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 90
Fig. 65.—Earlv oval Watch. Fig. 66.—Earlv oval Watch. Portable Timekeepers 73 motion of the wheels being of the cross-bar type, designated byFroissard le foliot and by German writers waag. Anotherfeature, the stackfreed, for equaUsing the power, will be referredto a little further on. … Fig. 67 Fig. 68.Oval Striking and Alarm Watch (two views). A large oval case, with geometrical perforations in the lid, wasalmost contemporaneous with the circular box form, and an ovalshape, either small and plain or larger with more or less of decora-tion, remained in favour for over a century.…
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