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 88
oval watch. Fig. 64.—Early oval watch. controlling the motion of the wheels being of the cross-bar type,designated by Froissard -le folioV and by German writers ■ivaagr Portable Timekeepers. 73 Another feature, the stackfreed, for etjualising the power, will bereferred to a little further on. A… … Fig. 65 Img. 6G. shape, either small and plain or larger with more or less of decora-tion, remained in favour for over a century. An early specimen isshown in Figs. 63 and 64. The oval striking and alarum w^atchreproduced in Figs. 65 and 66 is sixteenth century w^ork by JacquesDuduict, -inaitve…
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