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 238
e minute figures than did Englishmanufacturers. Fig. 342 shows a French watch dating from about 1770, which isa good example of the period, with a hole for winding cut throughthe dial, a plan much favoured in France for fifty years or so fromthat date, but not so popular in England. Lepine, who… … Fig. 344.—Watch by I. Mornand,Paris, about 1690. Fig. 345. -Watch with Silver Dial,about 1700. a century before this time, and for the tliick French w^atches withporcelain enamel hour figures, in some of which the unsightly holesin the dial were avoided by planting the winding square at the…
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