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 272
the movement ofthis watch was made about 1615, although the case is probably of alater date. William North was admitted as a brother of the Clock-makers Company in 1639, and the fact of his being noted as a brotherwould indicate that he had then been established for some time, andwas free of… … Fig. 402. Fig. 403. Two views of large Ova] Alarum Watch signed Richard Crayle, Londini, fecit. to have belonged to Lord Hussey, who was beheaded in 1537. I amnot aware what evidence exists to warrant this statement, but 1537is rather an early date for a watch of this character to be in…
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