Time and time-tellers by Benson James W

Author:Benson, James W. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Clocks and watches. [from old catalog]
Publisher: London, R. Hardwicke
Published: 1875-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

TIME AND TIME-TELLERS. loi

tunes, and to strike the ships^ bells as well as the hours. They are also sometimes placed in very handsome cases of bronze or ormolu, decorated with special designs to illustrate the name of the ship or yacht to which they belong. Their movements are not as accurately adjusted as those of Marine Chronometers, but they, nevertheless, are made to keep time excellently.

KEYLESS WATCHES.

The keyless mechanism to a watch is one of the great modern improvements in watch work; it does away with the old-fashioned key, with which so many persons have ruined their watches, the watch is wound by turning a knurled knob, placed on the handle or bow (see illustrations, pp. 96-7) instead of by the ordinary means: the hands are set in the same way, with the addition of pressing a small projection on the side of the case. The advantages of these improvements are obvious; the case, which never need be opened in winding, is made fiir tight and dust tight, thus preserving much longer the fluidity of the oil,* and greatly prolonging the intervals between the necessary cleaning of the watch. Besides which, the keyless mechanism being attached to the watch, the key can never be lost or mislaid, or worn out.

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