Inside Out Library · Explore

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 549

An illustration from 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, leaf 549
going as far as the winding is concerned, but no provision was made for disconnecting the wheels from the pendant knob. A. L. Breguet applied winding work to many of his watches, and an arrangement to connect with the motion work for setting hands by pulling out the bow. Isaac Brown in 1829 (5851),… … Fig. 702. Mcchaiiisj)! of Clocks ajid Watches. 535 Audemars subsequently made alterations: the present constructionof shifting sleeve mechanism is, however, similar in principle to thedevice of Phillipe. Adolope Nicole, in 1844, patented (10,355) a fusee keyless work inwhich a knob or the pendant…

Clocks and watches · Clock and watch makers

Internet Archive · Wellesley College Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from 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

More like this