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.

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Kidney dial

Chronometry; Clock

A dial on a clock that resembles the shape of a kidney.

Keywound

Chronometry; Clock

A spring-driven clock that is wound with a key or crank.

Gothic case

Chronometry; Clock

A case shaped like a Gothic arch; also called a beehive clock because its sloping sides give it an appearance similar to a beehive.

Gold leaf

Chronometry; Clock

An extremely thin sheet of solid gold sometimes applied as a decoration on columns, tablets, or other parts of a clock case.

Going barrel

Chronometry; Clock

A barrel driving the train directly via a toothed ring on its periphery. In fusee clocks, the barrel drives the train through a gut or wire line, or chain.

The shadow-casting part of a sundial. The actual edge or point which casts the shadow is called the 'style', the gnomon being the whole structure. If the style is parallel to the earth's axis, the ...

Globular or rotating moon

Chronometry; Clock

This is probably the most realistic reproduction of the changes in the moon's phases which has ever been contrived for use with clockwork. It consists of a sphere, half white and half black, rotating ...