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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 188

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had beenplaced into a suitable rebate. Isaw this in a watch by BenjaminHill. It was, however, but a sur-vival of the mode in which crystalwas held in octagonal and otherfancy cases, and must be regardedas an inferior arrangement whichdoes not seem to have been at allgeneral, whereas the spht bezel… … Fig. 212.—Handsome Chatelaine. 172 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers Chatelaines.—The convenience of the fob to those whocarried watches for use rather than for ornament was soon apparent,and its adoption speedily became general with men, though ladiescontinued to wear their watches suspended…

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