43, with that on Fig. 35, it is evi-dent that the strange hour numeralson both are a variation of the samecharacters. These, so-called, Turk-ish watches were made in Europe forthe Eastern trade. First-class samplesof this triple-case type are gettingscarce, but I have found four, two ofthem in… … and called repousse. Before weleave the old watches, the question ofart work deserves notice, for it looks asif ornamentation and time-keepingvaried inversely in those da3s—themore art the worse the watch. I pre-sume, as the} ciiuld not make a s^oodtime-keeper at that date, the watch-maker decided…
Time · Clocks and watches
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