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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 37

An illustration from The watch; its construction, its merits and defects, how to choose it, and how to use it, 1860, leaf 37 — mands an accuracyfar beyound what can be attained by a machine assmall as a watch. A marine chronometer is always inone position, being placed in two boxes made and fittedin such a manner that whatever the rolling or pitch-ing of the vessel is, the dial is always uppermost, whichaccounts for its… … Three-quarter Plate Watch. Some watches are made with the half and three-quarter plates, on the English principle, with chainand fusee. The idea first originated with Mr. Dent,and a watch case maker, now in New York, (Mr.Cuendet, 80 Nassau,) was the first person who madethe cases to that style of…

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