Old clocks and watches & their makers, being an historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past, in England and abroad, to which is added a list of ten thousand makers (1904)
Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 113
ved and gilt. The hour band is ofsilver, divided into two periods of twelve hours each, and markedwith Roman numerals. Within the hour ring, and separating itfrom the sun rising and setting discs, is a brass gilt ring engravedwith a cable pattern. c.w. H 98 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers.… … Fig. 93.(Havani, Dictionnairc de IAmeublcment.) old cross-bar pattern, but with weights riveted on with no provisionfor after-adjustment. There is, of course, no balance spring. Thehours are struck on a cap-shaped or cylindrical bell. In the construction of this timekeeper there is not a single…
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