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 168
horloger de la ville de Dijon. The dial, finely engraved, is of silver,with gilt hour-band ; the hand is in the form of a lizard. The pear-shaped watch shown in Fig. 164 was made by ConradKreizer, of Strassburg, and is also gathered from the Soltykofftreasures. A similar watch is in the British… … Fig. 166.—Crystal Case Watch,about 1640. Fig. 167.—Watch by Benjamin Hill. dial is of silver gilt, with a white band on which the hour numeralsare engraved. In the centre of the dial is engraved a representationof Christ and the woman of Samaria ; on the upper cover is portrayedthe spectacle of…
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