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 246
to the semicircle ofthe silver dial. This pro-cedure is repeated with allthe succeeding numerals.The number of minuteswhich have elapsed sincethe last completed hour isindicated by the position ofthe revolving hour chapterwith relation to the figureswhich are engraved on thefixed dial plate. Fig.… … Fig. 359.—Watch with changing hour figures. 230 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers portion of the fixed dial is an enamelled medallion, with portrait, saidto be that of Louis XIV. when a youth. The late Mr. Henry Levy had one of these curiosities by Fromanteel,which may be either English or…
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