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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 251

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the one shown in Fig. 365. The balance wasplanted immediately under the dial, and one of two weights on therim was visible through a curved slit in the dial, so that it bore aresemblance to .a pendulum. At the back of the watch, in place ofthe balance, was often an enamelled plaque, occasionally… … Fig. 367. Fig. 369. regulation from the front, besides crowding the hour division into asmaller circle. The name on this watch is Hilderr. At first sight the large astronomical watch, dating from about 1690,which is represented in Fig. 366, appears to be of English make, forit bears the name plate…

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