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 551
the weighted lever is a ratchet wheel with very fineteeth, and fixed to the lever is a pawl, which engages with theratchet wheel. This pawl is made elastic, so as to yield to unduestrain caused by the endeavour of the lever to vibrate after thewatch is wound. Repeating Watches.—While the striking… … Fig. 703.Self-winding watch mechanism to act Fig. 704.—Self-winding or Pedometeron the closing of the hunting cover. watch by Breguet. work for house clocks invented by the former. The number ofhours or quarters struck depends on the position of the snails whichrevolve with the timekeeping…
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