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 179
95. Two views of a Clock-Watch in pierced circular case. is often appHed to watches of a flattened oval form, it may besupposed that they originated in Nuremberg. They appear to have tbeen manufactured here as early as 1600. On p. 162 are two specimens 162 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers… … O+-> I in sides as shown. On the joint of the case is the signature J. Burgis.The outer part of the dial is of brass, the centre, including the hourring, of silver, and on the cover over it is fixed a circular crystal, anaddition doubtless made subsequent to the manufacture of the watch.…
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