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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Tools with a revolving disc charged with a polishing compound. These are of various designs, some being made for the specific purpose fo polishing one type of componenet. Depending on the work, the ...

Polishing

Chronometry; Clock

There are several methods of producing a smooth or glossy surface on clock parts made from metal, glass, stone, plastic, wood, etc. Almost all the metal parts in a clock movement can be polished; ...

Pliers

Chronometry; Clock

Hand tools for gripping or holding material which is to be bent, twisted, pulled, pushed, etc. There are many different types of plier jaws for different purposes, and the two levers are pivoted or ...

Platform

Chronometry; Clock

A plate carrying a sub-assembly which may be removed for attention without disturbing the main frame of the clock. The platform escapement of a carriage clock is an example.

Hanging clock

Chronometry; Clock

Gothic weight-driven clocks needed to be positioned so that the weights had room to fall. This was usually done by standing the clock on a bracket or hollow pillar. A simplification was to provide a ...

Hands

Chronometry; Clock

Used to mark hours, minutes, or seconds on a clock dial. Made of metal or plastic.

Hand wheel

Chronometry; Clock

The hand wheel is like a bench wheel except that its bracket is fixed directly to the frame of the lathe or machine it is driving instead of to the bench. The Swiss mandril and some other tools have ...