Clock

Clock

Any instrument other than a watch for measuring or indicating time, especially a mechanical or electronic device having a numbered dial and moving hands or a digital display.

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The American Howard Watch and Clock Co. (E. Howard & Co. ) introduced, c. 1870, their weight-operated timepieces, Nos. 6-10. The cases were made of polished black walnut, and the configuration of the ...

figure clock

Chronometry; Clock

Any clock with moving figures and more specifically with a human figure or figures, either forming part of the decoration of the case or partially involved in the movement. Examples are a clock with ...

fiddle-cased clock

Chronometry; Clock

The term 'fiddle-cased clock' was applied to any clock narrow in the center and swelling out at the base, to give roughly the shape of a violin.

drawplate

Chronometry; Clock

A hardened steel plate in which a number of graduated, tapering, round or suitably shaped holes have been formed to enable wire to be drawn successively through diminishing sizes of holes, to be ...

drawbench

Chronometry; Clock

A long, strongly built bench used for drawing lengths of wire to a desired section. One end of the bench is fitted with a large capstan or wheel, and the other has supports to hold the drawplate. The ...

automatic winding

Chronometry; Clock

A mechanism for winding a clock automatically at regular intervals. Large turret clocks require a great deal of effort to wind manually, and are increasingly being converted to automatic winding. In ...

Babylonian hours

Chronometry; Clock

A system of hour reckoning in which the whole day-and-night period was divided into 24 equal parts with the numbering starting at sunrise. The system was used in Bohemia and Hungary between the mid ...