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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 255

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presentation to some personof distinction. One of the finest calendar watches of late-eighteenth-century pro-duction it has been my privilege to examine is shown in Figs, 375,376, and 377. It is by Samuel Ruel, Rotterdam, and stamps himas a horologist of the first rank. Besides the age and phases… … Fig. 375. Fig. 377. Fine Calendar Watch of late-eighteenth-century production. duty head ; on tlie back of the inner case is A.S. arranged as amonogram. The outer case has a diamond thumb piece. There is arim cap (as seen in Fig. 376) of silver, ha\dng perforations coveredwith horn. The cock, as…

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