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 346
n of the first named Christopher, Recorch of Early Makers, etc. 331 carried on a successful business as a clock and watch maker inCockspur Street, bein<i^ described as clockmaker to the Kinii^. Iniy6fi lie is said to have bought from Ferdinand Berthoud, forGeorge III., the first pocket watch… … Fig. 454.— Christopher Pinxhbeck, 1670-1732. A Richard Pinchbeck, toyman, who seems to have carried onbusiness 1760-70, was probably a member of the same family. In the Gentleman s Magazine of June, 1765, it is stated thatPinchbeck and Norton had just set up at the Queens House a newcomplicated…
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