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  2. Fusee (horology) - Wikipedia

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    The force of the spring turns the barrel. In a fusee clock, the barrel turns the fusee by pulling on the chain, and the fusee turns the clock's gears. When the mainspring is wound up (Fig. 1), all the chain is wrapped around the fusee from bottom to top, and the end going to the barrel comes off the narrow top end of the fusee.

  3. Watchclock - Wikipedia

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    A watchclock station with key hanging on a chain. A watchclock is a mechanical clock used by security guards as part of their guard tour patrol system which require regular patrols. The most commonly used form was the mechanical clock systems that required a key for manual punching of a number to a strip of paper inside with the time pre ...

  4. Pocket watch - Wikipedia

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    The majority of antique and vintage hunter-case watches have the lid-hinges at the 9 o'clock position and the stem, crown and bow of the watch at the 3 o'clock position. Modern hunter-case pocket watches usually have the hinges for the lid at the 6 o'clock position and the stem, crown and bow at the 12 o'clock position, as with open-face watches.

  5. Watch - Wikipedia

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    The movement and case are the basic parts of a watch. A watch band or bracelet is added to form a wristwatch; alternatively, a watch chain is added to form a pocket watch. [49] The case is the outer covering of the watch. The case back is the back portion of the watch's case.

  6. History of watches - Wikipedia

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    The history of watches began in 16th-century Europe, where watches evolved from portable spring-driven clocks, which first appeared in the 15th century. The watch was developed by inventors and engineers from the 16th century to the mid-20th century as a mechanical device, powered by winding a mainspring which turned gears and then moved the ...

  7. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

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    Johannes Sayler (1597–1668), German watchmaker, Ulm, rolling ball clock, turret clocks, table clocks. Nicolas Lemaindre (1598–1652), French clockmaker, Blois, clockmaker of the court. Jost Bodeker von Wartbergh, German vicar, Osnabrück. craft clock with a centrifugal pendulum (1578 to 1587).

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