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 153
Fig. 138. 138 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. A striking watch in a curious octagonal case of gilded brass fixedto a stand is shown in Fig. 138. The plates of the movement are of … Fig. 139. Fig. 140. iron ; it is fitted with the stackfreed, and its construction altogethershows it to be a mid-sixteenth century production. An interesting Portable Timekeeper;;. 139 feature of this watch is the pierced door at the back, which is shownopen in the ilhistration. Amid the piercing…
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