Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York, Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 210
apt to be called ^Geneva. This, then, was the situation at about the middle of thenineteenth century wb< * ^^chmaking in America was be-ginning to grow into dustry. The French had a.ways made good watci; ; very beautiful and elaborateones too, but they never made very many. The Englishwere… … What Happened in France and Switzerland and the worst watches in the world and by far the greatestnumber. Everywhere a good watch was still too costly tobe owned by anyone of moderate means, while cheapwatches were little more than toys which could not bedepended upon either to wear well or to keep…
Time measurements · Clocks and watches
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