The watch; its construction, its merits and defects, how to choose it, and how to use it (1860)
Piaget, Henry F · New York, Printed by C. Vinten for the author · leaf 18
Going Barrel, English Stop Work. Stop works are necessary to every watch, particu-larly to those with chains, as to those without, thechain would be almost sure to break, particularly in thick English watches. InSwiss watches, and in all withgoing barrels, or without achain, they are…
Clocks and watches
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