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.

Industry: Chronometry

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polishing

Chronometry; Clock

There are several methods of producing a smooth or glossy surface on clock parts made from metal, glass, stone, plastic, wood, etc. Almost all the metal parts in a clock movement can be polished; ...

Hand tools for gripping or holding material which is to be bent, twisted, pulled, pushed, etc. There are many different types of plier jaws for different purposes, and the two levers are pivoted or ...

platform

Chronometry; Clock

A plate carrying a sub-assembly which may be removed for attention without disturbing the main frame of the clock. The platform escapement of a carriage clock is an example.

plate clock

Chronometry; Clock

The Telleruhr or dish clock was popular in south Germany and Austria in the late 17th century, and the idea was revived in the 20th using a china plate instead of a metal one. The movements were ...

plate

Chronometry; Clock

The front and back of the clock's movement or works.

planting

Chronometry; Clock

Positioning and marking out the parts of a clock between or on the clock plates, so that they will function correctly. It includes the correct positioning of the hands and winding squares on the ...

planishing

Chronometry; Clock

The operation of working a metal surface to a smooth, evenly rounded or flat shape, usually in soft metal such as copper, silver or brass. The metal is hammered with a planishing hammer on an anvil, ...