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 184
th KensingtonMuseum is a circular clockwatch by Johannes Bayes, whichprobably belonged to Cromwellssecretary. The outer case oftortoiseshell bears the inscriptionA.D. 1628. A very handsome watch by Henry Harpur is shown in Fig. 209.It has a silver dial with day of the month ring and… … Fig. 207.—Oliver CromweHs watchand fob chain. Johne Pyme, hes watch, 170 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. Watch Glasses.—Watch glasses seem to have been introducedabout 1610. At first they were flat, rather thick, and fitted into spHtbezels, as the containing rings are called, the opening…
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