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 537
Fig. 687.—English watch withoutscrews, about 1600. … Fig. 688.—EngHsh watch,about 1650. certainly not later, I think, than 1600. There are no screws usedin its construction, and the mainspring is adjusted by means of aratchet and click. The train is of the numbers already given, thehand is driven by four pegs projecting from the great wheel…
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