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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restoring

Chronometry; Clock

To restore a clock is to make it as nearly as possible as it was when it was first made, bearing in mind that its case, movement and dial will inevitably carry evidence of use which it is not ...

Before the introduction of the match, the difficulty in obtaining a light at night to see the time made it desirable to have clocks capable of striking the time at will by the operation of a lever or ...

renaissance clock

Chronometry; Clock

The name now normally given to clocks made from c. 1500 to c. 1650, when regional styles of clockmaking began to evolve in Europe. The style was international in character, most of the clocks of the ...

remontoire

Chronometry; Clock

A device found in high-quality clocks, which winds an auxially spring or weight at regular short intervals to provide a more constant driving force for the escapement.

regulator dial

Chronometry; Clock

In a regulator for astronomical purposes the dial is usually arranged with separate circles for hours, minutes and seconds, the outer circle being for minutes and large subsidiary dials below and ...

regulator clock

Chronometry; Clock

Originally a term for any highly accurate clock.

regulator

Chronometry; Clock

Mechanism that can be adjusted to make the clock more accurate. Sometimes the word "Regulator" is printed on the clock's glass, usually on Schoolhouse clocks.