Watches : the Paul M. Chamberlain collection at the Art Institute of Chicago (1921)
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No. 159—AMERICAN MOVEMENTS SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION LIBRARIES 3 9088 00599 4389 … No. 4—PERSPECTIVE O F VERGEAND ESCAPE WHEEL FOREWORD. T) ORTABLE timepieces were made as-t early as 1515 in Nuremberg by PeterHenlein and probably somewhat earlier inFrance. The earlier pieces were quitecrude mechanisms with decorative casings.The improvement in the mechanisms ormovements did not…
Chamberlain, Paul Mellen, 1865-1940 · Clocks and watches
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