofperception, so that the…
Clocks and watches
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