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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Hand vice

Chronometry; Clock

Hand vices can have pivoted, bowed or sliding jaws, closed with a wing nut and screw; they are used for holding work, or sometimes tooks, in the hand.

Clockmakers' hand braces are used primarily for broaching large clock pivot holes. They are made of steel, with a cranked handle and square socket for accommodating the squared shank of a broach. See ...

Finish

Chronometry; Clock

Process and materials used to create an attractive wood surface. Examples include deep cherry, medium oak, mahogany, antique walnut, etc.

Finial

Chronometry; Clock

The spires, turnings, or decorative points on top of a clock case. May be wood or metal. Sometimes removable. Some are called "ball and spike", "urn", "acorn", etc.

File

Chronometry; Clock

A most important tool for clockmaking, having a serrated surface for removing metal by cutting and abrasion. Files are made in innumerable shapes and sizes and cuts, for many purposes. At one time ...

Flying pendulum clock

Chronometry; Clock

Also referred to as an Ignatz clock, a novelty clock invented in 1883 and reproduced in the late 1950s. Hanging from an arm, a small ball on a thread acts as a pendulum by swinging in a horizontal ...

Fly press

Chronometry; Clock

The fly press is one of the simplest forms of press, providing an economical method of rapidly producing parts. In principle, it utilises the energy of hand-moved weights to operate a ram for ...