Watches : the Paul M. Chamberlain collection at the Art Institute of Chicago (1921)
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago : The Institute · leaf 11
CHINESE DUPLEX The train of wheels in the older watcheswere held between two plates, known asthe top plate and the pillar plate, the lat-ter being adjacent to the dial and carrying … No. 10—ACTION OF CYLINDER ASROTATED BY ESCAPE WHEEL pillars which held the plates the properdistance apart. The balance wheel or bal-ance was ph.ced above the top plate, itstop pivot being carried by a cock whichwas the subject of great adornment, andits lower pivot by a cock under the topplate,…
Chamberlain, Paul Mellen, 1865-1940 · Clocks and watches
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