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 nearly twelve thousand makers (1922)
Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913, Britten, Annie · London : E. & F. N. Spon · leaf 151
a nearly spherical case of brass, chasedand gilded, having the dial at the bottom of the sphere and a ring forcarrying at the top, is shown on p. 134. The form and arrangementof the mechanism are exceedingly rare. The movement is in stories,and the dial, which is seen in Fig. 133, is attached to… … Figs. 132-136.—Spherical Watch, about 1535. plan of top ; 2, dial and case partly opened; 3, elevation ; 4, movement and dial removedIrom case ; 5, movement showing top plate. Portable Timekeepers 135 and not through the intervention of the train, is the count wheel orlocking-plate. Above this…
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