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 159
be judged from the drawing. Thestackfreed and the wheels are of steel, and the plates of brass. Thiswatch has been pronounced to be a production of the second quarterof the sixteenth century, and the construction in many respectsagrees with that period. Three \dews of a splendid oval watch from the… … Fig. 148.—Dial with Cover open. back cover raised, exhibiting the movement. The case is of brass, giltand very finely chased. The front cover is pierced to receive a small Portable Timekeepers 143 glass, allowing the centre of the dial to be viewed without opening thecover. This style of glass, and…
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