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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A distinctively American clock which derives its name from the similarly shaped mirror with convex glass and gilded balls surrounding the frame. Somewhat similar to the banjo clock, though larger, ...

gingerbread

Chronometry; Clock

The name used to describe the elaborate designs pressed into a clock's wooden case.

gimbal

Chronometry; Clock

A support used to keep a clock level.

gilding

Chronometry; Clock

The process of coating a base metal such as brass with a very fine layer of gold, much used in watch-movement finishing. For clocks it is largely confined to decorative external details such as ...

gears

Chronometry; Clock

Gearing is the basis of clockmaking and the ability to calculate the necessary ratios is a fundamental clockmaking skill. To reduce pivot frictional losses, high gear ratios are necessary, leading in ...

lathe

Chronometry; Clock

A machine in which metal, wood or other material is mounted horizontally, rotated, and cut or turned. Material to be revolved in a lathe is mounted either between the centers of the lathe or fixed to ...

latched plates

Chronometry; Clock

To make dismantling and assembly easier, some late 17th-century makers used small latches to secure their pillars and plates. The idea is still occasionally used and during the 1960s the makers of ...