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  2. Winterhalder & Hofmeier - Wikipedia

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    Clocks from Winterhalder & Hofmeier are mechanical precision clocks with the quality standards of Black Forest craftsmanship. [4] [5] The numbers of the dial face are in Roman numerals. The dial face is embraced by wood. [6] The clocks can be identified by the engraved W & H SCH initial letters. Most of the clocks were made from 1850 to 1933.

  3. Ansonia Clock Company - Wikipedia

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    In 1851 the Ansonia Clock Company was formed [2] as a subsidiary of the Ansonia Brass Company by Phelps and two Bristol, Connecticut, clockmakers, Theodore Terry and Franklin C. Andrews. Terry & Andrews were the largest clock manufacturers in Bristol, with more than 50 employees using 58 tons of brass in the production of about 25,000 clocks in ...

  4. Conservation and restoration of clocks - Wikipedia

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    Conservation experts advise clocks need to be serviced regularly. A clock is a complex mechanical contraption made of a variety of materials and with many small moving parts. [10] Even under perfect conditions lubricants deteriorate. Clocks should be examined and re-lubricated every three years.

  5. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    The first clock known to strike regularly on the hour, a clock with a verge and foliot mechanism, is recorded in Milan in 1336. [96] By 1341, clocks driven by weights were familiar enough to be able to be adapted for grain mills, [97] and by 1344 the clock in London's Old St Paul's Cathedral had been replaced by one with an escapement. [98]

  6. Radium dial - Wikipedia

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    November 1917 ad for an Ingersoll "Radiolite" watch, one of the first watches mass marketed in the USA featuring a radium-illuminated dial. Radium was discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898 [1] and was soon combined with paint to make luminescent paint, which was applied to clocks, airplane instruments, and the like, to be able to read them in the dark.

  7. Jean-Antoine Lépine - Wikipedia

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    Lépine is also credited for introducing hand-setting at the back of the watch and the hunter case (or savonette) that completely covers a dial with its spring-loaded hinged panel. He developed a new form of case, à charnières perdues (with concealed hinges) and a fixed bezel. Since these watches were rewound and set from the rear, the ...