Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-1940, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York : Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 148
any such thing aswe mean by the term watch to-day that came completefrom the mind of any one man, but the contrivancegradually grew, in shape and structure out of the smallclock which could be worn at the belt or on a chain roundthe neck. It came to be called a watch because clock meanta bell that… … The Watch that Was Hatched from the Nuremburg Egg watches had striking apparatus, and this circumstanceadded to the confusion of names. We slangily call a fat,old-fashioned watch a turnip; but the first watches werevery much fatter and more old-fashioned, and mightfairly have deserved the name.…
Time measurements · Clocks and watches
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