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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 209

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ntended, I suppose,to commemorate the success of Montgolfiers aerostatic machine in1782. The movement is signed Vauchez, Paris. Fig. 275 shows the back of a thin watch by Gregson, Paris,horloger du Roy. The case is enamelled on gold, the outer partrayed and covered with royal blue translucent… … Fig. 275.—Enamelled watch by Gregson. Fig. 276. —English enamelled watch. fashion. Fig. 276 shows an English watch, with the London hallmark corresponding to 1787. The margin is of translucent royalblue as in the preceding example. Two French watches of slightly later date, finely painted inenamel,…

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