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 287
as considerably enlarged and covered with a circular cock.In Tompions early watches there is a kind of bevelled fringe aroundthe edge of the cock for the more effectual protection of the balance,as in Fig. 413, but after 1688 or 1690 he adopted the now well-known form with a broad base curved to…
Clocks and watches · Clock and watch makers
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