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 249
y of the metal watch dials of the seventeenth century whichwere devoted to other purposes than the indication of the hour orother subdivisions of a day well repay examination. Here are somerepresentative specimens from the Schloss collection. Fig. 363represents a silver single-cased watch which… … Fig. 362. Fig. 363. Arlaud. There is a spring to control the balance, but there areunmistakable indications that this was an addition made subsequentto the manufacture of the watch. The dial is prettily arranged,gives a calendar, the age and phases of the moon, the signs of thezodiac, &c. A…
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