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 striking system known by the German term Sürrerwerk ('whizzing work') has been recorded in Italian and German clocks during the 18th and 19th centuries, and variants of the device are known from ...

surprise piece

Chronometry; Clock

A plate attached to the quarter-snail and free to move forward as the star wheel is advanced. It prevents the wrong quarter being struck by a repeating clock, close to the hour.

stutzuhr

Chronometry; Clock

The German verb stutzen means to cut down in size, and as applied to a clock it implies one not made to stand independently, like a longcase clock, but needing a pillar, piece of furniture or ...

strut clock

Chronometry; Clock

A small portable or carriage clock, designed to stand either in a leaning position supported by a pivoted strut at the rear in the manner of a photograph frame, or vertically supported by a swivel ...

striking train

Chronometry; Clock

The gear train controlled by the striking mechanism of clock.

striking

Chronometry; Clock

It is thought that originally clocks indicated the passing of time by striking a bell once each hour, a dial probably being added to allow the clock keeper to see when the next hour was to be struck. ...

strike or silent dial

Chronometry; Clock

Usually found in the arch of bracket clocks but also in some longcase clocks. Bracket clocks with verge movements were portable, and the owner, on retiring to bed, could take his bracket clock with ...