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 381
ch are each a twelfth of an. hour, equal tofive minutes. With practice one could doubtless estimate the timevery closely in this way. It is said that the subscription watchesobtained their title from the combination of Breguet and certain of hisworkpeople to produce a reliable watch at a moderate… … Breguets Subscription Watch. Rccurch of liavly Makers, etc. 367 supposed, were not so marked, but I cannot ascertain when thepractice bej^an. In some instances tlie number of the watchwas on the pendant, but this again did not occur on all hiswatches. Mr. Lionel Faudel Phillips has a watcli by…
Clocks and watches · Clock and watch makers
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