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 402
mentioned a synchronizer or clock for setting a watchright, a tourbillon or revolving carriage in which the escapementof a watch was placed so as to nullify the effect of change ofposition, which was one of the most perplexing problemsof the adjuster, and a device for allowing the bearing… … Fig. 515.—Large Watch, by George Margetts. 386 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers of the Interior, asking for a patent for his escapement a Tourbillon,dated Paris le 18 Brumaire An IX. Of Breguets writing no extracts can be given for he pubUshed Fig. 516.—Breguets Synchronizer. The mainspring…
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