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 187
Fig. 209.—Oliver CromwellsWatch and Fob Chain. 170 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers … Fig. 210.—Clock-Watch ofOliver Cromwell. Watch Glasses.—Watch glasses seem to have been introduced about 1610. At first they were flat, rather thick, and fitted into split bezels, as the containing rings are called,the opening in the bezel being at the middleof the joint, so that the…
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