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 187
reby the closing of the front cover ;the back cover had to be openedto wind the watch. The ovalwatch by R. Delander, which isillustrated on page 162 ; the one byDavid Bouquet in the Mainwaringcollection, and another by DavidRamsay in the South KensingtonMuseum, are examples of thismethod. But more… … Fig. 210. Pocket \]atches, etc. 173 of the case. This mode of construction is clearly shown in theengraving of the oval watch by Thomas Aspinwall on page 163. Tillabout 1720 the spring bolt generally projected through the dial; afterthat the nib for unbolting was more often arranged outside the…
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