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 177
s often applied to watches of a flattened oval form, it may besupposed that they originated in Nuremberg. They appear to havebeen manufactured here as early as 1600. On page 162 are twospecimens from the Schloss collection. That reproduced in Fig. 194 c.w. M l62 Old Clocks and WatcJies and their… … signature J. Burgis. Tne outer part of the dial is of brass, thecentre, including the hour ring, of silver, and on the cover over itis fixed a circular crystal, an addition doubtless made subsequentto the manufacture of the watch. Portable Timekeepers. 163 Some of these early oval watclies had…
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