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 238
n Exchange Alley, London, shall have a guineareward. Early Minute-hand Watches.—Fig. 3.1.3 shows the front andFig. 344 the movement of a watch dating from about 1665, which isa particularly interesting specimen, and affords evidence that themaker of it was far in advance of his time. It shows… … Fig. 344. FiG. 343. portion of it, driven by a pinion on the great wheel arbor, revolvesonce in twelve hours, a figure of Time engraved thereon pointing tothe hour; the seconds dial is a silver plate on the back of themo\ement, the seconds hand being carried by the contrate wheel,which rotates once…
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